First a quarter-finalist, then a semi-finalist and now my screenplay LET IT SHINE is a finalist in the 15th Annual StoryPros International Screenplay Contest. Next week, the TOP 5 winners will be announced with the Grand Prize Winner receiving $2000.00 (and lots of other goodies), but more importantly, lots of exposure. LET IT SHINE lands […]
7 Rules of Life
October 29, 2021 by 2 Comments
It’s encouraging to receive news that my writing has somehow made an impression on another person and/or contest/organization. In the latest update, my screenplay BREAK AWAY is a quarter-finalist in the Shore Scripts Feature Contest. Over a 1000 screenplays were entered and BREAK AWAY was in the TOP 8% of scripts. Of course I didn’t […]
An Act of Courage
September 30, 2021 by 7 Comments
Let’s begin with the good news. I received this email below from the Austin Film Festival where I submitted my play ANIMAL in their Playwriting Competition: Thank you for submitting your script, Animal into the 2021 Austin Film Festival Playwriting Competition. I am pleased to inform you that your Play advanced to the Second Round! […]
Endurance
August 25, 2021 by 3 Comments
The three amigos here. That middle amigo (my mom) has been through a lot these last couple of years and somehow she finds the will to endure. She is an example of strength, fighting through mental illness for more than half her life, caring for my father for 7 years, who passed away from Alzheimer’s […]
My One-Act Play Online
August 1, 2021 by 1 Comment
My short play THAT’S HOW IT GOES SOMETIMES will be playing online August 5 to 13. If anyone is interested in watching (along with 3 other short plays), tickets are $10. You will get a link to watch all four plays. Tickets can be purchased on the WARD ONE ACTS FESTIVAL website. Just click and […]
Celebrate the Small Victories
July 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment
My screenplay BREAK AWAY made the quarter finals of The Page International Screenwriting Awards. Over 9400 screenplays entered and 1183 advanced (which amounts to one out of every 10 scripts advancing). Page is a contest where scripts compete in different categories. BREAK AWAY is in the drama category. There are 3 winners in each category […]
That’s How It Goes Sometimes
July 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment
A Short One-Act Play A Male and Female are having dinner. It’s uncomfortably quiet. The tension between them is obvious. Once they start talking, their true feelings explode in vicious and uncompromising ways. But is it really their feelings…or someone else trying to control their every thought and action? That’s How It Goes Sometimes […]
Animal
July 20, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Logline Everything is not what it seems in Raina Shepherd’s world. When her parents leave for the day and her brother and son seemingly show up out of nowhere, what unfolds is a number of searing revelations from the Shepherds’ collective pasts that rock this already fragmented family to the breaking point. Synopsis Raina […]
Herman Voaden National Playwriting Competition
June 16, 2021 by 10 Comments
Although I was not one of two winners of The Voaden Prize in Playwriting, my play ANIMAL came close to the top. Read the press release below: This was a big victory for me. After ANIMAL was performed at the Alumnae Theatre’s Fireworks Festival back in 2018, I received lots of feedback. Watching the play […]
That’s How It Goes…goes to GLT
May 26, 2021 by 5 Comments
My one-act play That’s How It Goes Sometimes will be performed (virtually) at the Guelph Little Theatre (GLT) on July 22-25 for The Ward One Acts Festival. Over a year ago, pre-Covid, I submitted That’s How It Goes… to GLT but their festival was cancelled due to Covid. This year, there is still no live […]