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Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie – Rollo

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by Leesa Dean

Let’s call him “Rollo*.” Yes, he’s the fanboy I went out for coffee with. This is how it happened:

Every day I write to people. People with blogs, radio shows, who are influencers, essentially begging them to watch Chilltown and Lele’s Ratchet Advice Show. That’s part of the gig. Sometimes they write back and it’s great. We get interviews or featured. And we’ve been incredibly fortunate. Gotten a great outpouring from people. Been luckier than most. But more often than not, people don’t write back. At all. Good times!!! On a side note, if you’re into getting rejected don’t bother hiring a dominitrix to demean you or joining an online dating site. Simply release a web series. read article

munchman: Good News! Warner Bros Taking Web Series Pitches at SXSW

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Just to remind y’all of the kind of “digital series” The CW likes: Yess, it’s DR. HORRIBLE!

This just in from some Oh-So-Lovingly Nurtured, Possibly Reliable and Absolutely Anonymous Showbiz Sources (In other words, we got a press release and are translating it for ya):

Warner Bros. Television Group will make its SXSW Interactive Festival debut March 8–11, 2013 in Austin, Texas by popping up an immersive space — Warner Bros. Tell-A-Vision — dedicated to the art of storytelling.  Changing frequently and posing a series of provocative questions to SXSWi attendees, Warner Bros. Tell-A-Vision will feature the high-powered humor of top comedy writer/producer and author Chuck Lorre (TV’s Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, the book What Doesn’t Kill Us Makes Us Bitter, the powered-down afterworld of the hit NBC drama Revolution, yada yada….

Wait, wait, we know the pitch thing is here someplace. Ah: read article

Angelo Bell: Inspiration Time

Well, that’s how we see this piece. Even though Angelo gave it another very cool name:

BROKEN DREAMS
by Angelo Bell

Dreams Don’t Have Deadlines by Mark Victor Hansen discusses how individuals allow their dreams to fade away, and die. They succumb to the pressures of life and the peer pressure of people we love and respect. They allow the boring day-to-day minutia of life to overwhelm them, so instead of choosing the freedom of happiness, they become enslaved by the safety of routine.

Look around you. Everywhere people are simply going through the through the motions. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. – Lather. Rise. Repeat. Enjoyment of life is a far off thing. read article

The Modest Pleasures of Leverage

Stephen Bowie’s The Classic TV History Blog is one of the interweb’s greatest pleasures for television buffs, giving us in-depth reportage and, very often, startling new facts about shows we all know and love. This recent post is the best overview we’ve ever seen of a remarkable and greatly underrated series.

Without further ado:

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Leesa Dean: Adventures in Web Series Creation – Fanboys

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by Leesa Dean

When I self-published Chilltown as a comic book years ago, there always were fanboys and they always were strange. Because it was indie, not superhero fare, I typically got obsessives with bizarre tastes. And they shared every single one of them with me. Endlessly. It was like being a magnet for the lunatic fringe.

With an indie web series, it’s worse! First, lemme clarify: Primarily I have genuine fans of the show who are cool and great and I’ve actually become friends with a lot of them. They’re supportive and like-minded and respectful and just awesome, in general. And I love talking with them. They’ve made this journey a lot easier. read article