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- Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
- I am a versatile, reliable author, editor, and journalist who specializes in pop culture, media, and entertainment news. I also work with publishers, agents, authors, and experts from many fields as a ghostwriter, book doctor, collaborator, and editor. While pop culture is my forte as a solo writer, I cover a wide range of genres as a collaborator, including memoirs, biography, history, politics, business, leadership and achievement, investigative journalism, self-help and personal growth.
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- www.edrobertson.com
www.doctorrerun.com
www.tvconfidential.net
- About Me:
- I’ve had six books published, including two books on the career of actor James Garner and a behind-the-scenes history of The Fugitive. I also write for The Wave Magazine, Media Life Magazine and other media venues. In addition, I co-host TV Confidential, a bi-weekly radio program that takes listeners behind the scenes of television and the entertainment industry in general.
I have also collaborated on a number of books, including Voice of Reason by National Radio Hall of Fame nominee Ronn Owens; The Ethics of Star Trek, which I co-authored with Indiana State University professor Judith Barad; and KEEP ON KEEPING ON, a memoir that I co-wrote with Jean Davis. In addition, my work appears in such titles as the New York Times bestselling anthology Chicken Soup for the Writer's Soul.
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- http://edsweb.wordpress.com, blog.tvconfidential.net
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"The Simpsons" Turn 20
I had the pleasure of speaking with E! Online correspondent Joal Ryan for a piece she wrote on Sunday’s season premiere of The Simpsons. The episode launches the show’s 20th season on television, matching Gunsmoke as the longest running prime time series in American TV history. Click here to read the story:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b31233__lt_i_gt_The_Simpsons_lt__i_gt__Get_Into_Dodge_.html
Ed Robertson
Freelance Entertainment Journalist
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
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Ed Robertson
Freelance Entertainment Journalist
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
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Posted on September 26, 2008 at 9:00pm —
Books currently on my nightstand
I write a lot of nonfiction, so I tend to read a lot of nonfiction — and since I do a radio program on television, many of the books I read these days are ones written by my guests, in preparation for the show. Among the books currently on my nightstand are:
Pete Duel: A Biography
Best known for playing Hannibal Heyes on the 1970s Western series Alias Smith and Jones, Pete Duel was a talented but troubled young actor who took his life at the height of his celebrity. What makes this book stand a… Continue
Pete Duel: A Biography
Best known for playing Hannibal Heyes on the 1970s Western series Alias Smith and Jones, Pete Duel was a talented but troubled young actor who took his life at the height of his celebrity. What makes this book stand a… Continue
Posted on September 13, 2008 at 12:30pm —
2008 Fall TV preview
Less is more on TV this season, at least when it comes to new shows. That’s because most of the shows starting up this fall really aren’t “new” at all.
There are only 18 bona fide “new” scripted series premiering this year (last year, there were almost 30). Some aren’t so much new as they are adaptations of popular overseas shows (the networks call this “reimagining”). The NBC sitcom Kath & Kim, based on an Australian comedy of the same name, falls in this category, as do Eleventh Hour and… Continue
There are only 18 bona fide “new” scripted series premiering this year (last year, there were almost 30). Some aren’t so much new as they are adaptations of popular overseas shows (the networks call this “reimagining”). The NBC sitcom Kath & Kim, based on an Australian comedy of the same name, falls in this category, as do Eleventh Hour and… Continue
Posted on August 29, 2008 at 12:30pm —
Brian Copeland stands his ground in "Not a Genuine Black Man"
Brian Copeland is one of the top voices on KGO radio, but he also knows his television. When he first developed Not a Genuine Black Man—his riveting one-man show about growing up black in San Leandro in the early 1970s, at a time when the East Bay suburb was notoriously 99.9 percent white and determined to keep it that way—he set out to capture the style of All in the Family, Good Times, Maude and other groundbreaking comedies produced by Norman Lear, where the audience finds themselves laughing… Continue
Posted on August 15, 2008 at 12:30pm —
Remembering George Carlin on Share-a-Vision Radio
In case you missed it, we paid tribute to the late George Carlin during the July 10 edition of Talking Television on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. Besides playing a brief clip in which Carlin performed his classic routine on the differences between football and baseball, we discussed his skillful use of the English language, his biting commentaries on American culture, and… Continue
Posted on July 20, 2008 at 4:29pm —
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Check out the Mystery of the Missing Checks
Monday, I'm over at my group blog, http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/, where I'm blogging about the mystery of the missing checks. Come on over and find out what it's all about.Thanks,
Morgan Mandel
Can We Talk?
