Streaming vs. Cable TV – And the winner is…?!

It’s official. Streaming video has officially won the media source battle. So speaketh Nielsen themself. (Whoa, the new grammar does get awkward, doesn’t it?)

Check it out.

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Hank Isaac on Making Your Creative Work Personal

One of Larry Brody and TVWriter™’s favorite writers (and, for that matter, human beings) returns to this site after being away far too long with an insider tip into attracting and holding your audience. A must-read if ever there was one.

by Hank Isaac

There is a body language to everything. Sure, it has different names depending on what you’re talking about, but it’s essentially all “body language.” read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #204 – “Happy Anniversary!”

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. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #203 – “I Had a Dream”

The James Webb Space Telescope says hi.

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

LB: My Battle with Aphasia

by Larry Brody

It drives me crazy whenever I can’t easily reach into my brain and come up with the word I intended to use when I begin talking or writing. I’ll have it solidly positioned as I start the sentence, but when I reach where it’s supposed to go – the word is gone, gone, gone from my mind.

This morning, in a cleverly thought-out attempt to solve the problem, I sat down to make a list of the words (all nouns, FWIW) that have been hiding from me so I can refer to the nasty buggers as needed.

Here’s what I’ve got so far: