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From Auteur to Author, Part 3: Crowdfunding for Filmmakers Comes Full Circle

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

The circle is now complete –– I’m officially an author! On Saturday, April 6th, I had my first-ever book signing for Crowdfunding for Filmmakers: The Way to a Successful Film Campaign, published by Michael Wiese Productions this past March. The … Continue reading →

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From Auteur to Author, Part 2: Crowdfunding for Filmmakers Arrives on Amazon

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

After six months of writing like a rock star, including one complete rewrite and two full revisions, plus another two rounds of copyediting with an editor, and most recently an in-depth review of its first galley proof, my book Crowdfunding … Continue reading →

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Tao Te Trig: The Flow, the Muse and the Working Writer’s World

Posted on December 1, 2011 by

Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 marks the day I started writing my very first book, The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, for Michael Wiese Productions. Thirty days later, I’m about a hundred pages into my 200-page guide focused on helping indie … Continue reading →

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Mating Dome: Growth is Inevitable

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

The wood, steel and other raw materials for my upcoming short film Mating Dome have been assembled, and now it’s time to piece together this sexy sci-fi romp. This past weekend I had the honor of sharing the set with … Continue reading →

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Cagney, City for Conquest, and the Invention of the Postmodern Protagonist

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

As many of you may know from reading my late night tweets and Facebook updates, I’ve been immersing myself in James Cagney movies ever since I stumbled on his old residence in New York a couple months ago. This phase … Continue reading →

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The Tao of Crowdfunding: A Practical Guide to Crowdfunder Etiquette

Posted on July 26, 2011 by

So you now know some of the keys of a successful campaign from reading the first post in my Tao of Crowdfunding series, but that’s only part of the ongoing battle to find alternative sources for financing our creative projects. … Continue reading →

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The Tao of Crowdfunding: Three Ps for a Successful Indie Film Campaign

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

UPDATED: 2/18/13 –– Same three Ps. Even more recent examples! Long before I worked at Indiegogo, I was given the opportunity to step in for the company’s co-founder Slava Rubin for a presentation on crowdfunding sponsored by New York Women In Film and Television … Continue reading →

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Auteurs Rising: Filmmaking’s First Act Revisited

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

I recently had a brief but insightful discussion with a screenwriter friend of mine about just how long it should take to write a short script. Apparently, someone mentioned she’d taken a while to finish her fifteen-page script,  suggesting that … Continue reading →

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Ten Pages a Day: Getting Your Screenplay From First Page to First Draft

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Traditional screenwriting is kaput, in my humble opinion. For those of you who follow my tweets and Facebook status updates, you might recall that a few weeks ago I finished the first draft of my latest feature-length script Caput, a … Continue reading →

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Craft Before Content, Part Two: Anyone Can Be a Writer Nowadays, Right?

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Nowadays, people are allowed to fancy themselves as anything they like with just a smidgen of experience and a lot of book smarts. When someone asks me what I am, I quickly reply, “I’m a poet.” I can back that … Continue reading →

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