Quitting Time

Ever just want to give up?
Of course you do.  Everybody does at one time or another — you get one rejection, one frustration, one setback too many and suddenly that row of screenwriting books on your shelf looks like an excellent candidate for the next library donation.  Or maybe it’s time to fire up the [...]

Plugging In, Zoning Out with Xbox 360

So the Missus bought me an Xbox 360 this past Christmas.  Her justification for such an extravagant gift was that it was our last holiday before we would spend most of our money on the baby until the day we died.  This made perfect sense to me and I happily accepted the most expensive time-waster [...]

I Love L.A.

… and unlike Randy Newman, I don’t mean that ironically.  When I finally made the move out west in my early 20s, the only reason I had any desire to live out here was to break into the movie business.  As I think I might have mentioned elsewhere, I was determined to give it a [...]

Unmanageable

Recently in my humble blog, reader Matt provided some insightful commentary regarding spec scripts and managers.  This got me thinking about my own opinions on the matter.
In short, managers suck.
There, I said it.  And of course, if I’d had better luck with reps, I’d be singing a very different tune.  Sour grapes?  Maybe a few.  [...]

Two Decisions…

… One, I think I’m skipping THE CLONE WARS in the theater. The reviews are horrible, the dialogue in the commercials alone makes me cringe, and considering that it’s basically the first three TV episodes strung together, I’ll wait to see it on the tube, which it was intended for in the first place. [...]

All Hail the Binky

A few hours ago I had a long phone conference with the producers regarding the latest outline of the Wedding Comedy, so I have to ponder (read: cry over) the notes they gave me tonight… but I just wanted to report that the Peanut accepted a pacifier for the first time today.  The change that [...]

Tagged Again

… This time it’s courtesy of my old friend WhatACard, who has ordered me to list quirks, not fatal flaws.  In that spirit, I guess I’ll rein in the self-loathing — but only for the duration of this post.  After that, it’s open season on my faults once again.
The subject is….
“6 UN-spectacular things about me”
As [...]

All Work and No Play Makes WriterDad a Dull Boy

I am a bad dad.
At least I felt that way yesterday. Maybe it was the fact that it was a busy day at work and I came home beat. Maybe it was the fact that I got my complete producers’ notes for the Wedding Comedy and they weren’t pretty. Maybe it was [...]

tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick…

Time is running out.
As I’ve mentioned before, my latest manager and I parted ways several months ago under slightly less than amicable terms. The agent who was hip-pocketing me was laid off in the Great Pre-Strike Agency Purge of last fall and disappeared to who knows where. I’m flying solo at this point for the [...]

Do Daddies Dream of Electric Sheep?

… This one certainly does now that my life has been made ever-so-slightly easier, thanks to the soft and fuzzy awesomeness that is Sleep Sheep.

So the increasingly fussy Peanut has been sleeping less and less over the past couple of weeks. This means Mommy and Daddy have been sleeping less, too. Daddy would [...]