I want to learn new skills. That’s not exactly true. I want to have new skills. If I could get them injected directly into my brain with a big syringe, I would do it. Although it seem like it might hurt. How much pain would you suffer for an hour in order to acquire a completely … Read more
Have I mentioned that Lovers in Their Right Mind is going to Switzerland? Janice and I submitted out script to a program called Pen & Pellicule (that means Pen and Film in French), and it was one of the ten scripts selected to attend a week-long program in Sierre, Switzerland. Ours was the only script … 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
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
Another interesting concept from my directing class is the idea that when you compose a shot, you can usually find within it a triangle. And the point of the triangle that draws your focus is the APEX of the triangle. When the idea was introduced in class, I was intrigued–but wondered, beyond aesthetic benefits, what … Read more
Have I mentioned that I’m taking a directing class? Maybe not, because I spent the first three weeks thinking I might drop out before I officially added it. I’m a little fearful that I won’t make some of my deadlines lately, and one might think that adding this new weekly activity, that meets at a … Read more
Everybody wants in. How can you tell? They opened the submission gates this morning, and the portal, WithoutaBox, is completely overwhelmed. I have the submit page open in two browsers and the windows are blank, trying to load, on both. Paul is texting our friend Nikki, and the situation is the same all around. The … Read more
This is something I’ve been thinking about for a couple months, but haven’t posted about it because that seems like such a commitment! But here I am, committing…I think. I’m want to direct a short film this summer, probably in June or early July. The top contender for the narrative is a (yet unpublished) short … Read more
I will be writing in the mornings! From about 8:00 to 11:00. On weekdays! I’m luckier than many in that for the past couple of years, I’ve had a part-time job–a version of my old full-time job but with reduced hours (although still five days a week). Since my full-time co-worker left in early December … 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