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Elevator Pitch – Ocean City

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Get this: A grumpy “Gregory House + Sheldon Cooper” guy and his spirited, socialite classmate start a detective agency in a quirky, mid-Atlantic beach town.

What is it? A weekly TV drama—set in a fictional Ocean City, Delaware—about Ethan McKean, a cynical but obsessively ethical college kid with Asperger syndrome, and Emma Rodney, a popular daughter of Ocean City aristocracy who partners with him to solve a local cold case. In the wake of their success, Emma sees analytical genius in Ethan and convinces him to open a detective agency.

Working Title: Ocean City.

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FOLLOW-UP STUFF

Including characters, a sketch of the setting, and plot summaries for an 11-episode first season.

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Writer Links – The Rotten, The Unrootable, and Small Chunks of Progress

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Another Independence Day come and gone, another summer officially beyond prologue.  Especially with the next few days in our nation’s capital predicted to top 100 degrees. 

That’s roughly 38 degrees for those of you (scientists and non-Americans) who use the International System.  This is the one thing I do prefer about non-SI measurement: Fahrenheit’s nice, round 100 mark indicating when the heat just becomes god-awfully unbearable for human beings. 

[cue corny segue] And speaking of hot, here are today’s featured blog posts from writers around the web! Continue reading