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Peggy Bechko on “Self Editing, the Writer’s Friend”

by Peggy Bechko

keep-calm-and-editAll kinds of writers (fiction, business,  non-fiction, etc.) have all kinds of reasons they need to self-edit.

For starters – well it’s the place to start. Even if you have it in your budget to hire a professional editor or you have friends in the office standing by to do a read through, the fact of the matter is you need to do a self-edit first…and maybe last.

Great news is there are all kinds of helps you can use.  But, of course there are advantages and downsides to using those tools. read article

Don’t touch that dial: TV’s fading escapism

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by Gery L. Deer

When I was a kid, three things helped me weather tough times: my books, my piano, and television. As we grow, life affords us less and less free time and, of my three distractions, TV often wins out. But I find that I don’t turn on modern television very often, choosing instead one of any number of classic programs, many of which have been on the air for more than half a century.

As it is for so many others, TV offers me an escape from the day-to-day grind. For me, those old shows are equal to what some people would call, comfort food. The familiar characters and, sometimes, impossible situations gave me a way to forget the difficulties of my world.

And even the actors of that time left a lifelong impression on me. I could be totally wrong, but I think they cared more about their craft in those days and what audiences thought of them. read article

Fans Pay to Support Creators Even When Free is an Option

Found on Techdirt
(Which, btw, is a really cool place to hang out)

Mulder and Scully are Breaking Up?! OMG!

Okay, so we’re a little late with this sad news. We just weren’t able to face it. Here’s a writer, though, who has definitely thought everything Mulder and Scully through:

mulderandscullyby Katharine Trendacosta

Mulder and Scully on The X-Files are the couple who literally made “shipping” a thing, and they finally got together after years of romantic tension. But now, the new X-Files revival, airing next year, is going to break them up again. We’ve known for a while that this was happening—but yesterday, Chris Carter gave his “explanation” for this development. And it is bullshit.

Here’s what Carter told The Hollywood Reporter: read article

Cartoon: LOST IDEAS

Another Grant Snider insight into the creative life:

incidental comics capture.

See more Grant Snider genius at Incidental Comics