The Librarian Writer

Welcome to 2013, everyone! Another year is upon us, which means fresh starts and big plans. The big thing for me this year is that the screenplay I wrote last year is going into production later this month! It's been a rollercoaster getting it to this point, but so worth it. First, major thanks to Kelli Bennett , my producer extraordinaire. She approached me with a crazy idea to make a microbudget film and I said, why not? I've always wanted to write a script that was nonlinear and from multiple points of view and I thought such a script would be perfect for an independent feature. Kelli kept challenging me to make it clearer, make it meaningful, make it better. There are still challenges to come, distribution being the big one, and I'll keep you posted throughout the year. On the fiction front, I just got back a critique from agent Mary Kole , via one of the Writer's Digest seminars . I was pleased with what Ms. Kole had to say, and after I revise via her ...

Kelli and me making history at The Four Seasons I've hinted before that I was working on a secret screenplay project , and I have officially turned in the first draft! Let me go back a little. Last fall, my friend Kelli approached me about writing a screenplay. Kelli is a producer, actress, writer and all-around awesome person. She wants 2012 to be about creating projects with what she has instead of waiting for projects to come to her. (Take a moment and check out Kelli's website, Think Outside the Box Inside the Box . It could change your life.) So would I be willing to write a screenplay for her to star in and produce? A screenplay that could be produced for a microbudget? And not a short, but a feature-length screenplay? That could be shot at her house so she didn't have to get permits? And Kelli's character had to have a missing tooth (the reason why is a long story) ? And I would get full writing credit but basically no money? Well, when you put it like ...