This post goes out to all employers, both in showbiz and outside of it. You come off as a holy-rolling twat cake when you ask nay, require an applicant to submit a photograph for a job that doesn’t need a special ‘look’ or ‘appearance’ to get the job. I’m not talking about jobs like actor, model, [...]
Read More ->WriteSafe.Com is was a repository for writers to upload their scripts, stories and other writing related materials with a goal to time stamp them for intellectual property protection. It’s not legally very powerful from the standpoint of a copyright or even a Writer’s Guild registration, but it did serve as a way to protect one’s [...]
Read More ->Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing with a fresh-faced company aiming to deliver a high quality product without the mystery of pricing. What a mouthful, but wait, there’s more. The outcome of the interview is still up in the air and before someone screams brown-noser, I debated for a bit on whether to publish [...]
Read More ->Over a year ago I helped make a short film that I wrote as a favor to a film student. My involvement was more than I had planned but ironically left me with little input. And as it should be, right? The writer should stand back and watch the magic, not make it. HAH! Days [...]
Read More ->Hullaballoo! My first Writer’s Mug Submission! Brought to you by @mjvalquist, a screenwriter out of Los Angeles. Jane Valquist enjoys long walks by the beach, a lovely picnic in the park…oh wait, I’m wrong… she’s a “Screenwriter~Red Wine & Beer Connoisseur~Big Ass German Dog Rescuer~Cartoon Watcher~Soccer Lover~Unashamed 80s Music Fan~Wii Bowling Master”. She sounds like me minus [...]
Read More ->Whether you ingest it via coffee, tea or swill those heart attacks in a bottle (uber caffeinated sodas), there’s one thing you can say for a lot of writers: The words don’t flow until the machine percolates. I have several favorite mugs, and each one serves a special purpose when I’m writing and this section [...]
Read More ->Don’t do any business via texting on your cellphone. Just don’t, trust me. The opportunity for typos and errors is almost a given in any contract related negotiation via cellphone. You have been warned.
Read More ->Everyone around you is a potential muse or potential character base. This post is mainly for myself, but enjoy it none the less. While on the surface, tonight’s future memory may seem mundane, but I will remember the fun we had as if it were a life or death situation action movie and not the [...]
Read More ->January always brings me a new start, and a fresh beginning full of opportunities to completely screw things up. But maybe, just maybe I’ve stumbled upon a good thing this year. In December I interviewed with a small production company in Los Angeles that is seeking new writers to develop for several ideas they have [...]
Read More ->Summer? What summer? This writer spent July and August confined to her apartment with bronchitis because she dared travel outside of her safety cage in Koreatown. Basically, not much happened until September to which, I’ve been finishing pilots that were roaming about my head. Two science fiction spec TV pilots were finished, one of which was [...]
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