Plans for 2009

- Self-publish short story book
- Make new website to showcase all my many talents
- Finish Civil Unrest script
- Self-distribute "Reduced to Dust" (Eight years is long enough)
- Blog more


Things I have finished

- First time I don't have to worry about resolutions to lose weight
- Completed first draft of Soul Escape with Rebekah Del Rio
- Quit one of my day jobs
- Read several books (where did I find the time?)

End of the Year

This has been a rocky year for not only for me, but for most people I know. I just wanted to take a moment and wish all of us better things to come in 2009. I think I'm due. :)

"Disfigured" Review

A producer/ director just passed on "Disfigured." Very positive reaction, though.


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"Thanks very much for sending the script of Disfigured. I really enjoyed the story, and thought you did a great job of addressing and dramatizing the "tyranny of beauty" issue that's so prevalent in today's society. To be honest though we are just not the right company to do justice to your script. We are primarily looking for projects I would direct myself, and I feel Disfigured would work best under the stewardship of a female director who will be better able to elicit from the cast the layers of unspoken subtext that the subject requires. I really wish you the best though in finding the right company to take on this project because I think it's a terrific thriller and certainly one I would enjoy watching on the big screen."

Box Office Flops

Interesting article from Forbes.com listing the biggest flops of the year and stating big names don't always mean big bucks. Nothing new here, but what caught my eye was the fact that some of these "flops" made over 30 Million dollars. I think the problem is over-inflated budgets!


If any of these movies had cost 10 to 15 Million dollars, 30 Million would have been a decent profit margin. But considering most movie stars demand that amount for their salaries alone, not sure how the studios are going to fix this situation. The irony of it all is that is no shortage of young struggling actors who would do anything for a part and would work for scale. Oh, Hollywood, land of irony.

Read the forbes.com article on This Year's Superstar Flops.

Climate Changing Conference

I attended this conference last month and blogged about it here. I have been so busy lately I haven't had a chance to write anything new here, but don't want to neglect this blog either, so, in the mean time, read my latest Changing Climate conference blog entry and get some useful tips for being green and helping the environment.