Many thanks to Janice Law of the American Women Writers National Museum who invited me to give a short talk on The Women of Early TV. I enjoyed sharing the names and careers of women like Peg Lynch, Gertrude Berg, Selma Diamond, and D.C. Fontana to the members who gathered on Zoom last Wednesday morning. … Continue reading "07 Madeline Pugh From Women in Early TV for the American Women Writers National Museum [Video]"

Watch the entire presentation – Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast | Episode # 29 here Transcript: Yeah. It doesn’t even — they don’t have to like your story. If they like you they can bring you and you know that’s the other thing that happens — if they like you but they … Continue reading "32 More On Pitching…from Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast [Video]"

In researching and writing my book on Giuseppe and Anita Garibaldi and the unification of Italy (A Man Of Action Saving Liberty: A Novel Based On The Life Of Giuseppe Garibaldi)  I re-discovered the first American female war correspondent – Margaret Fuller — who I had first met in a college course on the Transcendentalists. … Continue reading "24 Italians In America from Concord Days: Margaret Fuller in Italy [Video]"

Transcript: Here’s something that fascinates me. I remember reading this in the trades and how cool it would have been when they thought about the third remake. This is obviously some 15 years ago now. It was a natural for Whitney Houston. You want a famous female singer. You want this story and she had … Continue reading "20 A 3rd Remake?…from “Female Creatives & A Star Is Born” [Video]"

Many thanks to Janice Law of the American Women Writers National Museum who invited me to give a short talk on The Women of Early TV. I enjoyed sharing the names and careers of women like Peg Lynch, Gertrude Berg, Selma Diamond, and D.C. Fontana to the members who gathered on Zoom last Wednesday morning. … Continue reading "05 The Missing Women Part 2 From Women in Early TV for the American Women Writers National Museum [Video]"

Watch the entire presentation – Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast | Episode # 29 here Transcript: …and then finally there was a movie that had come out — it’s a while ago now — this is an old meeting — called Indecent Proposal and it was Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, and Robert … Continue reading "31 More On My Worst Pitch Meeting from Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast [Video]"

In researching and writing my book on Giuseppe and Anita Garibaldi and the unification of Italy (A Man Of Action Saving Liberty: A Novel Based On The Life Of Giuseppe Garibaldi)  I re-discovered the first American female war correspondent – Margaret Fuller — who I had first met in a college course on the Transcendentalists. … Continue reading "23 Why Return to the US? from Concord Days: Margaret Fuller in Italy [Video]"

Transcript: Just briefly I wanted to cover the fact that so 20 years later, Joan and John are going to write “Up Close and Personal.” It’s about an ambitious female news reporter, her seasoned older male news reporter, who’s at his peak but he’s Robert Redford so he’s not failing but he’s about to fail. … Continue reading "19 Up Close and Personal from “Female Creatives & A Star Is Born” [Video]"

Many thanks to Janice Law of the American Women Writers National Museum who invited me to give a short talk on The Women of Early TV. I enjoyed sharing the names and careers of women like Peg Lynch, Gerturde Berg, Selma Diamond and D.C. Fontana to the members who gathered on Zoom last Wednesday morning. … Continue reading "05 The Missing Women From Women in Early TV for the American Women Writers National Museum [Video]"

Watch the entire presentation – Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast | Episode # 29 here Transcript: Host: You have if you have a show and you’re going on you’re going to pitch it, do you have that in mind always like okay I’m going to pitch to HBO. These are the people … Continue reading "30 My Worst Pitch Meeting from Worry and Wonder | The Courier Thirteen Podcast [Video]"