Cartoon: ‘Books Are…’

Last week Grant Snider posted a cartoon at his sensational Incidental Comics website that made us ask “Who knew books were really acorns?”

This week he presents more wonderful secret identities for everybody’s favorite reading material (except for the interwebs, but we’re going to overlook that for now):

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Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – July 2, 2018

Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are:

Larry Brody: “What’s the point of entering PEOPLE’S PILOT 2018?” read article

Sneak Preview of Herbie J Pilato’s New Book

Herbie J Pilato has been a TVWriter™ Institution since way before we were TVWriter™. Today, our pioneer Contributing Editor has a special message for us:

Hello All,

Here’s an early, mock-up of the book cover and spine for MARY, my new biography of Mary Tyler Moore, set for a December/January release.
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10 Reasons You Should Create Your Own Audio Series

We keep saying this, but, hey, we mean it: Audio Series AKA Audio Drama, AKA Audio Drama Podcasts, AKA Audio Dramacasts (and probably a whole lot more) are a wonderful way to get your muse off affordably. This article says it another way, and since a whole lot of y’all aren’t listening to us we thought we’d give this angle a try:

10 things I love (and hate) about audio drama podcasting
by Velma Kelly

Television for your ears.  I think that is the simplest way to describe an audio drama.  After discovering audio drama podcasts, I felt like I had found one of the industry’s best kept secrets and that I should guard it like Gollum with the ring.  I later realized it was no secret but, rather a misrepresented industry. I am here to tell you that audio dramas are not just for anyone but, more specifically, for EVERYONE.

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Secrets Given Away By Silent Letters

Did you know that not only scenes but also words have subtext? We didn’t either, until we watched the latest from our favorite etymologist, Arika Okrent:

Admit it. You never even thought to wonder about what Arika’s just shown us, have you? Ah, the wonder of words!

More about Arika, YouTube’s Patron Saint of Wordsmiths