Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Hampton Film Festival

I traveled to the Hamptons for the Hampton International Film Festival last week. There are pictures to share!

Stay tuned!

Monday, October 1, 2007

New York Women in Film and Television



It's official: four months after sending in my application to the prestigious and empowering organization for women in film and television in New York City, I received a phone call and was invited to their office near Madison Avenue in the city of my dreams for an interview.

The next week, I walked in, a moved-out-of-Michigan suburban mom looking to relink my future profession to my past career, and walked out, an hour later, with a new lease on life, a fresh perspective toward my tangible goals, and a lighter hop to my step.

I started my internship a week later and ran my first errand to The Daily Show offices to deliver a special invitation package to the comedian/actress Samantha Bee.

Didn't I do this when I was 18? No. I was going to college then. How about my twenties? Yes, okay, you got me. But not in the profession of my dreams: the entertainment industry of film and television.

I'm not going to apologize for being a late bloomer. I've lived the life and had more careers in my thirty years than most have had in fifty. And that means that I've got a list of stories to tell -- oooodles of them. Not a bad thing to have when you're looking to write screenplays.

Don't write me off just yet.