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The Perfect Premise | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. There’s a difference between a present and a premise, but when you’re a writer, they’re both basically gifts. I dislike novels that take too long in setting up the book’s premise, don’t you? You know what I’m talking about, right, book friends? And okay, I loved. But, give me a well set-up, simple premise any day. Now there’s a premise. Edgar Alan Poe, Don DeLillo, Dostoevsky? Or how about Barbara Kingsolver, or Palahniuk? In my most recent novel. So, book fr...
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Trolling for Embarassing, Hilarious Stories | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. Trolling for Embarassing, Hilarious Stories. So, back at old WXYZ-TV there used to be this guy who. A Special Shout Out to all my TV Friends. Room He had left all the camera batteries on-charge over night and gone to bed. This was Tactical Error #1. This was Tactical Error #2. I stare at him incredulously; since he’s standing nearly naked in the hallway outside my hotel room, water streaming from him onto the carpet, panic in his eyes. I look back inside ...
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October | 2009 | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. There’s a difference between a present and a premise, but when you’re a writer, they’re both basically gifts. I dislike novels that take too long in setting up the book’s premise, don’t you? You know what I’m talking about, right, book friends? And okay, I loved. But, give me a well set-up, simple premise any day. Now there’s a premise. Edgar Alan Poe, Don DeLillo, Dostoevsky? Or how about Barbara Kingsolver, or Palahniuk? In my most recent novel. So, book fr...
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Guilty, With An Explanation | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. Guilty, With An Explanation. The Brian Leopold Network now begins its broadcast day. So, everyone has been asking me the same question. Dude, why no new Blog entries? All I can say is guilty as charged, but guilty with an explanation. AND YET no new Blog entries. What gives, Dude? Now, I have not written a short story in more than twenty years. When I started writing fiction again in 2001, I concentrated entirely on the production of novels. But, I do...But I...
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Media Monster Meets the Latvian Bike Team | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. Media Monster Meets the Latvian Bike Team. Hey Does anyone here speak Latvian? Actually, now that I stop to think about it, Frankie was actually quite an accomplished driver. I’ve never seen anyone better steering an automobile without using his hands. Frankie always drove exclusively with his elbows and knees, since both hands were required to get the proper vibrato out of the blue harp. He liked to practice while he drove. I myself, a longtime Pittsburgh na...
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Call in the Bomb Squad | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. Call in the Bomb Squad. I dont smell anything burning back in video. Call in the Bomb Squad. Now, he was back in Pittsburgh, doing his best to keep his chin held high. It was a struggle for Dub, but he did his best to soldier on. I smell gas, he announced in a loud, clear voice. Gil said, looking up from a fistful of wire copy. I smell gas. Don’t you? Gil snuffled like some kind of hound dog. No, Dub, he said. I don’t smell anything. Dub constantly referred t...
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April | 2010 | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. Call in the Bomb Squad. I dont smell anything burning back in video. Call in the Bomb Squad. Now, he was back in Pittsburgh, doing his best to keep his chin held high. It was a struggle for Dub, but he did his best to soldier on. I smell gas, he announced in a loud, clear voice. Gil said, looking up from a fistful of wire copy. I smell gas. Don’t you? Gil snuffled like some kind of hound dog. No, Dub, he said. I don’t smell anything. Dub constantly referred t...
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Fistfights in the Newsroom | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. Fistfights in the Newsroom. Of course, this all took place back in the late Seventies, when television stations still had the wide open feel of Dodge City. And, let me tell you, generation X’ers, if you think you work in a hostile work environment these days, amidst your sanitized, civilized, PC world; you have no freaking idea! You should check it out sometime.). Inevitably, the machine would wrinkle the tape about fifteen minutes before it was supposed to a...
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About Brian | Brian Leopold's Blog
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Brian Leopold's Blog. What's on Brian's Mind. His broadcast career has brought him many accolades, including a national Emmy Award for his work as Coordinating Producer of the ESPN program Sportscenter. Brian’s work on Sportscenter also garnered him an additional national Emmy nomination and a nomination for the Cable Ace Award (the cable industry’s highest programming award). Published on September 21, 2009 at 1:48 am Leave a Comment. To TrackBack this entry is:. Feed for comments on this post.