How Miserable Can You Make Your Heroes?

Pro Writing Secret of the Day

Pamela Adlon is a not-so-old pro who has learned one of the most important writing lessons (in all media) the hard way:

What’s bad for your life is good for your writing read article

Everything You Need to Know About How Authors Make Money…So You Can Too

Think you know how writers make money?

You might know some of the ways, but Nathan Bransford, author of the Jacob Wonderbar book series absolutely nails it right HERE

Dawn McElligott: Remembering Frank Bonner and ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’

Frank Bonner as WKRP’s Herb Tarlek

by Dawn McElligott

The death of actor Frank Bonner on June 16th kicked off another wave of nostalgia about one of the best sitcoms in TV history, “WKRP in Cincinnati.”

Before starring on “WKRP …” Frank Bonner had been acting in commercials and had small roles in such shows as “Mannix.” As “WKRP …” came together, the unpredictable machinations of casting helped Bonner get his big break.

According to MeTV.com, David Cassidy had originally been offered the part of Dr. Johnny Fever but the former “Partridge Family” star turned it down. read article

Cartoon: ‘Getting Over’

Time now for another episode of what we here at TVWriter™ sometimes think of as “the Tao of cartoonist-philosopher Grant Snider. What’s that? You don’t get it? Then get over it!

More of Grant Snider’s sensitive perception of humanity and creativity at Incidental Comics, HERE

Cartoon: “Why You Need an iPad Instead of the Morning Paper

Non Sequitur’s Wiley has learned the Meaning of Life

More Non Sequitur is HERE