What do you feel/see when you look at the poster above?  What word(s) pop into your mind? Jump to the comment section below, and give me your impressions. You don’t need to write a paragraph, or even a sentence.  Just words. We are visual creatures and in this day and age of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, […]

I’ve known Amanda Milward for 30 years. We don’t see much of each other these days.  Life gets busy.  We all have to make our own path.  But every time we get together (like this summer), it feels like time has not passed.  Amanda has been through a lot in her life.  You would never […]

My screenplay WHO IS MOLLY STEELE? made the Quarter-finalist of the Page International Screenwriting Awards.  The above is just a tiny sample of the scripts that advanced.  Page receives screenplays all around the world.  Their awards are split into several genre categories.  MOLLY competes in the Family Category where appropriately 75 other scripts advanced.  There […]

I had a 2nd reading of my play WAVES with the above group of actors.  My 1st reading took place in January and following that reading, I tweaked the play, subtracted about six pages and added more comedic elements.  I also fleshed out some of the motivations behind the characters and streamlined scenes so that […]

My screenplay WHO IS MOLLY STEELE? just made the Quarter-finals in The StoryPros Awards.  The above is a small sample of scripts/writers who made the cut.  My entry was the last script listed because of the alphabetical order by title.  You can find the complete list of all Quarter-finalistists HERE.   The Quarters represents approximately the […]

“He died in this chair.”  This is the first line uttered in my new play called THE ROCKER.  Three brothers gather in the childhood home they grew up in.  The play takes place in an attic the brothers are cleaning up as they get ready to sell the house after the passing of their father […]

I recently heard the phrase “Keep Turning Up” by a preacher.  He was referencing faith and belief which are two important factors when it comes to the creative life.  You have to have a certain amount (or bucketfuls) of faith and belief in your art and in yourself to “keep turning up”.  Resilience is another […]

I recently took a couple friends, Ron and Darla, to see the play Kim’s Convenience at Soulpepper Theatre.  They have never seen it before.  I saw the original production back in 2011 at the Toronto Fringe Festival.  I wrote about it HERE.   I remember when I saw it at the Fringe, it was a sold […]

I recently held the first reading of my newest play called WAVES.  Reading a play out loud for the first time is very much the same feeling I get when I’m sitting in an audience watching a play of mine on opening night.  I find myself quite nervous, anxious and excited all at the same […]

News on my screenplay A PROMISE I MADE TO MR. BAGELS – Dear Romeo , Congratulations!  We are very proud to say that our jury loved your screenplay and awarded it as a Finalist!  This means that you are still in the running to WIN! It’s always gratifying to get an email like this, especially […]