T.R. Locke's Blog, page 2
September 24, 2014
The Perfect Metaphor for Hollywood
Part of deciding on whether or not to put your time and energy into breaking into Hollywood is deciding whether Hollywood will let you do what you want to do once you get here. If you have a bunch of new melodies to add to those four chords, Hollywood is waiting for you. If not, you may want to look elsewhere because although there's a certain glamor to Hollywood, that glamor fades quickly for the artist trapped in creative monotony.
February 28, 2014
YouTube-Hollywood’s Back Door or New Hollywood?
YouTube is proving to be not only a great platform for finding your way to Hollywood, but also a viable and profitable substitute for Hollywood--one where corporations haven't completely taken control and blocked entrance with gatekeepers. Artists take heed to the new trends in entertainment.
YouTube-Hollywood’s Back Door or New Hollywood?
YouTube is proving to be not only a great platform for finding your way to Hollywood, but also a viable and profitable substitute for Hollywood--one where corporations haven't completely taken control and blocked entrance with gatekeepers. Artists take heed to the new trends in entertainment.
February 7, 2014
Hollywood Hillbillies Show How to Get a Deal
The Reelz network has a new TV series that’s a reality show take on the Beverly Hillbillies called Hollywood Hillbillies. The show developed as the result of a young red-headed boy’s rant on YouTube over being called a “ginger.” The video went viral with over 32 million hits and caught the attention of the Tosh.0 […]
December 22, 2013
Wish I Knew Hollywood International Bestseller
What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood (2nd ed.) Kindle version celebrated a new milestone just in time for Christmas and just ahead of the release of print versions in January 2014. The e-book has now become a bestseller in all foreign English speaking territories, including the United Kingdom, Canada and […]
December 20, 2013
WIK Hollywood Hits #1 and #12–Ahead of McKee, Truby AND… Superhead
It would be nice if it lasts, but for now my book has moved ahead of a couple Hollywood giants in screenwriting–Story, by Robert McKee, the bible of Hollywood screenwriting, and John Truby’s The Anatomy of Story. As a bonus, it’s ahead of the Video Vixen Superhead’s Hollywood tell-all, too. What I Wish I Knew […]
October 30, 2013
The New Dramatic TV Renaissance
Based on the title of this article, you might think that I’m referring to the end of the proliferation of TV shows set in the Dark Ages, but I’m not. I’m writing about the fact that dramatic TV series have suddenly gotten much better than they’ve ever been. In fact, I recently had lunch with […]
May 16, 2013
Goodreads Giveaway Winners Announced
The Goodreads signed 1st edition giveaway of What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood ended on Tuesday May 14, 2013. More than 800 Goodreads members signed up for the giveaway. I spent the morning yesterday signing books and bookmarks for the 12 winners. I want to thank everyone who entered and Goodreads [...]
April 2, 2013
T. R. Locke’s 2nd Edition Hits #1 Hot New Releases
Burbank–April 2, 2013–Since yesterday was April Fool’s Day, I decided to hold off on this post until today lest anyone think I was joking when I posted on Facebook yesterday that the 2nd edition of my book, “What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood” hit #1 in Hot New Releases in the [...]
March 26, 2013
2nd Edition Hits Bestseller’s and What’s Hot Lists in Multiple Categories
Less than three weeks after its March 03, 2013 release exclusively on Amazon for Kindle, the 2nd edition of my book, What I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Hollywood, hit multiple Bestseller’s and What’s Hot lists on Amazon. In Kindle Books, it landed at #13 in books about the Music Business. In all [...]
