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Nov.21.2009
As I get older I find that I read less and less contemporary fiction and either go to older works I’d overlooked or had simply put off reading, or return to books I’d read years ago. Doing the latter is always enlightening, I think. The person we were when we first read the book is not the same...
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Oct.20.2009
As writers we ride many trains over the course of careers. As Deanna, from across the holler at The Life of a Working Writer Mommy can attest, sometimes we just need to switch it up and try something fresh. She never believed she was suited for fiction, but here she is, writing great fiction. Go...
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Oct.09.2009
So a month has nearly passed, and since that time I’ve received and signed a contract to write the script. In fact, I’ve already written a first draft. In a way, this is my second assignment, my first—a much more difficult one—being to adapt my first novel The Man from Marseille as a screenplay; a...
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Sep.12.2009
I haven’t blogged lately because, frankly, I haven’t had a great deal to say. I notice in reading other people’s blogs elsewhere than on Red Room, that there’s an awful lot of blogging about things such as What I Ate for Breakfast and What Band I like at the Moment. I suppose I could touch upon...
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Aug.06.2009
I had no sooner finished my little indie screenplay—written solely for my own amusement, really, and a script I’ll one day offer to small production companies, as it’s one of those quirky little low-budget projects that, if—big if—actually produced, sometimes even does quite well. “The Squid and...
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May.09.2009
A good friend of mine, an Englishman based in Vienna and a damned good screenwriter, has been urging me to take the material from my last blog ("Fly Me to the Moon") and turn it into a script. Over the years when I've told that same story, others have also urged me to do something more...
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Apr.08.2009
Annnnnnnd we're back.
The roller coaster recap is back ONLINE.
Okay. When last we left our intrepid freelancer he was hip deep in the euphoria that goes along with plans and goals coming together. But, as we all know, this is a roller coaster, so pass the nice gentleman your ticket, slide in,...
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Mar.28.2009
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Feb.03.2009
It's been a mighty long time since I posted here. And I feel kind of bad, because I love Red Room. I think it's a fabulous forum full of amazing people. But, I've been busy. Is a writer ever not?
My screenplay, my "baby", is getting some love. I am beyond thrilled, though we are...
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Jan.28.2009
In a previous blog entry, "The Endless Rewrite", I related how my writing partner--the estimable--indeed inestimable--Julie Gray, proprietor of thescriptdepartment.com--and I saw our project brought out of the grave with the fresh interest of a producer in Hollywood. I thought I'd update...
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