So foolishly Saturday night I went dancing in totally inappropriate shoes. [Hey, I did not know I was going dancing, I thought I was going to a comedy club. And I did that too. The dancing was a surprise event that came after.] Then for good measure, I trotted up and down unfriendly […]
The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide; Or, Guerrilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War 2011 is the 10 year anniversary of the book’s publication. I do not know whether to yay or groan there, jeez, seriously, ten years? It does not seem like I OR the book can be […]
The — “WHY I WOULD BE YOUR BEST DATE FOR THE 2010 NICHOLL FELLOWSHIPS IN SCREENWRITING AWARDS AND BANQUET” essay contest is closed. Stay tuned to meet the winners. where the art work comes from : that is from black math
What I learned — At Jury Duty 1] Wearing a T-shirt that says “Guilty!” does not get you off jury duty. It just means you have to come back tomorrow at the same time. 2] Early morning lines to enter Los Angeles court buildings are longer than any line should be unless it […]
The birds are singing outside. Hard. They throw their voices. I think, Are they actually on the balcony? I open the blinds. The bird actually on the balcony says, Oops! He scoots between metal barriers, aka balcony struts. I say, Oops! And slide away and shut the balcony door. The birds are singing […]
I told someone once — He had to be more there or not there at all just go away because the way I grew up, I never knew if anyone was coming back for me after they dropped me off. What I maybe left out was, you could not count on the ground or […]
I keep wondering — What I would do if I didn’t write for Hollywood any more? I almost do not write for Hollywood anymore. I have been working years to make this one movie happen and it looks a little bleak on that front. So I could real soon be chalking up more years […]
This morning a friend posted online it was a beautiful morning. Paris beautiful. I had to see that. I went out on the balcony. There was a tropical parrot-like bird on the wire outside the balcony.