I’ve known this beauty many years.   We met at York University.  I was majoring in Creative Writing (Playwriting and Screenwriting).  She was majoring in Film Production.  We met in Science and the Environment.  You read that correct.  Science and the Environment.  It was one of those elective courses we all had to take in our […]

We’ve had a lot of time alone.  Some of us haven’t seen each other for a while.  We most likely are missing family and friends.  And things are not like what they used to be.  The world has changed.  No matter how many of us want things to go back, we must always be present […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]