barrington99@gmail.com I think one of the most valuable things I learned from my screenwriting experience was how very helpful it is to really look at a good grouping of example works that deal with some of the same issues your project will have. So for the screenplay I watched John Hughes movies form the 80’s, other … Read more
Madeleine L’Engle has died. She was 88. Once, A Wrinkle in Time rocked my world…And many of her books-both adult and children’s– that I read while growing up made me think a lot about compassion and faith and suffering and forgiveness. Thanks and good passing Madeleine!
So, while in Indiana, my sisters and I went to see a psychic in Indianapolis named Jennifer. I’ve seen her two other times in the last fifteen years, when finances, location and need have converged, and never cease to be amazed at how accurate she is (though not absolutely perfect in every instance). She tends … Read more
My short stories have not taken the literary world by storm as of yet, but now that I’ve got going, my half.com store seems to have some legs. I’ve sold three books–yay! Some, like the grant writing textbooks, will definitely make me pocket money. Others, like my Richard Russo paperback that just sold for 80 … Read more
Got back to Tallahassee last night. Largely uneventful flights, except for the toddler who barfed in the seat in front of me during the Indy to Atlanta leg. The barf poured between the seats. Most landed on the floor, narrowly missing my sandal-clad feet, but a good portion landed on my purse. My seat-mate was … Read more
Hanging with the family in Terra Hautia (Terre Haute, my home town). Went to my friend Christa’s wedding in my college town of Bloomington this past weekend and saw some old friends. Why can’t I connect my blog to Google Reader?
Paul graduated from the Film School this past weekend…I would attach a picture, except that true to form, I ran home to get the camera, arriving minutes after the grand entrance, to find that the camera was completely uncharged…so, only a very small and shadowy picture on my phone! There were no caps and gowns … Read more
It’s hard to say, strange how the urge to write waxes and wanes…mostly the latter lately. In recent days I have… Been on several morning walks around our house-sit neighborhood. Nice and residential, bordering a golf course..but NO SIDEWALKS-bar the red brick paths that seem to lead from the curbside to each front door. Everyone … Read more
This was one of our weekly topics about six weeks ago, and I never wrote on it. “Today on MSN”. This is the little side column that shows up on the web page when I log into Hotmail…(the account that I have been trying to phase out for about four years, but it just never … Read more
I don’t think I ever mentioned the results of our applications to the Telluride Film Festival Student Symposium. We did not get in, but Paul and I both got wait-listed, which is not bad, as apparently there were only five people on the waiting list for grad students. However, it is apparently extremely rare for … Read more