Category Archives: TV

English: British to American

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

Last week while we were discussing the possibility of our works being translated into other languages, I said that  I would like to bring up translating English to English, that is to say, “British” to “American”. I have read books … Continue reading →

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It’s Been Done

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Tonette Joyce

Have you ever gone to download a book and gotten the wrong one? Have you ever READ the wrong book? Somehow or another, as it happens, there two books that are very much alike on my Kindle account. I started … Continue reading →

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Written in the Stars

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Tonette Joyce

“What TV show would you like to write an episode for?” I’ve never wanted to write for TV, except for an occasional “Jeopardy” topic line, and Patty beat me to that one on Monday! Now, to direct one or more, yes. … Continue reading →

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Star Trek? Stargate SG1?

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Elaine Cantrell

“If you were approached to write one or more episodes for a TV show (past or present), which show would it be… and why?” For starters I don’t think I’d be a very good TV writer. It would be hard … Continue reading →

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A Book for All Time

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Patricia Kiyono

Our Tuesday fox posed this week’s topic: Have you revisited an old favorite book/movie? How did it change for you as you got older? There are very few movies or books that I would dub as favorites. I just don’t … Continue reading →

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Guest: Dennis Palumbo

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Tonette Joyce

Once again, I’ve found myself acquainted with a very famous writer. Dennis Palumbo has been a screenwriter, a teacher and a writer of non-fiction articles. He is a blogger, a mystery writer and a writer of thrillers, plus he writes … Continue reading →

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I Can’t Do It!

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Elaine Cantrell

Okay, let’s begin with a statement of fact. I don’t watch a lot of TV. I do read, but that being said I’d have to admit I haven’t found an unsung hero in any of the books I’ve read recently. … Continue reading →

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Yippee-Ki-Yay

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Jeff Salter

Finally READING the Classic Westerns By Jeff Salter Though I have been a huge fan of Westerns – on TV and at the movies – for my entire life, I somehow never got around to READING hardly any of them… … Continue reading →

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What? I Can’t Read Or Write?

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Elaine Cantrell

If I were incapacitated to the point that I could neither read nor write, I think I’d spend my time petting the dog and watching Netflix. We got Netflix a year or so ago, and we just love it. I … Continue reading →

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