On Thursday nights after work I take two trains to LA City College and take a basic film production course. Tonight we turned in our first of three projects. The project consisted of 20 shots in a particular order, each five to ten seconds in length. Shots like “a pan of a static landscape, ” … Read more
It would be safer if I left in ten minutes. On Tuesday nights, for eight weeks.. I am taking an Improvisation for Writers workshop. It is a quick drive, the price was right, and I think it is good for me. I am probably also enjoying it. This is kind of work is like a … Read more
Saturday night we went to a wedding. It was very nice — a short, pretty ceremony followed by dinner and dancing and desserts. The planned desserts were wedding cake, an outdoor s’more station, and donuts, but the family member tasked with picking up the donuts forgot to pick them up. No big deal, really, cake … Read more
Last night I checked out a monthly literary and music event called Library Girl. Each month the theme for the evening is inspired by a musical artist, and a line from a song. This evening’s inspiration was “Hot Tramp, I Love You So” from the David Bowie’s “Rebel Rebel,” one of those songs I don’t remember … Read more
This is a copy of the New Year’s letter I sent to some folks today. Happy New Year! Apologies if I asked for your address and implied you might get a card. That project lost steam. Hang on for next year, though – because I already bought the cards. In the meantime, here’s a little … Read more
I’m not sure I’ve mentioned here that I entered some scripts in the Austin Film Festival Screenwriting Competition this year, and did okay — three scripts (two features and a short) made it to second round. Earlier this year I did some posts about The Black List website, blcklst.com. I talked about the random luck … Read more
Austin Film Festival countdown: 3 days. Awesome, I’m excited to go, except not, because — I’m sure I’ve covered this in other posts — PACKING ANXIETY. Sometimes I’m late because I don’t want to go to things. But mostly I’m late because I don’t want to get ready to go. I find making getting-ready-to-go decisions … 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
Some things are coming to a close! Yesterday, I finished a “send-out” draft of Pole Cats. That means that a script I first conceptualized in 2010, started researching in 2011, and started writing in 2012, is finally at an “end.” I feel good about it, but I don’t feel a LOT about it. Maybe because … Read more