Logline: After struggling with infertility Skylar and Dillon finally becomes pregnant, only to discover that their unborn child is part alien. Now their marriage and their lives are jeopardized as they race to uncover the truth about the baby and decide whether or not to carry it to term. Maybe that’s the log-line, maybe it’s … Read more
Well, that was disappointing! If you get my blog via letter, you last night received an empty blog post. I don’t know what happened–it looked far from empty when I sent it…so that’s a bummer. I fear also, that since I was writing late and tired after a long evening of driving, I won’t be … Read more
Ahhh–haven’t seen one of these for a while, have you? Just a little one–but a happy one. As some of you know, Amazon has been interviewing writers for the next rewrite of Children of Others for a few months now. Last week, I heard that they’ve found someone. That’s exciting for me, because it’s the … Read more
A month or two ago, I think I mentioned that my blogging frequency was going to to decrease, and I promised to talk about why at a future date. That date has come! This isn’t the big topic of my post, but just to catch folks up– in the past few months there have been … Read more
So, it had been a little while since I’d hung out with the Amazon Studios (now called The People’s Production Company) crew. Months in fact. They’ve had some stuff going on, apparently, at the corporate level, and I haven’t really been tapping my foot impatiently saying “I’m ready when you are,” because I’ve had a … Read more
Dear Barrington,Thank you for sharing your work at Amazon Studios.It was a hard decision but unfortunately CHILDREN OF OTHERS was notchosen as the winner of the Best Script Annual Award.We have enjoyed seeing your work and getting to know you over the past year.Thank you for your many contributions to the community.We look forward to … Read more
So, sometime tomorrow I will find out whether I won a hundred-thousand dollar Amazon studios Annual Awards prize…or not. It’s strange to think that right now I don’t know–the outcome seems so wide open, but by tomorrow night at this time, I will know–one way or the other. My evening tonight got a little bit … Read more
So this week’s Amazon Studios blog has been dedicated to profiles about the various finalists for the annual awards. Today’s is about me. Writing answers to questionnaires can call up a fair amount second guessing…should I try to be funny? Should I play it straight? I mostly did the latter, and that is pretty much … Read more
Not half bad.Friday: I made progress on my office–the hallway is full of more candidates for the garage sale. Saturday: The afore mentioned animated gif class and lunch with friends too long neglected. Game night at our neighbors’. We played Dune, a pretty involved game, which thankfully only took three hours–it can take much longer! … Read more
Just a little update: I’m in the final five for the Annual Best Script award at Amazon Studios. The announcement happened earlier this week. My “don’t think about it” strategy was thwarted by a few things: said announcement, papers that arrived for me to sign, and the email from a freelance writer hired to do … Read more