(excerpt from on my January 2012 email newsletter) Last month, I volunteered to help run the pitching sessions at the Screenwriters World Conference 2012 in NYC. This was my first pitching event, and if these events are new to you, too, then the following is basically how this one worked. Over 100 screenwriters came to [...]

I’m thrilled to announce the page for my short film, “Vivienne Again,” is now on Facebook. The timing of this launch isn’t random – it comes with big news. I’ve just landed an amazing producer for the film: Award-winning filmmaker, producer, author and former Sundance short film programmer Roberta Marie Munroe! Please check out the [...]

I’m in the early stages of outlining a new script and I want to start watching movies in the same genre for research. I asked friends on Facebook and Twitter for recommendations of ghost or supernatural movies that are must-sees. I received so many great responses that I decided to share them here. Thanks to [...]

Growing up in Manhattan, there weren’t a whole lot of tree forts. There must have been a few wealthy families who had them in their tony backyards, but I didn’t grow up with those families. I grew up with the kids who played in the West side rail yards, and while the rail yard offered [...]

Writers, by nature, are an optimistic folk; don’t let the hard-drinking, depressive reputation fool you. Writers aren’t depressed, why would they be? They have one of the few occupations that are pants-optional. The drinking part, yeah, that’s true. But we’re happy, pantsless drunks… the best kind. So one day – optimistic, pantsless, drink firmly in [...]