Peer Production: PATHETICALLY CHEAP ADVENTURES

“The only thing tighter than the leotard was the budget.”

We have no idea what this site is really selling but enjoyed everything we saw there and have a feeling that a lot of you will too.

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It’s Okay to Squeal for Idris Elba, It Really is

Vanity Fair even says so:

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Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 2/20/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are
by munchman

  • Jessie Eisenberg (THE REVISIONIST – a play) has sold a short story collection,  Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories to Grove Atlantic. (And you thought the Jessman was just another nerdy pretty face, no? Hey, baby, take it from the muncher – star power sells.)
  • Gillian Flynn (GONE GIRL) is adapting the British thriller drama series UTOPIA for HBO. (Cuz she has a hot indie film and a deal already in place at HBO which makes her the perfect choice. Especially that last bit – the deal already in place. Hey, peeps were asking why I’ve been so positive lately so I’ve gotta squash that, you know? Wouldn’t wanna ruin me rep.)
  • Sarah Schecter (Warner Brothers production exec) is the new head person at Berlanti Productions. (Which means that if you know her, use her! Cuz that, friends and neighbors is the heart and soul of that wonderful little thang called showbiz!)
  • Frank DeJohn & David Alton Hedges (2013 Nicholl Fellowship Winners) are writing a Lifetime movie about “Jesus’ early life and formative years.” (And you betcha ole’ muncher can talk trash about this one. But won’t. Except to point out that this is another wonderful example of showbiz in action. Hire award-winning, high-style writers to churn out some “Young Jesus” or “Jesus: The Lost Years” trash. Welcome to TV, Frank and David!)

Peggy Bechko Wants to Teach You How to “Romance Your Novel”

Doesn't Peggy look writerly as hell here? As well as, you know, romantic?
Doesn’t Peggy look writerly as hell here? As well as, you know, romantic?

And if anybody can do that, it’s the Pegmeistress.

Here’s the skinny:

Have you wanted to write a Romance Novel, begun it and then just didn’t feelconfident enough to keep on going? Did you have questions you couldn’t resolvefor yourself? Or did you have an idea but didn’t know where to begin? Maybe youworked your way through the first draft, but you feel it just needs something? read article

How to Optimize Your Environment for Creativity with The Perfect Temperature, Lighting and Noise levels

Now here’s a project we can sink our teeth into. We mean, hell, it sure beats actually, you know, creating, no?

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by Belle Beth Cooper

I’ve written about how creativity works in the brain before, and I found it really useful to understand this process. Or, I should say, multiple processes. read article