I've been writing for the screen since 1999. I moved from Seattle to Hollywood in November of 2004. Three of my five screenplays are making the rounds.
My latest comedy, FALSE SECURITY, took 2nd place in the WriteSafe.com contest for the third quarter of 2005.
I wrote, produced, and directed a short film titled, Memoir.
I gained representation as a screenwriter in 2006.

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I'm getting better at it. I figure it this way: If I'm going to get above the bottom of the proverbial pile my ascension will be powered by my words. I'm waxing pseudo-poetic because it's just that aggravating.

No word from my maybe-manager. No word from the "producer" who wanted to meet with me. No problem. I'll vent my spleen creatively. I'm working on a new short story. Here's an excerpt:

The Princess and the King

I mostly lied to the cops. I didn't know what else to do. I was scared but had sense enough to know the truth wasn't going to set my ass free. I also knew the cops wanted somebody in jail mui prontito. They had the body of a white female in the L.A. County morgue. The coroner ruled her demise a genuine homicide and my number was in her cell phone.

Detective Diaz interviewed me. He looked to be 30-something. His flattop haircut was so flat I imagined a cold beer resting stably atop his head. The elbows of his suit jacket were shiny, his shirt collar was too tight, and he had bad breath. He squinted when he talked to me like I was going to spit in his face any second. He didn't like me from second one. He wanted to know why a 45-year-old balding loser was presuming to even talk to a beautiful 25-year-old woman from angel town.

That's Ray Rossi filling us in on the beginning of his not-so-good day. He drives a nice car though.
It's an Austin Healey 3000 Mk. III, vintage 1967. They don't make them like this anymore.

I haven't written in first person since I can't remember when. But Ray has major attitude and a third person approach would dilute it too much. One has to be extra careful with plot and structure using first person since the reader is getting the story from only one perspective. But I like being able to settle firmly into one character's head and let everything else play off a single POV. Yes, I'm still easily pleased. Good for me, eh?

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