Austin Film Festival – PLANET O'CONNOR

Like everyone else who believes their doctors and not what they read on the internet, I’m still more-or-less hunkered down at home, servicing my remaining freelance clients remotely and trying, in between bouts of incredulity and despair, to remain positive enough to make constructive use of this time. I don’t always succeed. I’m just sayingContinue reading

Fall Updates.

Things are getting busy after a low-key Summer. Unfortunately, won’t be attending the Austin Film Festival & Writer’s Conference in October this year, for the first time in what? three years I think… but the good news is – I’m busy partially because of the AFF. “OGRE STONE” one of my “spec sitcom pilot” scriptsContinue reading “Fall Updates.”

Time for more BBQ.

I’m thrilled to report the latest great news: The good people at the Austin Film Festival’s screenwriting competition just informed me that not one, but TWO of my spec sitcom pilot scripts advanced in their annual competition… so it looks like I will be visiting that sweet, weird city again this October. Regular PlanetOC readersContinue reading “Time for more BBQ.”

Welcome to 2012

The new year is less than a week old and already plenty busy. Before I get to all that, I’ll do a quick recap of the year we just wrapped up. I would be lying if I said 2011 wasn’t a challenging year. Just like nearly everyone else I know, I dealt with a lotContinue reading “Welcome to 2012”

Deep in the Weird of Texas.

… just back from eight days and nights in lovely Austin TX. Every (good) thing you’ve ever heard about the town or about the Austin Film Festival is absolutely true. The first half of the trip was an exhausting marathon of trying to cram in every panel, roundtable, screening and party I could into everyContinue reading “Deep in the Weird of Texas.”