Sorry I’ve been quiet a while, crazy couple of weeks. I went to SC this weekend. I’m trying to put together a budget and business proposal for Bible Con, with plans to shoot it in SC. I think it can be done on a low enough budget that raising the money myself is feasible. I …
Category Archive: About Me
Oct 27 2009
ALERT
Hello Internet Friends, The episode of FLIPPING OUT that I segment produced is going to be airing TONIGHT at 10pm on Bravo. You should watch it because my name is on it. Thank you for your time.
Oct 26 2009
Lost Weekend
I had a weekend that was no good for writing. I’ve set myself a deadline of end of Thanksgiving holiday for a rewrite of Bible Con and a Polished first draft of Dyke for a Day. I had time to work on it this weekend because all of my editing projects are floating in nebulous …
Oct 22 2009
Segment Producer: Ups and Downs
I got a segment producer credit instead of story assistant because of the sheer amount of work I’ve done on the show I’ve been working on. This is super exciting, it’s a great credit. Of course, I’m still making less than a living wage. But there’s some hope that that will change by the end …
Oct 20 2009
Nicholl: First Phone Call, 17th Contact
I was sitting here in a pleasant reverie, remembering my trip two springs ago to visit New York and the Daily Show, just before I graduated film school. I was trying to figure out where I should live and work and my family friend Gail Lieb has a talented son who works at the Daily …
Oct 13 2009
A Day in the Life of a Reality TV Story Assistant
Get to work at 10 AM. The Company Head Editor (CHE) comes to talk to the Story Producer (SP). SP arrives a little late, usually. CHE (to SP): Your editor won’t be back for the rest of the show. Me: I can edit. CHE ignores me. Continues talking to SP. CHE: So I’m going to …
Oct 09 2009
Strange Dreams: Zombies, The Civil War, Count Olaf, and Obama’s Nobel Prize
From last night: 1. Zombies were attacking and every time anyone felt under the weather they had to be chained up outside on the roof until it was clear that they were not turning into Zombies. I blame F for showing me Plants vs Zombies. 2. I was writing a paper for a history class …
Oct 08 2009
Good and Bad; They want to read my script, hopefully I won’t vomit!
Good: 1. Email from very legitimate and known lit management company: Congrats on placing in the Semi’s of the Nicholl Fellowship! I’ve actually judged plenty of screenplay contest before so just placing in the semis is a wonderful accomplishment, so again, congrats!!! I’m a literary manager at *** we rep some of the hottest up …
Oct 07 2009
Female Filmmakers; Women Directors
There’s an interesting article over at Film School Rejects which basically lists about a hundred films directed by women. Now, I do appreciate that there are not very many women directors, or at least, not a lot of successful ones, but I do think that it’s useful to look at the entire field of filmmaking. …
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Kate Donovan
Ashley's co-blogger is a third year student at Northwestern University who runs on coffee and snark. . At some point, she'd like to make people sit on couches and tell her about their feelings, but right now she writes in different places around the internet and makes silly faces when she doesn't know what to say. She's the president of her local Secular Student Alliance affiliate, and she is on the Secular Woman speakers bureau. Opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Secular Student Alliance
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