…but we just couldn’t work up enough interest to watch. No, wait, we don’t mean that. We mean that we’re against the idea of artists being regarded as competing for things like awards. Competing for jobs, sure, but awards? That’s soo uncreative. Anyway here are all the winners. The ones we care about, that is:
Writing for a Comedy Series
Louis C.K.: LOUIE: Pregnant
Writing for a Variety Special
Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theatre, Louis C.K.
by Robin Reed
I keep hearing about the book series The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher. I haven’t gotten around to reading the books, but they’re on my list. Recently I stumbled on a Dresden Files TV series, that ran for one season on Sci-Fi – when it was Sci-Fi – in 2007. Set in Chicago, my home town, it is a Canadian production. I assume Toronto or some such place is the background in most of the episodes, but they insert enough Chicago shots, the El and the skyline mostly, that it gives a flavor of the real thing.
…So you can, you know, write/succeed/finish-what-you-start!
Ego Depletion, Motivation and Attention: A New Model of Self-Control – by Sam McNerney
…And, even better, here’s what to do about it:
Why Morning Routines Are Creativity Killers – by Annie Murphy Paul
This is amazingly, incredibly, imagination-stirringly cool:
Prehistoric Animated Cave Drawings Discovered In France – by Amanda Crum