Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #209 – “Dead? Or Alive?”

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. read article

How the Audience Really Feels About TV Comedy Writers

Or maybe this is only how cartoonists see them?

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Nothing is Not Something by Greg Wallace for June 23, 2022 read article

“Abbott Elementary”

I meant to say this right after the Emmys were announced but was distracted by real life. So I’ll say it now:

Abbott Elementary is the best comedy series currently on anybody’s “air.” It’s funny, and it’s important (without seeming self-important.) I really hope y’all have been watching it. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #208 – “Cyber Pals”

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

Danger! Danger! Writing Myths Ahead

What? We’re publishing important info on a Friday? Who’d a’thunk?

by Joni B. Cole

I’ve been leading writing workshops for over 20 years and am still gobsmacked by how stubbornly writers cling to certain myths that suck up a lot of emotional energy, and reinforce practices that undermine the creative process. If you buy into any of the myths below, let them go, and see how quickly you’ll write more, write better, and even be happier (because what writer isn’t happier when writing more and writing better).

1. The myth of the “real writer”

“I’m not a real writer.” read article