Asking the right question

19Sep08

When script editors, producers, commissioners, money-men or, as in one case I’d happily forget, the boyfriend of one of the business staff, responds to your work suggesting changes you always have choices.  You can just do as they say and bend over (see Pirates and Mermaids below). You can dig your heels in, refuse to [...]

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Pirates and Mermaids

04Sep08

A long time ago when I was smarter than I am now I wrote a piece  for a collection of pirate stories. The pirate ship hauled a mermaid up in their nets who promptly started singing, sent the pirates into a daze, and took over the ship. In the end they were saved by the [...]

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