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• Heaven & Hell 6 - Lay of the Land

  

  Who's the most important person on a production, be it TV or features?Easy. The accountant. Why? Because they are ultimately the ones who pay you with... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Heaven & Hell Part 4

  

  The drive to Jackson, (not the real name) high in the Rockies is therapeutic, away from Jonathan and Kaplan and having to deal with their agendas, each of... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Heaven & Hell Part 3

  

  This is the third of a continuing blog detailing the adventures of working on a TV series which I entitle "Living in Heaven, Working in Hell" referring to... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Heaven & Hell Part 2

  

  After meeting Jonathan, I finally met Kaplan. He was, in my view, a sociopath, in that he didn't really know how to work with people, he laughed at jokes that... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Living in Heaven, Working in Hell. This Blog is Based on ...

  

  Living in Heaven, Working in Hell. This blog is based on a TV series I worked on a bunch of years back and from which I kept a journal of the goings-on. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Nobody Will Steal It.

  

  One of the most asked questions I get from younger writers or wannabe writers who think that they have to protect their great stories from people who are waitin... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Travel Day made the top 50 movie blogs in 2010's MovieMaker magazine survey. It now has readers in the US, Canada, Great Britain, Ukraine, Russia, France, India... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Back Again

  

  Yes, I am not dead. Very sorry, it's been a bad week of sorts so I hope to catch up really quick. I'm attempting to get some of my screenplays (aka... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Back Again

  

  Sorry about not getting back, I was trapped in trying to put three screenplays together. Sounds great but very volatile in terms of what's gonna happen. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• A Whole New Thing

  

  Sorry for taking so long, this week has been full of surprises.First of all, the writer's strike didn't happen even up to early Tuesday morning and partially... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• No Word on Strike

  

  Only thing I heard was that they, the writers and the producers, all in a group, might be getting close. Right now us writers are waiting to hear what happens.... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Good and the Bad and Bush League

  

  As mentioned, the WGA members have decided to strike, most likely after the end of the month as that's when our contract expires. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Writer's Strike Still Not Sure

  

  The writer's strike is now ready to go. Well, not right now. If and when it does, it will be at the end of the month which, coincidentally, is the end of our... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Writer's Strike ...

  

  First of all, there might be a writer's strike today and we should know before the end of the day. Writer's strikes are nasty, the last one in 2007-2008 cost... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Finally Got Paid

  

  Okay, so finally I got paid. Here's the final message to the producers. Good day:I am following up on this project on behalf of the steward, Mary. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• We're Been Over the Top

  

  I have to thank all of you for being over 1000 readers each week for the last year. Amazing. You are great. Mostly Americans - even Alaska - followed by the... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• Part 2 -- "but You Owe Me, Please?"

  Okay, this is Part 2 of how Jim keeps trying to get the money due him from a screenplay that was finished. It moves on... Mary (not real name as others are... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• But You Owe Me...

  Okay, this is the first blog on how the company forgot to pay me for a movie they have finished. The letters in blue are me and my WGC person, same as WGA,... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• The Death of the TV Movie is Back

  

  Having killed off the TV movies something finally happened. It was a guy who slipped DVDs into envelopes and sent them to me. Actually to a million people. And... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL

• New Guy on the Block

  

  ... at least for me. But first.As some of you know I came to L.A. around 1990 crossing the border, legally, and into the real world of screenwriting and big-tim... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2017 SELF EXPRESSION, TRAVEL