Extra! Amazon Dropkicks Zombieland

Yeppers. The show has not been picked up.

Well, at least they got that right.zombielandTV

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Hollywood Studios Censor Pirate Bay Documentary

TorrentFreak.Com describes itself as “The place where breaking news, BitTorrent and copyright collide.” Here’s a pretty good example:

Censorshipby Ernesto

It is no secret that Hollywood is trying to take down as many pirated movies as they can, but their targeting of a Creative Commons Pirate Bay documentary is something new. Viacom, Paramount, Fox and Lionsgate have all asked Google to take down links pointing to the Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK. But is it a secret plot to silence the voices of the Pirate Bay’s founders, or just another screw up of automated DMCA takedowns?

After years of anticipation, The Pirate Bay documentary TPB-AFK was finally released to the public in February. read article

The Most Successful TV Producer-Salesmen of 2013-14

Meet the producers – some of them writers even – who “own” the broadcast and cable networks for the upcoming season:

Travailler plus...In alphabetical order (cuz we don’t want to alienate any of these mega-potentates).

  • Aaron Kaplan
  • Bill Lawrence
  • Chuck Lorre
  • David Semel
  • David Zabel
  • Howard Gordon
  • J.J. Abrams
  • John Davis
  • Julie Plec
  • Ryan Murphy
  • Seth MacFarlane
  • Shonda Rhimes

And now that you know their names, how do you put this knowledge to good use? Simple: read article

Why I’m Paying Someone to Edit My Guide to Writing a Novel

Knowing yourself – ah, what an empowering thing!

And, clearly, Nathan Bransford knows himself well:

Josef_Wagner-Höhenberg_Die_Abrechnungby Nathan Bransford

A few months ago I announced that I’m going to be self-publishing aguide to writing a novel, and I’m pleased to report that I have finished and edited my first draft! read article

Turning Adversity into Creative Growth

Not wanting to steal the following article’s thunder, but isn’t all creativity fueled by adversity? Aren’t our attempts to either escape or kick the crap out of adversity what being creative is all about?

Just asking.

creativitystuffby Scott Barry Kaufman, Pd.D.

“I create – in order not to cry.” — Painter Paul Klee read article