Why Are You Anonymous, Anonymous?
Susan (or possibly Jo) commented on an old post: for one who knows as much as you do why are you anonymous? why can’t you tell us who you are and some of your credits. Might give us more trust in you, your advice, your credibility to know maybe of your imdb page or … […]
Self-Serving Blog Post (That Might Help You, Too)
It’s been awhile since I’ve updated you on the state of the blog, so here goes. In the last week, since I’ve started blogging again, I’ve received over 2,000 readers every day. Tuesday and Wednesday, over 2,400, which is nearly a record. So, if you’re sharing the blog with your friends, it seems to be […]
It’s About Time (Or: Yes, I’m Back)
Several people have commented or tweeted that I haven’t written anything in a while. The reason is, basically, this blog was started nearly five years ago, with over 650 posts. That’s quite a bit of material about a job a monkey could do. Eventually, you just run out of things to write. But don’t worry, […]
Fan Mail
Eva writes: You are awesome and I love your site. That is all. 🙂 Thanks, Eva! You’re pretty nice, too. Even if I come across as a little cranky sometimes, I genuinely hope my blog is helpful to all the PAs out there, whether you’ve been in the business for years or are aspiring to […]
Fred Savage and CBS Can Go to Hell
I know what you guys are thinking. You read the story on Deadline about CBS buying the rights to a blog about life as a Hollywood assistant, with plans to turn it into a pilot. By now, you know that Fred Savage – of Vice Versa fame – is attached to EP and direct. So […]
Follow Me
If you subscribe to TAPA’s RSS feed, you might be wondering why I haven’t uploaded the UTA Joblist lately. That’s because you’re not following me on Twitter or liking me on Facebook. You should do that. I have been updating the joblist as regularly as ever, but I just decided to stop wasting blog space with straight […]
New Layout
If you go to the main TAPA site, you’ll see I’ve changed the layout. I felt like the column on the right was getting unwieldy, and people weren’t seeing all of it. I thought splitting the information might help. Let me know if you like the new look, or if you you think it’s too cluttered […]
Thanks, Spammers!
I love when I get spam comments like this (originally a comment on my UTA Joblist page): Thanks for some other informative site. The place else may just I am getting that kind of information written in such a perfect approach? I have a challenge that I’m simply now working on, and I’ve been at the […]
Ads?
Some of you may have noticed, advertisements have started popping up on the TAPA blog. I resisted it for a long time, largely because I didn’t want to think of this site as a job. That being said, I’m broke, so I’m selling out. 🙂 I’ve put one adsense box on the main page, and […]
UTA Joblist on TAPA
I’ve blogged about the joblist before, but for those of you who don’t know, it’s a basically just a list of job openings, compiled by assistants at the United Talent Agency. There are a number of places online to find the UTA Joblist, but lately, they all seem to be updating way too slowly. These […]
Big Move
As you may have noticed, there’s been some changes around TAPA. I found a replacement TAPA, who is an excellent writer and very knowledgeable about the business. I may pop in every now and then to write a post, but I’m guessing you won’t even notice the change. The other change is… we’ve moved! TAPA […]
That’s All, Folks
Some of you may have noticed it’s been a while since my last post. Then again, some of you may not have, considering the 500 or so readers I still get every day. (Weird.) There’s a lot of reasons for this, including that awkward feeling you get when you haven’t posted in a while, that […]