Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/23/16

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Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/22/16

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Working Titles

When you watch a TV show you don't think too much about what the show is called. However, it is a very big problem if the show has a bad name. It's the first thing that the audience knows about the show. So most shows have working titles if they can't come up with a good one for awhile. Most fans of the Dick Van Dyke Show know that before Dick Van Dyke was cast, it was called Head of the Family. Carl Reiner was the creator of the show and in the pilot was cast as the star. The producers convinced him to step behind the camera more because they said, while he wrote it about his life, that he wasn't right for the part. Eventually they got Dick Van Dyke who was just off of a hit Broadway play called Bye, Bye Birdie. While they produced it the show had more working titles before it aired. One of them was Full House. That title would find a home on a hit show decades later. Others were, All in a Day's Work and Double Trouble. Another show they produced was Make Room for Daddy with Danny Thomas. It was starting to be called by the public as the Danny Thomas Show. They knew if the show was a hit that the public would start calling it the Dick Van Dyke Show. They decided to beat them to the punch by actually naming it that. Barney Miller seems like a simple enough title. Name the show after the central character. But it had a working title as well. It was called the Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller. The show was suppose to show what life was like for Barney Miller at home as well as at work. At home he was not in charge but at work he was. They found out they got more laughs from where he worked and eventually that took over the whole show. The name of the show was Barney Miller in most of the world but in Spain it was Vida y milagros del Capitán Miller. That loosely translates into the Life and Miracles of Captain Miller. I don't know much about the origin of the name for the show Spin City. I do know it's working title was just "Spin." What I find interesting is that in Germany it was called Chaos City. One show that I never understood the title to was Just Shoot Me. It didn't make much sense to me. I did some research but it still didn't enlighten me on how they came up with this title. I did find that in Germany it was called Shooting Stars. In Norway it was called Blush. Norway's title made more sense. They named it after the fictional magazine that they all worked for.

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/20/2016

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Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/19/2016

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Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/18/2016

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New cover for Project: Hero

Here is the new look on the cover for the first paperback book in the Project: Hero series. It is on sale now at this link https://www.createspace.com/5013768 You can get 10% off at check out if you use code KBNCLFGB.

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/16 and 11/17/2016

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Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/15/16

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New Publisher and Look for Last Train to Murder and Other Stories

Dinky Publishing is proud to announce that Last Train to Murder and Other Stories is now officially under the Dinky Publishing umbrella. It has a new cover and ads for the books that were written by the other authors. You can get the book now at this link https://www.createspace.com/6715252 ^^^Please share this with any Monkees fan or on any The Monkees Facebook group.

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DINKY THE ELF THE COMIC STRIP 11/12/16 AND 11/13/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/10/16 and 11/11/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Ric…/…/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til… is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/9/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971 Here is the link to it at Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-r…/1014406238… and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

Dinky the Elf the comic strip 11/8/16

Get the book Dinky the Elf at any online bookstore. Here are links to it on Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971 Here is the link to it at Createspace  https://www.createspace.com/5011488 Here is the link to it on Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-ricky-l-phillips/1014406238?ean=9780692299975 and this is the link to it on Joseph-Beth http://www.josephbeth.com/Products/128135-dinky-the-elf.aspx #dinkytheelf #dinky #dinkythelf #makedinkybig #dinkypublishing #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook Remember to MAKE DINKY BIG!

 

Dinky the Elf the comic strip in book form

Go to the Facebook event Make Dinky Big https://www.facebook.com/events/1859326524296432/ and be entered in a drawing for Nov. 10th to win a copy of this book or go to this link to purchase a copy today https://www.createspace.com/6693905 #makedinkybig #dinkytheelf #dinkythelf #dinkytheelfthebook #dinkythelfthebook #dinkypublishing

