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Volume 1-2016

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Currently on RARadio:

"On to the Next One" by Jacqueline Van Bierk

"I See You Tiger" by Via Tania

"Lost the Plot" by Amoureux"

Bright Eyes, Black Soul" by The Lovers Key

"Cool Thing" by Sassparilla

"These Halls I Dwell" by Michael Butler

"St. Francis"by Tom Russell & Gretchen Peters, performance by Gretchen Peters and Barry Walsh; 

"Who Do You Love?"by Elizabeth Kay; 

"Rebirth"by Caterpillars; 

"Monica's Frock" by Signel-Z; 

"Natural Disasters" by Corey Landis; 

"1,000 Leather Tassels" by The Blank Tapes; 

"We Are All Stone" and "Those Machines" by Outer Minds; 

"Another Dream" by MMOSS; "Susannah" by Woolen Kits; 

Jim Morrison, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and other dead celebrities / news by A SECRET PARTY;

"I Miss the Day" by My Secret Island,  

"Carriers of Light" by Brendan James;

"The Last Time" by Model Stranger;

"Last Call" by Jay;

"Darkness" by Leonard Cohen; 

"Sweetbread" by Simian Mobile Disco and "Keep You" fromActress off the Chronicle movie soundtrack; 

"Goodbye to Love" from October Dawn; 

Trouble in Mind 2011 label sampler; 

Black Box Revelation Live on Minnesota Public Radio;

Apteka "Striking Violet"; 

Mikal Cronin's "Apathy" and "Get Along";

Dana deChaby's progressive rock

 

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ATWOOD - "A Toiler's Weird Odyssey of Deliverance" -AVAILABLE NOW FOR KINDLE (INCLUDING KINDLE COMPUTER APPS) FROM AMAZON.COM. Use this link.

CCJ Publisher Rick Alan Rice dissects the building of America in a trilogy of novels collectively calledATWOOD. Book One explores the development of the American West through the lens of public policy, land planning, municipal development, and governance as it played out in one of the new counties of Kansas in the latter half of the 19th Century. The novel focuses on the religious and cultural traditions that imbued the American Midwest with a special character that continues to have a profound effect on American politics to this day. Book One creates an understanding about America's cultural foundations that is further explored in books two and three that further trace the historical-cultural-spiritual development of one isolated county on the Great Plains that stands as an icon in the development of a certain brand of American character. That's the serious stuff viewed from high altitude. The story itself gets down and dirty with the supernatural, which in ATWOOD - A Toiler's Weird Odyssey of Deliveranceis the outfall of misfires in human interactions, from the monumental to the sublime. The book features the epic poem "The Toiler" as well as artwork by New Mexico artist Richard Padilla.

Elmore Leonard Meets Larry McMurtry

Western Crime Novel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am offering another novel through Amazon's Kindle Direct Publishing service. Cooksin is the story of a criminal syndicate that sets its sights on a ranching/farming community in Weld County, Colorado, 1950. The perpetrators of the criminal enterprise steal farm equipment, slaughter cattle, and rob the personal property of individuals whose assets have been inventoried in advance and distributed through a vast system of illegal commerce.

It is a ripping good yarn, filled with suspense and intrigue. This was designed intentionally to pay homage to the type of creative works being produced in 1950, when the story is set. Richard Padilla has done his usually brilliant work in capturing the look and feel of a certain type of crime fiction being produced in that era. The whole thing has the feel of those black & white films you see on Turner Movie Classics, and the writing will remind you a little of Elmore Leonard, whose earliest works were westerns. Use this link.

 

EXPLORE THE KINDLE BOOK LIBRARY

If you have not explored the books available from Amazon.com's Kindle Publishing division you would do yourself a favor to do so. You will find classic literature there, as well as tons of privately published books of every kind. A lot of it is awful, like a lot of traditionally published books are awful, but some are truly classics. You can get the entire collection of Shakespeare's works for two bucks.

You do not need to buy a Kindle to take advantage of this low-cost library. Use this link to go to an Amazon.com page from which you can download for free a Kindle App for your computer, tablet, or phone.

Amazon is the largest, but far from the only digital publisher. You can find similar treasure troves atNOOK Press (the Barnes & Noble site), Lulu, and others.


 

 

 

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Want to Write for a Television Series?

What Showrunners are Looking For

Did you ever want to become a television writer?

Television development veteran Anna Henry write a piece for Stage 32 recently during which she offered the keys to breaking into the business.

That isn’t easy. There are limited opportunities, and you must know or have a relationship with a showrunner. That person is the creative visionary of a show, and you must convince that person that you understand the vision and you have ideas that will help bring it to a fresh, full bloom.

According to Henry, “fresh voices” and writers with “a different perspective” are in constant demand, and the networks are your best bet. Get to know somebody at a network. Network shows have large writing staffs, which include lower level positions, so they can nourish and develop talent over time. This differentiates their approach from that of the Cable and streaming services, where writers often work in two or three-person teams, and instead of first creating a pilot, write a whole season of shows anticipating that it will be picked up as a series. Ms. Henry says that cable executives like proof that an idea is interesting enough to last a whole season. As you might imagine, the pay is better at the networks, where the first deliverable is the pilot episode, which will determine if the show gets picked up, and additional scripts ordered.

Ms. Henry describes “anticipatory meetings” where executives and producers meet with writers in the months leading up to “assembling a room.” They consider the writers with whom they might develop new concepts, and development deals come from th0se meetings.

You must have friends, a manager, and an agent, because they are the people who will connect you to showrunners.

Here is the Hollywood Reporter’s list of the 50 most important showrunners in the television business.

Getting an opportunity to write for a television show is much like trying to get published as a novelist. You must submit your work – a script – and it must conform to the rules for submission and be right for the show. Your first 10 pages must “sing”, because that is all it is going to take for a showrunner to know if you are right for the role, or not.

Ms. Henry says another way to break into the business is as a showrunner’s assistant. New showrunners especially appreciate a good assistant, and sometimes they become open to considering the assistant as a script writer.

In network television, showrunners are looking for writers who are “good in the room,” meaning they work well with the other writers. They need to be able to produce scripts on a tight deadline, and it helps to have specialized skills, like script production. The networks are big on diversity these days, so minorities are getting opportunities, according to Henry, which probably speaks to the need for different perspectives.

One other way in the door is as a consultant. If you have technical knowledge useful to the show, you might be just the person the showrunner needs.

Ms. Henry urges that you be prepared when your opportunity knocks. Understand the show, and do not require an explanation from the showrunner. Be collaborative and conversational, not competitive. Bring relevant personal experience. Be creative, unbound by the standard conventions of storytelling.

   

 

   

 

 

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