If you’ve written a screenplay or a television pilot, sooner or later you’re going to have to pitch it somewhere.  Unlike manuscripts, there are no hard and fast rules about where and to whom you submit your queries, but there are a number of terms you need to familiarize yourself with.

Generally speaking a query for [...]

At long last, it’s summer time in my neck of the woods, at least weather wise. One of the things that marks this most wonderful season—for me, anyway—is summertime reading. Not that I do any other type of reading, really, but there’s just something different about reading in summertime. Almost like you’re getting away with [...]

There’s a scene in Max Brooks’ The Zombie Survival Guide that has stuck with me for a long time, and as I sit down to write my latest screed, it’s that scene I want to talk about. Originally, I was going to explore the difficulties of writing comedy, using A Confederacy of Dunces as an [...]

For as long as I live I will champion the rules guarding the English language. Though living languages evolve over time, there are generally accepted guidelines as a means of, well, assuring that we can continue to communicate with one another. If you’re writing something that’s meant for the eyes of other people, then the [...]

I can’t write in my own house. Before I spent two years in the desert of Riverside, I thought I could blame my inability to concentrate on my parents, but roommates are just as much of a deterrent, even the rarely-seen ones. There are too many distractions in my living space, and even if I’m [...]

Writing well, no matter what the style or subject, is a matter of juggling multiple concerns and aspects of the art. There’s any number of things percolating, both in the forefront of the author’s mind and in the shadowy depths, but one of those things that you may not think about a great deal is [...]