I’ve been future bribing myself all day with “if you just get through X, Y, and Z you can watch MISSION IMPOSSIBLE tonight” and well, I’m almost there. I just sent out a preview draft of my first tele-seminar email to some trusted friends for comments.  [I want to make sure it&...

Back to writing … and back to visualizing. Last Tuesday night was the screenplay reading and honestly –– although I took the script with me to Vancouver –– I haven’t looked at it for more than 2 minutes over the last 6 days. Tonight I began work again, feeling that it...

The board game Transformation technically does not have winners –– but honestly only losers say those kind of things. I had a very insightful game today with Susan, and as one of my pre-birthday gifts to her I did not immediately eliminate the two pains I received after eliminating my final setback card (d...

Susan reminded me of that Jack Kornfield title AFTER THE ECSTASY, THE LAUNDRY today, except for Belle and myself it was the DMV and the Parking Authority (both). After a screenplay reading, I always feel totally wiped out.  It’s the combination of rushing to finish the work close to the last min...

It’s a big spiritual and part of the Civil Rights movement, but I love the idea of The Welcome Table regarding the creation of art. AMAZING screenplay reading tonight. And I am too elated/wiped-out to write more until tomorrow morning. Just a huge shout out to my actors and friends (and actor-friends...

So … I did it. The script is now 128 pages, aka a Movie-Star Ready length. [I had to look this up within my own blog, but apparently my fully transposed novel into screenplay started at 302 pages.  Even remembering that is exhausting.] I felt that I could give my producer a draft that was 150 pa...

On the positive side … I sliced the script down to 139 pages (and only 1 paragraph on 139).  Another 10-ish pages and we’re in the totally movie-star worthy 120s. And I woke up to  a bunch of emails through networking groups of possible actors for the Tuesday night reading. I have som...

My editing whirlwind –– especially with Susan away –– is making everything a blur. But somehow between last night and right now, I’m down to 146 page (a solid 28 pages less than 2 days ago). The mid-point is even more mid (page 57) which means that all the “fat” is...

That’s what Dave Ramsey calls each and every one of his financial coaching tips –– Baby Steps — which is both deliberately non-intimidating and disturbing. On the way home from teaching my private client today, Belle and I found this solo baby sneaker on the street, complete with a ...