Movie awards season. I have mixed feelings about the awards themselves. Living in proximity to that world, I become ever more aware of all the lobbying and advertising, and how the people who get to vote on such things rarely have time to even watch everything they are supposed to be choosing between… And then … Read more
My brain is lazy. When it comes to screenwriting, there are those who say you don’t need guys in front of classrooms to teach you to tell a story. “Just read scripts,” they say, “and you will learn all you need to learn.” What they mean by that (I hope, at least), is not really … Read more
So this is it: My first Lovers in Their Right Mind “Friday Process Post.” Our movie is a about an African-American woman who falls in love with a Persian man, and has to decide whether to be with him at the risk of losing the support of her family and community. The woman—whose name is … Read more
Facebook has this thing now where it randomly shows you a picture from your timeline on a random anniversary of when it first appeared. Last week it showed me this one: I’m standing outside the convention center at Dragon Con in Atlanta, checking out the line of people waiting to see the big-screen premiere of … Read more
Lovers In Their Right Mind has begun its social media campaign. Janice has done more than the lion’s share of the work—setting up various accounts like (Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter) and finding, creating and feeding them the constant flow of “content” we’ve been told is required to ultimately break through the white noise of people’s lives. … Read more
Ohmigod friends, I think I’ve actually finished something. By “I” I mean, “we”–my co-writer on Lovers In Their Right Mind and me. Two years ago last month, we finished the first outline, and since then we’ve been writing and re-writing, re-carding and doing a lot of “my draft,” “your draft,” “my draft.” For the last … Read more
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
[wpvideo SpOthc1X] HAPPY NEW YEAR! I woke up this morning and thought, “I should learn how to make a Vine. For those who might not be familiar, a Vine is a 6-second (or less) video made with a mobile phone application called “Vine.” Although I have a couple of friends who play around with it, … Read more
LOGLINE: A woman battles her shyness, local malice and bureaucracy in order to open a pole-dancing fitness studio in her town. Way back in 2009, when I was still in film school, we had to bring in two ideas for a thesis project. One of my ideas eventually became my thesis script Children of Others. … Read more
Logline: A black woman and a Persian man must navigate their families’ objections and their own preconceptions when they become romantically involved. I’m co-writing the film with Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn, who approached me in the spring of 2013 to help outline a script that used some of her personal experiences and also drew on the … Read more