2007 Hampton International Film Festival

President of Women's Film Network, Andriana Shaw, and I by the pool of a house at the Hampton International Film Festival in October

I drove out (by car via ferry) to the Hampton International Film Festival to meet and assist at the New York Women in Film and Television annual Hampton party and ended up enjoying several other events staged there that weekend, as well -- including the Lifetime event on Saturday afternoon.

The big thrill of the weekend soared around the Hampton Women's Short Film selection in which six films, directed by women, were exhibited. Incredible. There's nothing as inspiring as seeing your fellow peers' works. Finally, I can officially say that I felt I belonged in a room with women who adore the same thing I do: movie-making.

Hampton Film Festival

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

Stay tuned!

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.