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The Book No Writer Should Ever Need…

…Because we’re all so clever already. But just in case:

Not our book but useful nevertheless…especially in showbiz

Insults & Comebacks For All Occasions

Need insults and comebacks? The Lines for All Occasions book Insults & Comebacks is the right choice. Arm yourself with barbs targeting everything from looks to age to intelligence, and you’ll always be ready with an appropriate – or completely inappropriate – comeback.

  • Pocket book with one-liners on a variety of topics
  • Over 500 insults and comebacks
  • Hardcover
  • Size: 3-1/2″ x 5-3/4″ (8.9 cm x 14.6 cm); 112 pages

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This Week’s Best Pitching Advice

Proving, in case you doubted it for second, that showbiz is everywhere:

Pitch Any Idea in 15 Seconds
by Thorin Klosowski

Ever needed to quickly convince a friend to go to your favorite restaurant instead of theirs? Or maybe you’re trying to sell an idea to someone? A well crafted pitch can convince people in a short amount of time, and Forbes outlines exactly how to do it with a message map. read article

ABC Family, NOW AND THEN, and Marlene King

Quick Quiz: What do ABC Family, the film NOW AND THEN, and Marlene King have in common?

ABC Family Developing NOW AND THEN TV Series
by Margaret Lyons

Before she was the showrunner for Pretty Little Liars, I. Marlene King wrote the screenplay for the 1995 slumber-party staple Now and Then. Now there’s talk of her combining these treasures into a Now and Then–based TV series for ABC Family, Variety reports. King and the network are still in the early stages of developing the show, so a finished product is pretty far off — but that just gives us more time to figure out how to LARP inside the idea of a TV show. Except for Ashleigh Aston Moore, who died in 2007, the actresses who played the kids in the movie are now juuuust about the right age to play the grown-ups in this new imagining … read article

David E. Kelley Re Kathy Bates

Don’t think of this as more inane Emmy commentary. Think of it as inane Emmy commentary from one of  TV’s most successful writer-producers!

EMMYS: David E. Kelley On ‘Harry’s Law’s Nominations And Cancellation
By Nellie Andreeva read article