There’s lots of good stuff on my favorite blogs lately…
Saddlebums, a blog dedicated to westerns, has more than lived up to its promise. It has quickly become the best, and most entertaining, resource anywhere about western literature in print and on film (far outshining the dull and irrelevant magazine published by the Western Writers of America). So far, Saddlebums has offered fascinating interviews with authors like Brian Garfield, Johnny D. Boggs, Jory Sherman, and Robert Randisi, as well as reviews of new novels and up-to-the-minute news about what’s happening in the genre. If you love westerns, this blog is a "must-read!"
Over at Murderati, my friend Paul Guyot is talking about How Television Series Are Created, from idea to pitch to sale (or no sale, which is usually the case). It’s very entertaining, informative, and frighteningly accurate. He should really write a book about this stuff. Between this essay, and the posts on his old (and dearly missed) blog, he certainly has the material.
Ken Levine compares the promos for the 1976 BIONIC WOMAN and the new one premiering this fall. I’m actually looking forward to the new BIONIC WOMAN…the promo I saw in the movie theatre a few weeks back was pretty good (as opposed to the one on Ken’s blog, which isn’t).
And author Sandra Scoppettone pointed me to this interesting essay by bookseller Jim Huang about — what else? — bookselling.
On a related topic (TV Series) I got this comment/question on my blog, and I’m sharing it in case anyone here can help this fellow.
He wrote:
Thanks for putting up information on the West Point Story TV Series. I would be extremely interested in purchasing the series. I loved that show and although I didn’t attend West Point I became an Army Officer during the Vietnam era and my son is currently there. Do you have any idea where I may purchase them? I am lost with MGM and the Army AOG could not help.”
Posted by: Joel Boroff
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