What Happens When You Move Out Of the Comfort Zone

Do you lie awake at night looking for easy and comforting answers to life’s biggest, most complex, and yet most common problems?

Well, bunky, it’s time to relax cuz right here, right now, we’ve got just what you’ve wanted, all wrapped up in one tidy place.

And, yes, we’re being snarky as hell, but only because that’s our default tone. Truth to tell, we think writer Tony Robinson is right on about a very important approach to what ails us all: read article

HOW TO FORMAT DIALOGUE IN A SCREENPLAY

A new look at an old basic, from our buds at ScriptReaderPro:

How to Format Dialogue in a Screenplay: Top 8 Dialogue Format “Errors”
via Script Reader Pro

Peppering a spec script with dialogue format errors may not completely derail the reader’s experience, but they definitely don’t help. read article

‘Morgan’s Organs’ Kickstarter is Funded!

Just last week we brought you the news of a new Kickstarter campaign for a new season (#3) of web comic book Morgan’s Organs, and wouldn’t you know it – today we’re breaking the news that after only 6 days on line the show is fully funded.

Here’s the announcement we received from the Morgan’s Organs gang: read article

Looks Like Winter Has Come for Rightscorp

Those who live as dragons die as dragons. Case in point:

Rightscorp Done Anti-Pirating? Stock Worthless, Website Gone
by Andy (via Torrentfreak)

For many years, anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp has been on a mission to turn piracy into profit. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #46 – “Why We Barbecue”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article