I'm firming up some dates for speaking engagements in 2010. One's tentatively set for March 28, at 1:30 at the Niles Public Library, another probably in mid May at the Schaumburg Township District Library.Also, coming up is a radio interview at WJJQ again on May 7, at 9:35 a.m. before my booksigning May 8 at Cover to Cover Books in Tomahawk, WI.
I've heard that some people are more afraid of public speaking than of dying. Surprisingly, I find it easier each time I do it. As long as I have my cheat sheet with me to glance down at once in a while for security and I like what I'm talking about, I'm okay.
What about you? Do you like to talk or would you rather not?
Helpless
Over the Holiday weekend I took a good look at my house and that familiar helples feeling washed over me again. It seemed like an insurmountable task to get the place in order. It still does.I spend so much time writing and promoting after I do my day job, what little time I have left is precious. Still, sometimes I just have to buckle down and ignore my compulsion to write and make myself clean house instead. I tackled the spare bedroom, which had clothes and all kinds of other articles strewn over the bed, on the floor, and anywhere you can think of, compliments of myself and the DH, who were equally guilty. I did make some headway, which made me feel good, but if I had more time I know I could do better. Also, there are so many other projects left to do if I were to get the house really into shape. I'm wondering how much I'll get done before Christmas, when I have my family over.
Maybe over the weekend I can get more done, that is, after I do the Illinois sales tax form first, which is due by the end of the month. I've got almost all of my check statements, except one, which I think I can find online, so maybe I can get that done. You may have guessed I'm not the most organized person in the world.
Anyway, let's see how far I can get cleaning up. I've got this kindle on loan from the library, with about 9 days left on it, and lots of good books on it beckoning to me. I've got some great ideas for stories I want to start and others I want to continue. I've got some blog buddies I haven't visited for a while. I wonder what will win out. (g)
What about you? What do you do about housework? Does it get in the way sometimes?
PS The not so surprising results are up on the left for my EZ poll. I'll have to do a harder one some time.
New Killer Career Excerpt at Acme Authors Link
Hi Gang,Today, I've got a new Killer Career excerpt up at http://acmeauthorslink.blogspot.com/ . This one continues from the first excerpt I posted on Monday at http://makeminemystery.blogspot.com/
If you're curious about my recently released romantic suspense, come on over to one or both blogs to check it out.
Thanks,
Morgan
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My name is Chris Tusa, and I'm a writer from New Orleans. I am writing because my debut novel, Dirty Little Angels, is now available, and I was hoping you might be willing to read it and post your comments on some of the book review sites like amazon.com. If you're interested, I'd be glad to send you an e-book version of the book. Just let me know. I've included a summary of the novel below:
Dirty Little Angels
Set in the slums of New Orleans, among clusters of crack houses and abandoned buildings, Dirty Little Angels is the story of sixteen year old Hailey Trosclair. When the Trosclair family suffers a string of financial hardships and a miscarriage, Hailey finds herself looking to God to save her family. When her prayers go unanswered, Hailey puts her faith in Moses Watkins, a failed preacher and ex-con. Fascinated by Moses's lopsided view of religion, Hailey, and her brother Cyrus, begin spending time down at an abandoned bank that Moses plans to convert into a drive-through church. Gradually, though, Moses's twisted religious beliefs become increasingly more violent, and Hailey and Cyrus soon find themselves trapped in a world of danger and fear from which there may be no escape.
If you'd like to read the first chapter before you commit, feel free to visit my web site:
http://christophertusa.com/blog/?page_id=894
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Chris
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Lynn
When I'm not at work I'm going to have to check out your page. Thanks for the add yourself, and enjoy your week.
Rachel
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