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	<title>Pink Raygun.com &#187; Breaking In</title>
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		<title>Breaking In: Samurai Girl&#8217;s Luke McMullen</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/09/05/breaking-in-samurai-girls-luke-mcmullen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 07:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha-Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything is better when you add ninjas.  On his MySpace page, TV writer Luke McMullen describes his latest project, ABC Family's Samurai Girl, as "kind of like Gossip Girl meets Alias. With ninjas".  At this years San Diego Comicon, Pink Raygun's Juliana Weiss had the chance to talk with McMullen about Samurai Girl and breaking into television writing.]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: Just Add Zombies!</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/03/28/breaking-in-just-add-zombies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Josh Roessler and Juliana Weiss
A friend of ours believes that any screenplay idea can be improved by adding zombies to the mix, so in honor of Zombie week, we thought we&#8217;d test the theory on some popular TV shows.
Star Trek: TNG
The Enterprise scans a newly discovered planet for life signs; they detect nothing. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: Adopt a Writer with Xena writer Joel Metzger</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/03/26/breaking-in-adopt-a-writer-with-joel-metzger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Juliana Weiss 
Pink Raygun is a parent!  
We’ve adopted our first writer through “Adopt a Writer,” a program organized by entertainment bloggers in support of the WGA during the recent strike. Although the strike ended less than a month after the project began, “Adopt a Writer” lives on, and Pink Raygun was lucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: The WGA Strike &#8211; Star Watching</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/01/28/breaking-in-the-wga-strike-star-watching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 08:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Juliana Weiss
Photos courtesy of Valerie Perez
&#8220;You people are causing a disturbance.&#8221; &#8211; Joss Whedon
The WGA strike has provided young, aspiring writers with a unique opportunity to walk (in circles) with the professional writers and showrunners they admire. Some writers are even offering script advice to those who join them on the line. Of course, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: The WGA Strike &#8211; Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s Horchata</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/01/08/breaking-in-the-wga-strike-jimmy-kimmels-horchata/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2008/01/08/breaking-in-the-wga-strike-jimmy-kimmels-horchata/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By  Juliana Weiss
Photos courtesy of Valerie Perez
Everyone knows that free food just tastes better, but there hasn&#8217;t been much study into taste differentials within the free food category. Due to the current Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, I can confidently report that free food provided by your local celebrity is no better than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: Standing with the Master</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/12/12/breaking-in-standing-with-the-master/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By  Juliana Weiss
After a few months of unpaid work for loony producer, a co-worker and I had finally received our first form of payment: an invitation to the premiere of Joss Whedon&#8217;s Serenity. As people filed out of the auditorium after the screening, I made a promise to myself: I would shake Whedon&#8217;s hand.
Naturally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: My Path to Serenity</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/11/21/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/11/21/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Juliana Weiss
After having given up on the unpaid producer&#8217;s assistant gig that was supposed to jumpstart my career, I decided that not all was lost. I now had that industry experience that every decent position in town required. The longer I stuck it out, the more I could list on my résumé.
So I came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: Interview with Jane Espenson</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/11/12/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim-with-jane-espenson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/11/12/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim-with-jane-espenson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by  Juliana Weiss
We&#8217;re taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming for an interview with TV writer Jane Espenson. Check back next week for the third chapter of my Hollywood journey.
Though her literary travels have taken her to the rim of space, TV writer Jane Espenson is far from the rim of Hollywood. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: True Tales from Women on the Rim</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/10/24/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/10/24/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by  Juliana Weiss
Previous Installment&#8230; 
Having newly arrived in Hollywood, I had found what seemed like the perfect gig as an assistant to an upstart producer/manager who had locked his first client: a well-known sports star who wanted to be the next big action hero. But as the Hollywood hype grew, so did the weirdness.
At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breaking In: True Tales from Women on the Rim</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/10/15/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/10/15/breaking-in-true-tales-from-women-on-the-rim/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jul_weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by  Juliana Weiss
When people tell you stories about Hollywood, you have to wonder: is it really that bad? After only a brief stay in Lala Land, you can confirm for yourself. I once heard an exec describe the entertainment industry as a Gold Rush&#8211;and I cannot think of a more apt description. You start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Special Effects: Kerry Shea of the Jim Henson Creature Shop</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/06/20/women-in-special-effects-kerry-shea-of-the-jim-henson-creature-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/06/20/women-in-special-effects-kerry-shea-of-the-jim-henson-creature-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 07:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a geek for Muppets and just about anything that comes out of the Jim Henson Creature Shop.  As a kid, I knew that when the Creature Shop was involved in a movie or tv show, I would see things I had never seen before, and I would always be amazed.  That feeling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Special Effects: Pranee McKinlay of Weta Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/06/01/women-in-special-effects-pranee-mckinlay-of-weta-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/06/01/women-in-special-effects-pranee-mckinlay-of-weta-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 07:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha-Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I first saw She-Ra: Princess of Power, I&#8217;ve wanted a sword.  I made my own out of balsa wood, cardboard and some glitter paint, and tried to stage a sword fight in the backyard with my brother, who wielded a plastic lightsaber.  The lightsaber broke my sparkly sword immediately and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Special Effects: Samantha Lyttle of Weta Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/05/16/women-in-special-effects-samantha-lyttle-of-weta-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/05/16/women-in-special-effects-samantha-lyttle-of-weta-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 07:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha-Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first make-up experience was at Circus World in 1979 when I got my face painted like a clown with oil based make-up that didn&#8217;t wash off for three days.   I didn&#8217;t play with make-up when I played dress-up because my mom never wore it,  so until I was well into my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Special Effects: Lucy Cant of Weta Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/05/08/women-in-special-effects-lucy-cant-of-weta-workshop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/05/08/women-in-special-effects-lucy-cant-of-weta-workshop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 07:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha-Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previously: Women in Special Effects: Weta Workshop
Women in Special Effects: Weta Workshop Part 2
The first miniature I ever had was a model of the original Battlestar Galactica, which was built by my dad because I was four years old and couldn&#8217;t be trusted with an Exacto knife and super glue (still can&#8217;t be, for that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Special Effects: Weta Workshop Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/21/women-in-special-effects-weta-workshop-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/21/women-in-special-effects-weta-workshop-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 07:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha-Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In part one of this series, several of the women working at Weta Workshop offered their advice on trying to get work in special effects.  In part two they discuss the challenges they&#8217;ve faced, specifically as a woman and in general as a professional, and overcome.
So, what are the biggest challenges?

Melissa Dodds- ProductionBalancing work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women in Special Effects: Weta Workshop</title>
		<link>http://www.pinkraygun.com/2007/03/14/women-in-special-effects-weta-workshop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 07:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alpha-Girl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My brother and I were obsessed with peeling our faces off when we were kids.  It looked so cool on V when the aliens would pull back their human faces to show the lizardy thing underneath.  We were also obsessed with making ourselves look as gross as possible, and for no particular reason. [...]]]></description>
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