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TV’s top best moms and 5 lousy ones quiz

  • TV
  • May 11, 2012
No mother is the perfect, but television has tried to portray the perfect mom over the years. Here is a quiz of 10 of the “best” moms...
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Naming your characters

Characters names are not merely labels we apply to them in order to distinguish A from B from X. It has been my own experience as a writer that...
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Getting to Know Your Characters

How many times have you heard an interview with a writer where they say the characters tell them the stories, not the other way around? How do you...
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Halloween and harvest movement ideas for kids

  • Halloween and exercise for kids
  • September 28, 2011
Harvest time and Halloween inspire wonderful creative movement activities for children. This time of the yearprovides an opportunity to put...
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Street Fighter X Tekken characters not included in the game - where's Blanka?

Yoshinori Ono has confirmed the finalization of the roster for Street Fighter X Tekken. He said that he could not disclose just who made the final...
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Who is Dorian? A character analysis

For many people, Dorian Cramer Lord is the anti-hero, antagonist, or even the villain, of Llanview and One Life to Live.The hero, you see, always...
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'Get it down pat' and avoid coming across weird

The following is inspired and paraphrased from Lookalike: 101 by Greg Thompson. When Thompson talks about getting the look right as a celebrity...
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True Blood cast welcomes fresh blood into the folds

Though filming for the hotly anticipated fourth season of True Blood is well underway this month that hasn't stopped the casting directors from...
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Halloween 2010 fantasy costume countdown

This is an easy year for couples in terms of Halloween costumes -- there is the straightforward Mad Hatter and Alice in Wonderland. There is Tiger...
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LOST followers revel in one last surge of glory

It’s a busy week for LOST fans. Today concludes the LOST Auction at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, and for those of you (like me) who couldn...
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