The Long, Dark Diaper Change of the Soul

Somehow I’ve ended up on the night shift. It’s only fair; the Missus tends to the Peanut while I’m at work (at least until her maternity leave ends in a few weeks, no doubt prompting a Battle Royale on the home front), so she needs a break sometimes — a break that usually consists [...]

Shake, Rattle and Roll (Under the Nearest Desk)

I will never, ever, ever get used to earthquakes. 
I was at work when it hit today – at first the tremors were very mild, but they kept going… and growing.  As the building began to really sway and I thought to myself, “Oh, shit,” my boss called out from his office, “Get under your desk,” which [...]

Baby Bjorn Again

I am writing this with a baby strapped to my chest like a time bomb, an apt simile in more ways than one.  This is our first night trying out the Baby Bjorn – a contraption that took me, my wife and a phone call to NASA to figure out how to strap me into it [...]

How To Option a Screenplay in Only Four Years

Yesterday I finally forwarded a rough seven-page outline to my producers, detailing the changes I want to make in the next draft of the script they optioned — a project which, for the time being, we’ll refer to as the Wedding Comedy. I’m feeling a little ashamed; it’s been a week since our notes [...]

WriterDad: The Origin Story (Part 2)

Okay, so I’ve already discovered at least one downside to blogging — the Missus read yesterday’s post and said, “Oh, so you were working on your blog instead of your script?!”  It’s one thing for it to be an unspoken — or, more accurately, an occasionally spoken — fact between my wife and I that [...]

WriterDad: The Origin Story (Part 1)

So my worst fear has already been realized — all is currently silent in WriterDad Manor, and while my wife and baby snooze, I’m working on the blog instead of my script. Oh, well. Just this one time. From here on out, no blogging until the day’s quota [...]

Another Writer, Another Writing Blog…

Who the hell do I think I am?  Excellent question.
On July 3, 2008, I landed my first screenplay option after nearly eleven years of trying to break into Hollywood.  On July 6, 2008, my beautiful wife gave birth to our first child, an equally beautiful little girl.  The next draft of my script is due [...]