Make Dinky Big Event

Here is an even that is being held on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1859326524296432/Let's make Dinky the Elf a big seller on Amazon. I have read that in the 50's and 60's, when pop groups had to get their new song on the charts to boost their careers, they would have their fan group buy it and it would get them on the local charts. From there it got more play and got on the national charts. I think that can be done with books today. If all friends and fans of mine on facebook would buy just one copy of Dinky the Elf in print or kindle on Amazon, it could make the charts as an Amazon bestseller. I am making it an event so you can post that you will commit that you have recently bought one and I can post any updates. If you already have a copy then buy one as a gift. The event will run from Nov. 4th to Nov. 17th at 12:01 am Eastern time. To show you I am serious I am lowering the price of the print book to save you some money. It was $12.95 but it will now cost $12.28. That is the lowest I can go as it cost almost that much to print the book, but that is 67 cents you can use someplace else. Here is the link to it on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971

Here is what they are saying about Dinky the Elf

Here is what people are saying about the book Dinky the Elf. Get your copy today at these and other fine stores. You can click on the links or copy and paste them. Amazon.com https://www.amazon.com/Dinky-Elf-Rick-L-Phillips/dp/0692299971/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=onmymind-20&linkCode=w00&linkId=KR5ND2665T44GBHE&creativeASIN=0692299971
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dinky-the-elf-ricky-l-phillips/1014406238?ean=9780692299975
Createspace https://www.createspace.com/5011488

Where With Great Power Began

It was on this date, Sept. 20th 2012, that I placed this ad for authors to contribute to a book.

"Ok here is something I have been thinking about and want to see if anyone is interested. If you are a comic book fan and a Christian this should appeal to you. I want to put out a book of short stories by various authors that follows the same issue of Amazing Fantasy #15 as it goes from person to person from the first day that it hits the newstands to the present. I will write the first two stories and each other Author would take a turn writing one or two stories till we get to the end, which I plan to write, unless someone else comes up with a good ending. The profits from the book will go to a Christian missionary who works for Campus Crusade for Christ named Kelley Will. Message me if you want to do this. No date as to when I will need the stories but I hope to have them all real soon to make the book before Christmas. But the date can change."

Well the date did change. I found out that Christmas of that year was too close to do all that had to be done for the book. But it became the book With Great Power and it is still raising money for charity today. Here is links to it on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Joseph-Beth, and Lulu.com

Amazon http://tinyurl.com/gmdpncs

Barnes and Noble in paperback http://tinyurl.com/zv4ggwm and in Nook http://tinyurl.com/jpjzrvw

Joseph-Beth http://tinyurl.com/gsvtv9r

Lulu.com http://tinyurl.com/o7qw9zl

Don't forget to look for our ad in Cemetery Plots #2. It's available now at all fine comic books shops.

New Town, New Comic Book

I’ve heard that most people say that it is their sense of smell that brings back memories to them. I can’t recall a time when smell did that for me. For me it has always been sight or hearing. Lately, I have been reading a lot of Marvel comics’ Essential series. Right now I’m reading Volume 7 of the Essential Spider-Man. The first story in this series is a reprint of #138. It was the very first comic book I bought when my family moved to the town where I still live. I recalled buying it at the local convenient store that was just a block and a half away from my new home. It was called Stop and Go. The store is still in that area and moved a half a block closer but I’m not in that house anymore. It’s also now called the Dairy Mart. I remember thinking how lucky I was to have a store that close sell comic books. You see, before we moved, the closest store that sold comics where I lived was at least a mile away. That lucky feeling didn’t last too long.   In less than 6 months they stopped selling comic books. A local drug store, that was about 5 blocks in the opposite direction and across the town’s main highway, was now my closest connection. It was still closer than a mile away, but it wasn’t like having them as your next door neighbor.   The good thing about the drug store is that I had to pass it on my way home from school. Sometimes I made a quick stop there to see what books were out.

It’s now rare to find any convenient stores or drug stores that sell comic books. Comic book specialty stores are now where most people have to find them.  If you are a comic book fan, and lucky enough to live a block away from your local comic book store, then cherish that feeling.