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Returning to the Scene, Seasonally and Socially Distanced You really would not have wanted to be there, in the almost ten months since my last post, as I quarantined my writing-as-therapy and re-directed my priorities, blurring my focus and resulting in no writing and extended procrastination. For positives, a couple of aha moments, and one… Continue reading Returning to the Scene, Seasonally and Socially Distanced — You Really Had to Be There — FEEDBACK Female Film Festival

*Disclaimer: This post has nothing to do with alcohol🙂* I don’t know about you, but I’ve always thought that being sober-minded meant being boring. That it had something to do with choosing not to have fun or not looking for joy in this life. I tended to avoid Bible verses that mentioned it because I […]… Continue reading Being Sober-Minded May Not Be So Boring — Reflect For a Moment

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not for the swift, nor the battle for the strong, neiher yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to the men of skill; but time and chance to them all. ~Ecclesiastes 9:11 (KJV) With the world […]… Continue reading Run Your Own Race — Richelle T. Henry

By DANIEL P. FINNEY | Copyright The Des Moines Register Jan. 2, 2020 The story of how Max Allan Collins became one of the most prolific writers in Iowa history began in 1930 in Chicago, 18 years before he was born. President Herbert Hoover, a native of West Branch, Iowa, ordered U.S. Treasury agent Eliot […]… Continue reading Crime novels, comics, plays and movies: Prolific Iowa author Max Allan Collins writes them all — Daniel P. Finney

Russell Crowe will headline American Son, a mob thriller that was previously set up at Sony, but is now at Paramount. Based on Jacques Audiard’s French movie A Prophet, American Son will be directed by Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu with Dennis Lehane writing the screenplay. Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing through Original Film.… Continue reading Russell Crowe Mobster Pic ‘American Son’ Set At Paramount — Deadline

To save her old neighborhood from developers, a courageous female android enters a futuristic martial arts tournament. Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi Editor & Visual Design by Kimberly Villarruel Produced by Matthew Toffolo CAST LIST: Narrated by Matt Barnes Liz-217: Lindy Thurrell Umar: Esther Thibault Tia-Ng: Danielle Nicole Voice: Geoff Mays SCRIPT MOVIE: GECKO ON-SIGHT, by… Continue reading SCRIPT MOVIE: GECKO ON-SIGHT, by Gregory N. Ranky — Submit your story logline and showcase it on this network. Or, submit to get your story made into a Video Pitch

*Scene Synopsis: Isabel is a GMO scientist who has just joined AgCorp, a large agro-chemical company. She wants AgCorp to fund her non-chemical GMO process to create seeds that thrive in extreme climates and harsh soil conditions. Lassiter, AgCorp’s CEO, wonders if her controversial project is too risky for AgCorp, or if it will make […]… Continue reading SCRIPT MOVIE: RANCH EXIT, by Molly Waterman — Los Angeles feedback film festival

Reese is a commitment-phobic lesbian who can’t be in the same room with her homemaker sister Rachel without them verbally eviscerating each other, but, when Rachel’s marriage falls apart, Reese is forced to take her sister in, along with her two kids and their dog until they can get back on their feet. Along the […]… Continue reading SCREENPLAY MOVIE: Secondhand Heart, by Amber Nardolillo — LGBT Toronto Film Festival

Genre: This is a True Adventure Story He flew with danger for sixteen years. One day danger got the best of him! This is the very exciting true story of one of a most unforgettable man, raised on a farm in Sodus, Michigan. His very exciting life really begins at the age of 13 when […]… Continue reading SCRIPT MOVIE: Danger In The Clouds, by John Donnellan — WILDsound Festival

Fresh out of high school, a Portland youth promises his dying mother that he will remain a virgin until he finds a pure Christian girl to marry, but he’s a musician working in Oregon’s largest, hippest record store with a ragtag group of musician friends that aren’t making it very easy for him to keep […]… Continue reading SCRIPT MOVIE: Stumptown Records, by Phillip Rios — Submit your story logline and showcase it on this network. Or, submit to get your story made into a Video Pitch