The past year...

So, it was a year ago to this very day that we shot 'The Calming' here in Wilmington, NC. I can't quite believe that it was a year ago! Seems like we shot it last week and that Kenneth and I were editing this past weekend!

We've been accepted to three film festivals so far and are waiting on word from seven more that will take us to the end of 2007. If we get into two more of the remaining seven I will be very happy. And I look forward to hopefully having the opportunity to screen the film on the West Coast sometime this year!

With one more year of writing under my belt, I felt it was time to change the shape of the blog which was lacking in updates over the last few months as we wait on news from film festivals. I have two exciting projects that are coming to fruition in 2007. One is another short film which I have completed the first draft titled 'Cold Comfort'. The other is really exciting, a feature script titled 'The San Ysidro Leap' which is in negotiations to be optioned by producer Sasha King of Princess Pictures in Ireland. She produced my first short script 'The Hotel Trade' and from that a great working relationship has grown and has led us to this project. I am very excited to be working with Sasha on a feature and this blog and project will consume more of my time than I think I know! :) But I would rather be writing in a blog than surfing the web aimlessly....at least my thoughts and fears will be recorded and who knows, maybe it'll be my therapy when the infamous 'block' comes!

So here's to writing.....screenwriting.......and the pursuit of getting an idea that came to me in 2002 onto the big silver screen!