Jeff Lyons

Congrats :)

Really surprised that over a week after his death, there have been zero obituaries for Alan Trustman, the Boston banker turned screenwriter who wrote The Thomas Crown Affair and Bullitt. A byproduct of understaffed newspapers, I'd wager?
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Lucky pooch :)

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Firefly Mystery Deepens as Nathan Fillion Recruits Summer Glau (VIDEO) The Firefly teases continued today as Nathan Fillion recruited Summer Glau to his mysterious cause, with an announcement "coming soon."

Firefly reboot (or at least a movie) coming???? Sure looks like it... wdyt?
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NEW VIDEO: "Write What You Know" — good common sense for any writer. But what the heck does it really mean? This video gets into it. Short but helpful ...

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Hollywood just got a lot smaller today ... we all lose ... Great for shareholders ... sucks for culture. Dental school looking very good right now. #paramount #CBS #CNN #scriptsky #tvbiz #moviebiz

Chess... the worst :)

I had no such illusion about you. :)

How do you submit to get on the list? The URL is broken on the site for submissions... :)

I know you are and I love you for it... :)

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HEART - STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN in HD - The Kennedy Center Honors LED ZEPPELIN, 2012. YouTube video by smyletuneage

If you've never seen this tribute ... nows your chance (you don't even have to have grown up in the 60s like me) :)
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... so many things... :)

The Authors Guild on Ron Charles and the Disappearance of Media Book Coverage  - The Authors Guild On February 4, Ron Charles learned that his services as a book critic at The Washington Post were no longer needed. After twenty years at the paper, working in three different buildings under four dif...

When a book critic is dismissed, ramifications don't end with the critic, but ripple on to authors and ultimately, readers
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Interesting conversation though ... thanks... don't have that often here :)

HA.... so did I ... it's actually really interesting... :)

Then.. you are exactly a Luddite :) People are all wrong about who they were ... they didn't oppose machines and tech... they opposed what technology threatened ... the human element. I'm right there with you. Honest. I don't know where all this is going ... no one does ... but fingers crossed.

You have them in your house. :) We're the test bed ... the unwilling Luddites. :) Hey... you work with what ya got.

Of course not. But like I said in an earlier post... none of this stuff is meant for us. We're not the real audience. There is a longer view of history behind all this. We're just part of the bumpy transition.

Of course! Me too. But what's forming around us isn't for us. Know what I mean?

Brewster McCloud was one my favorite movies as a kid. RIP Bud Cort ... will always remember your quirk!

Familiarity. People will adapt if the studios set the agenda. People will just watch anyway. And what happens when he dies ... how many people out there are already saying... Tom who? this example looks terrible but its only going to get better. Sad but true.

Don't discount the dollar signs here ... EVERY actor would do this ... it's called a retirement plan. They sure as hell can't bet on working after 40 so image licensing is going to be very big biz (already is). Just sayin'...

An old friend of mine just told me one of her friends was a tree at the superbowl on Sun. I was shocked how jealous I was.

revolving door chapters with diff POV characters coming and going ... it's a train wreck stylistically and it does get confusing ... but it works more than not. #writingcommunity #writing #writingsky #dune #frankherbert #indieauthors

Re-reading the Dune books ... Herbert kinda ignored all the rules. Mixed POV in chapters, lots of internal dialogue, flashbacks in chapters with switched POV in flashbacks, #writingcommunity #writing #writingsky #dune #frankherbert #indieauthors

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Thank you :) Much appreciate... I'll be in touch... gonna be a while b4 I have a draft :)