tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post5272039304498206596..comments2024-01-24T16:57:52.487-05:00Comments on Writing Unleashed with Laura M. Harkins: NCF Tuesday: Authors Writing for HBO & Showtime; Writing Contests; Tea, Cake or DeathLaura M. Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07118305776404765529noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-79809679766194494232011-03-16T17:50:13.263-04:002011-03-16T17:50:13.263-04:00So, my choices are: or death? i periodically watc...So, my choices are: or death? i periodically watch this when I need a good laugh. I have one more up my sleeve and a few other hilarious things I like to watch. I need to start scouring the Internet for humor writers and post their work here as well. <br /><br />I've enjoyed watching many of the original shows on HBO and Showtime. My fingers are crossed that something smart will be produced.Laura M. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07118305776404765529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-59452481137571433192011-03-16T12:06:52.884-04:002011-03-16T12:06:52.884-04:00I do think that fantasy will mix well with Hitler....I do think that fantasy will mix well with Hitler. He is known to have had a fascination with the occult and without hopefully offending any religious sensibilities at exactly what the occult is, I'm making the statement that it isn't too far removed to lump conmen magicians and talk of the Lost Arc in the same vein.<br /><br />As far as professional writers taking their work to television...I say the more the merrier. I love television more than I do books (I still read but only for maybe an hour or so a night) and of course I write. I watch at least a couple hours of television a day. There are so many wonderful series on right now and I like looking at the attractive guys. It makes me feel less lonely. Books in my opinion are a lonely enterprise so I can only write for about an hour a day or so and then read before the silence of the apartment overwhelms me.<br /><br />And Eddie Izzard is awesome. What a great comedian.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-73295779477149075672011-03-15T16:23:55.058-04:002011-03-15T16:23:55.058-04:00love eddie izzard lego piece, that's just so a...love eddie izzard lego piece, that's just so awesome on so many levels!<br />as for the chabon/rushdie TV projects, I think it could really work, but I'm very afraid it won't. When I was living in England I was thrilled when the bbc aired Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere - which was written for TV. I was thrilled until i saw the poor production values and the beast at the end that looked very old school dr. who, but not in a good way, no not at all, because in the 1990's production values should have been better. The story deserved sooo much more love and care, especially one about my beloved London. So, as awesome a writer as Neil Gaiman is, even he couldn't make Neverwhere awesome (but, you could argue, Coraline is awesome...but that's film) <br /><br />I guess it depends on if HBO and Showtime pony up with the free artistic license. That's the only thing that could make these projects good, or a lack of it could scupper them. it's so up in the air.<br />BTW, I think True Blood is a zillion times better than the books, so TV can be transformative in a good way...Alex Villasantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109677049281615295noreply@blogger.com