Teryl S Cartwright's Blog

• Ambush Absurdity

  November 17, 2009

  • The outer limits of cable channels are just that.  As I flipped to a show in which two perky and loudly dressed ladies sat in an RV, I marveled at what I was paying for.  They sat smugly watching a video of some poor unsuspecting fellow who needed a "makeover".  I had to think the setting was in homage to Extreme Home Makeover, but nothing else was.  They giggled, these middle aged ...
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• Novel"tweet"sta

  October 28, 2009

  • Have you seen the movie Dear Frankie?  I have, several times, but then I'm a sucker for fairy tales.  I really loved it.  But you be your own judge.  We Americans are supposed to use the English subtitles to understand the Scottish accent, but I've watched my Hamish MacBeth enough times to not need to.I was so impressed by the LACK of words.  How, as a writer, can I write like that?  There ...
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• True? If So, Writer's Market Will Go Out of Business

  September 3, 2009

  • How to have a bestselling book:1.       Be a celebrity2.       Be endorsed by a celebrity3.       Have a movie made of your book by a celebritySo how do you become a celebrity?1.       Be on a reality show or really stupid video2.       Be endorsed by a celebrity3.       Write a bestselling bookBut how do you get endorsed by a celebrity?1.       Be ...
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