A year ago today, my adopted home city was still burning with wildfires that Dresden-ed about seven times the total acreage of my original home town in just a few days. Things were extremely scary. Go-bags were packed and we were all glued to the ‘Watch Duty’ app on our phones. But we got throughContinue reading “Other Kinds of Fire”
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Keeping Track of Things. Losing Track of Time.
It is hard to believe it has been nine months since my last post here. There have been a few things worth reporting (thank you to all of my subscribers) but when put in context of the past year’s current events in this increasingly on-fire (figuratively and literally) world, everything ‘creative’ seems inconsequential and small.Continue reading “Keeping Track of Things. Losing Track of Time.”
Gotta Be… A Finalist.
It was a good week. A few days after learning that SeaBird had placed in the HorrorOrigins screenplay contest (in the Horror Feature division, of course) and is in the running to win it, I got word that my Ireland-themed comedy pilot Gotta Be McGee has made it to the Finals in the PAGE AwardsContinue reading “Gotta Be… A Finalist.”
SeaBird Sails Again!
I know it is only mid-September, but that Halloween Feeling is starting already. I just received word that my horror feature SEABIRD has once again placed in another screenwriting contest. It was named an “Official Selection” for this year’s Tuscon Arizona HorrorOrigins Film Festival I couldn’t be more thrilled. We all know that writing contestsContinue reading “SeaBird Sails Again!”
Halfway Through An Even Weirder Year
The WGA is on strike. Still. Since my last post here, “Artificial Intelligence” has become a real threat to the livelihoods of writers and creative people of all kinds. I don’t know about you, but a future where the computers get to write poetry, create music & make art while we humans continue to doContinue reading “Halfway Through An Even Weirder Year”
PLANET O'CONNOR 