Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #34 – “Chickens are People Too”

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

Amazon Prime Could Be the Best Way to Release Your Indie Film

Did you know that Amazon has opened up a new distribution path? It’s called Prime Video Direct and, strangely, its existence has been an unintentional secret – even from TVWriter™. Here’s the scoop:

by Noam Kroll

It wasn’t long ago that self-distribution was an extremely difficult avenue to pursue, and was simply a last resort for filmmakers who couldn’t secure traditional distribution… But in the last few years, that’s all changed. read article

Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – Feb 25, 2019

Happy Monday everybody!

Hope you’ve had a great weekend. It’s time now for TVWriter™’s latest look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are: read article

Cartoon: ‘Meditation’

Our fave philosopher-cartoonist, Grant Snider, calls what this cartoon shows us “Meditation.” Others might call it “Life.” Still others might recognize this as “Writing”:

The Shape of Ideas Sketchbook by Grant Snider features new illustrations, comics on drawing and creativity, and many blank pages for your own ideas, doodles, and observations. Order it from Abrams or wherever you get your books. read article

Tolkien on Magic

Found on the interwebs, via Writers Digest.