My friend Dave has this interesting Substack newsletter you can subscribe to (for free!) called Shuffle Synchronicities where every morning he shuffles his Spotify playlist and then talks about whatever song comes up, also staying alert for possible synchronicities — or connections with his own life. He invited me do a guest post, and here’s … Read more
Today I saw that The Hollywood Reporter published this article last week. The article is mostly about another project at Jumpcut, the studio that has optioned a pilot I wrote called Jack 9, but Jack 9 is mentioned here in the subheading… And later in the article, I am named in conjunction with the project. … Read more
Here are my top 3 writing projects for Mar/April plus some assorted stuff I’ve been feeding my brain. 3 THINGS I’VE BEEN WRITING: THE INFLUENCER (spec feature)Zero draft ⅔ done in April. Continues on the front burner in May.When the manager / best friend of a struggling social media influencer cuts a deal for her client … Read more
Wow, remember January? What a clusterf*ck… …and yet we persevered. Here’s where some of the hours went. WRITING SHELL (short story /spec fiction /world building for possible feature)To revive her flagging marriage and career, an aging woman goes to a high-end spa for a mysterious treatment. Published in February, in The One That Got AWay, … Read more
Yesterday, I got an email from Screencraft letting me know that “Shell” was now a finalist in their Cinematic Short Story Competition. Looks like that means the top 50. Not bad! We’ll see what happens in March. Also in “Shell” news. I opened “the Twitter” and saw I was mentioned in a tweet from Kandisha … Read more
Volume 3 of Women of Horror is out now, and I am in it!
A couple of 2020 bright spots as we round out the year. I think it’s okay to mention, as rumors of Season 3 have been public since June. Paul and I got to do this: We wrote in the fall and have heard that the shoot actually happened in December in Atlanta, making this our … Read more
Things I don’t love to do:1) Social Media in general2) Twitter. I happily collaborate on clients’ blogs, products, website content — but, thus far, I’ve drawn the line at posts for social media platforms. There are a lot of benefits to using social media, but as everyone who has seen The Social Dilemma (i.e. everyone) … Read more
Guys, I’m thinking about starting a vlog. It’s not something I’ve considered before because I don’t love being on camera or speaking spontaneously and especially for the style I’m thinking about it will require camera and editing skills far beyond what I have. I can already envision the amount of media collection and organization that … Read more
Depending on how long you’ve been exploring the business of being a writer in Hollywood, you’ve probably asked or heard someone ask, “How do I get a writing job?” One of the first answers to this is often, “You need to have an agent.” The following question is, predictably, “How do I get an agent?” … Read more