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Leesa Dean: Sometimes Entering the Fast Lane Means Slowing Down

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Adventures in Digital Series Land #116
by Leesa Dean

Things are getting intense. In a good way! My radio segment *just* went live on AM radio to a pretty big audience! The show, Lele’s Week in Review, is a 90 second parody of entertainment news done by my character Lele. I write, produce and voice it. It’s A LOT of fun.  And a lot to do. I bang out/record a new episode every single week.

Two radio stations have it: Rhythm 105.9 in Yuma, CA and now WWRN 1620 AM Urban Classics (as part of the Just Wake Up Morning Show every Friday at noon EST) which is in Lehigh, PA.  They’re both syndicated out to smaller stations. Total listeners so far: about 250,000. Not too shabby.

WWRN started as a digital channel, I met them when they interviewed me aboutChilltown, I had just started the segment with Rhythm 105.9  and they were interested. WWRN kept growing and growing and now, it’s finally made them jump to AM. Cool factoid:  WWRN is co-owned by former 1990’s phenom Damion “Crazy Legs” Hall from the R&B group Guy. I feel it’s a real opportunity for me to increase brand awareness. read article

Cartoon: WRITERS’ GUIDE TO COFFEE CONSUMPTION

Everything a working writer needs to know about her/his coffee. Found on Phd Comics, which is a great site with an even greater name, yeah?

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WHAT A LONG, STRANGE TRIP THIS IS

Curves on Hightway 1 Northern California

by Lew Ritter

The title above is a slightly altered borrowing from a tune called TRUCKIN, sung by a band popular in the 70’s called the GRATEFUL DEAD. I chose it because the best way I can think of describing my current screenwriting Odyssey is that it indeed has been long and strange.

Why have I continued to write after all these years? Years ago, I went to see the then brand new Melanie Griffith movie WORKING GIRL. My friends laughed when I told them that someday, I would write a movie script that everyone would want to see at the movies. They scoffed at the idea, but as the saying goes” revenge is a dish best served cold”. read article

2015: The Year Television Figured Out How to Present Mental Illness

TV has always featured crazy characters. Now, however, television writers are finally being allowed to present mental illness as it really is. Could the Dark Ages when sufferers were depicted as either still or evil be over at last?

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by Alison Herman

Television’s defining trait as a medium is its length. We spend anywhere from four to 24 hours a year with our shows, which breeds both intimacy (hence, “our shows”) and inevitable frustrations. It’s no coincidence that we refer to so many of the shorter, pricier series found on cable and streaming, and the more deliberate visual style they allow for, as “cinematic” TV; we still think of the perfunctory direction that comes with cranking out episodes as the price we pay for weekly entertainment. It’s also no coincidence that TV’s greatest leaps forward involve using the platform’s extended, open-ended nature to its advantage.  read article

10 Things I Learned Producing a Web Series

The following ultra informative article about producing, prepping, and just plain being in showbiz is cleverly disguised as hype for its writer’s web series, CONFESSIONS OF….  Don’t be fooled: This is good stuff.

And, so, actually, is  CONFESSIONS OF A BARTENDER. Whadaya know?

by Cheryl Texiera

Anyone who has ever produced anything knows the title ‘producer’ can also mean: writer, director, actor, wardrobe, casting director, prop master – you get the picture. Amongst all those titles, I got the lucky experience of adding ‘editor’ to my list. read article