LB: Attention Vincent D’Onofrio Fans

by Larry Brody

The secret that former Law & Order: Criminal Intent star Vincent D’Onofrio has been keeping for years was revealed last weekend and is just crying out to be shared.

And that secret is: read article

What is a Ghostwriter?

The good folks at freelancewriting.com published this article a few months ago, complete with genuine author attribution. No ghost writing here, nosirree. But we know many writers who have ghostwritten their way into bigtime careers.

by Karen Cole

Ghostwriters are writers for hire who are paid but receive none of the credit for the work produced. read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments

This pic’s for TVWriter™ frequent visitor Bettina, who says she’s missed seeing the big Cord Cutter “Hello!” right here at TVWriter™. You’re welcome, Betts.

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front, including Roku’s big fall 2021 updates, new content deals for Pluto TV and Netflix, a birthday event for Disney+, and more!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6tUZA7GiIZPaUu4FQXnFYA

Cord Cutters Web Site:
http://cordcuttersnews.com read article

Russell T. Davies is Returning to ‘Doctor Who’

As far as TVWriter™ is concerned, the biggest news in the TV industry last week and therefore the perfect thing to kick off this one is that Russell T. Davies, the genius writer-producer who was the cornerstone of the 2005 re-launching of BBC’s mucho revered series Doctor Who, is returning  as showrunner in 2022.

Here’s the scoop from the Doctor’s biggest and most reliable fan.

picture from Getty Images found at BBC.Com

The Future’s Bright. The Future’s Rusty
by Keith Telly Topping

Screenwriter, producer and all-round top-bloke yer actual Russell Davies is to take charge again of Doctor Who, the BBC’s popular, long-running family SF drama which he helped to revive so successfully in 2005. Big Rusty, who was the drama’s showrunner until 2009, will take over when Chris Chibnall departs next year. ‘I’m beyond excited to be back on my favourite show,’ said Davies…who resumes his role as the Doctor Who prepares to mark its sixtieth anniversary in 2023. read article

LB: Today’s Cool Port Townsend Area News

by Larry Brody

This is cool because the “prolific screenwriter” below is the writing partner of Karen McCullah, who was one of the first writing students I had back in Santa Fe in the early ’90s, and all the films cited in the article were co-written by the two of them.  Small world, yeah?

Prolific screenwriter returns to Chimacum
‘Kiwi’ Smith tells of influence of mother, teacher
by Diane Urbani de la Paz

When prolific Hollywood screenwriter Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith tells her own story, she does it with a cast of characters straight from real life.

Two women have starring roles: Sue Phillips, her English and creative writing teacher at Chimacum High School, and her mother, Katie Smith of Port Ludlow. read article