Surprises and Wonderful Rejections

I got back early this morning on the red-eye from my 'look-see' trip out to LA, which, admitedly a bit to my surprise, I loved. The sun, the palm trees, the cute model-slash-actor men everywhere. All in all, it was a great trip and pretty much solidified my decision to move there in a month. I met alot of nice people, many who are in the industry, which was cool, and got to go to the Entertainment Tonight set at Paramount Studios thanks to an old family friend. Fun stuff!

Anyway, looks like ETA is October 28th, arrive in LA Nov. 6th, after a stop over at Spalding for residency and to graduate! woo hoo!

Oh, and before I left I got a wonderful rejection letter from the Austin Film Festival telling me that the script I send didn't make it to the next round. Not only was it personalized, it was a positive rejection. A couple quotes from the letter:

"Our readers were extremely impressed with the quality of work, and found the decision making process very difficult. Your hard work and great writing effort really shone through.

Entering contests is a great opportunity to bring attention to your work, but we hope you will continue to persue other areas of interest with your script.

The Austin Film Fesival and I encourage you to follow your passion and keep creating new stories and characters."


Anyway. A good letdown. :)

Trip to LaLa Land

Ok, So I have been neglecting my blogging duties, but I am back. A random rundown of events since my last posting:

1. Completed my fouth feature lenght screenplay as well as putting together my thesis project for my MFA program, and they both turned out well if I do say so myself :)

2. Took bartending class for two weeks. Freaking awesome! It was so much fun!!

3. Attended a Steam show in Missouri. What's a Steam show, you ask? A place to kick back with cold beer, ride refurbished tractors and wear overalls. Something I would not normally get to do, but it was a great time, dispite the absolutely rediculous heat.

4. Decided to take a trip to L.A. to check it out for a possible move there. Random? Not really. I simply asked myself if I wanted to be a screenwriter bad enough to move there and the immediate answer was 'yes.' I love New York, but it's not going anywhere.

5. Saw a wonderful free production of Twelfth Night in the park. Lovely. :)

6. Became an aunt for the third time to another adorable puppy named Babe, courtesy of my brother and his girlfriend. :) (See the above picture)