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munchman: Romance Writing Tips (WTF?)

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Because we know some of you may want/need these (FTR: I don’t.):

5 Romance Writing Tips from Sarah MacLean
By Jason Boog

1. No Mary Sues. Ever! Boring heroines are, in my opinion, the most common romance mistake. We loathe hanging out with women who define themselves purely through their relationships…why would we want to read about them? Make sure your heroine has a purpose. Make sure she has character. Make sure we like her *without* her hero. That will make her journey toward love that much more rewarding.

2. Heroes can (and should) be flawed. I real life, I’d say that your commitment-phobe/narcissist/bad boy boyfriend is a lost cause, but romance is shelved in fiction for a reason. Here, we get to test the old adage of love conquering all…and it had better conquer without question. Don’t be afraid to give your hero flaws. And once you do, don’t be afraid to make him face them. read article

Publishing Industry? There ain’t No Publishing Industry

And now, for the delectation and edification of new writers everywhere, 1,920 words to the wise:

The ‘Incredible Resilience of Publishing’ Fantasy

by Michael Levin

In this month’s Atlantic, you can find a piece by Peter Osnos, a former Random House editor, making the case that books, like the subject of a Gloria Gaynor song, will survive. He speaks of book publishing’s “incredible resilience.”

Not so fast, Peter. Incredible fantasy, or even denial is more like it. read article

METROPOLIS Restored!

by Larry Brody

No, not Batman’s Superman’s Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic. If you’ve got any interest at all in:

  • Science Fiction
  • Cinema History
  • Soaring Imagination
  • Amazing Visuals
  • Hot Heavy Metal Babes

…you’ll get yourself to Netflix and watch till your eyeballs melt.


And then you’ll go to Kino International (the folks who did all the restoration work) and immerse yourself in fanboy heaven till your brain erupts in Metropolitan rebellion. read article

munchman: The Future of FRINGE

From SpoilerTV.Com

Yeah, this is all we’ve got so far. But it looks bitchen, no?*

*”Bitchen”: An archaic adjective from before “bitch” meant what it does now to the extent it does now.

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Supernatural Pilot – Recap and Review


 TVWriter™ Note: This episode originally aired in September 2005. But some people, you know like most of TeamTVWriter, have never seen SUPERNATURAL because it’s on the CW. (Which, contrary to its claims, would seem to us to prove CW isn’t a viable network at all. But we’ll get back to that another time. Meanwhile, our current point, although it did kind of get away from us for a moment:)

**If you are unfamiliar with the series, be aware this review contains spoilers.** read article