Dead Things on Sticks: Denis McGrath is on fire in Toronto.

Jane Espenson wrote Buffy. She worked with Joss, baby. And she's all about screenplay craft.

Kung Fu Monkey: John Rogers is one of the top writers in LA.

Kay Reindl From the heart of Tee Vee.

Jill Golick blogs about pilots.

By Ken Levine: Top sitcom dude (M*A*S*H, Cheers, Simpsons, Frasier). He knows.

The Artful Writer: Thought-provoking posts for pro writers from a WGA honcho.

What It's Like by Lisa Klink. Credit list as long as your arm.

How to Buy Art. Lisa Hunter blogs intelligently and wittily about the art market. And you can ask her questions.

Victoria Lucas is one of the rare development people who understand how scripts really work, and can show you how to make yours structurally better. I treasure her insights. You will too.

BabyName Wizard NameVoyager

Social Security Administration: Most popular names by year.

Name Trends: Uniquely popular names by year.

Will Dixon.

Doris Egan's LiveJournal. House, Tru Calling, etc.

Creative Screenwriting. Podcasted interviews with fascinating screenwriters.

John August: Screenwriter of Charlie's Angels and Big Fish.

DISC/ontent: blogs about direct to DVD movies. Bracing.

Ni vu ni connu: Martine Page is a working Montreal screenwriter

Danny Stack, chipping away at his keyboard across the Pond.

The Thinking Writer: Jon Deer went through pretty much the same mill I did, and has a lot of helpful stuff to say.

Fun Joel: Joel's a professional script reader. In other words, he'll be reading your script. So listen to what he says.

Chad Gervich's Script Notes. Writer's Digest-sponsored site from a veteran development executive.

The Legion of Decency. A producer's blog!

Alligators in a Helicopter by Scott the Reader.

Shouting into the Wind. Showbiz news'n'gossip.

Screenplay Europe: Reports on festivals, grants, and other Euro bon-bons.

Scrivenor's Error: Legal issues involved in writing.

The Futon Critic: What's in development? What's on TV?

TV Tattle: Thought-provoking articles about TV gathered from all over.

Episode Guides

TV.com: Episode guides and cast and crew lists.

TV, Eh?What's doing on Canadian TV.

EntertainmentCareers.Net: Looking for a job in the biz?

ShowBizJobs.Com: Ditto.

Amanda the Aspiring Writer. Amanda works at an Agency. Go Amanda!

101. My intrepid assistant's blog.

Bluestocking LA - The Life and Times of a Writer and New Mom in LA

Creatively Progressing

Andy Coughlan is writing screenplays and producing short films.

Shouting into the Wind.

NY Times / Arts / Television

Scriptland: series in the LA Times.

Daily Variety

The Onion AV Club and its archives.

The WGA interviews writers.

Famous Films Re-Enacted by Bunnies in 30 Seconds

The ComicBloc.

Andy Diggle. A great entertainer, a great humanitarian, and a personal friend of Johanna Constantine.

Justin Gray. A great entertainer, a great humanitarian, and a personal friend of Jonah Hex. Er, if anyone is.

Kody Chamberlain. Nice, really gruesome art.

Glenn Hauman, assistant editor on Grimjack and others...

David Bishop, who is trying to make the leap to the screen...

Reverse Dictionary Search: "What's that word that means....?"

Most Popular Baby Names by Year, courtesy the Social Security Administration

Baby Name Voyager graphs baby name frequency by decade.