Writer maps path from Tim the Toolman to Cascade Falls! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bo

Today's Guest: Bruce Ferber, TV writer of "Bosom Buddies," "Coach," "Home Improvement," turned novelist ("Cascade Falls," "Elevating Overman").
 

Watch this exclusive Mr. Media interview with Bruce Ferber by clicking on the video player above! 

Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of lyin’, thievin’ real estate developers who are long past the point of believing in anything but their own self-serving philosophies of life… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

I’m going to risk offending my guest right at the top because I can’t help but think of his latest work, Cascade Falls, as a “small” novel.

In my mind, describing his book thusly is a compliment; I just don’t know if he’ll see it this way.

The thing is, Cascade Falls tells a story about a very narrow strip of life and it works in ways that more ambitious and – ultimately – rambling, generations-spanning novels never do.
BRUCE FERBER podcast excerpt: "Writing a novel (versus writing a TV sitcom) and not having to go into casting and argue over who is the best actor for the part -- you just write the part! It's a great thing to be able to do."
You can LISTEN to this interview with novelist BRUCE FERBER, author of CASCADE FALLS, by clicking the audio player above!

Every character in this book, no matter how big a part he or she plays in moving the story forward, is clearly defined, whether it is kingpin Ted Johnson, his lost little boy son, Danny, or Ted’s secretary, Barbara. Everyone is here for a reason and the reason is never to make the reader ache for a shorter book.

This is a small book because its tale is told in an economical, but elucidating way. Best example of that for me? The few sex scenes are compact but the action is eye-popping in the telling.

BRUCE FERBER podcast excerpt: "'Home Improvement' (Tim Allen) was the most important credit of mine because I was the showrunner for the last t