Really must blog. Must blog now. Trouble is I actually have too much to say. In that I am keeping a close eye on the clock and approaching bedtime. Big weekend. PitchMarket Forum all day tomorrow so must get up early and workout first before I go. Hah! Hands up everyone who thinks that is actually going to happen. But hey, I realize as I type this that the reason I have announced to the world and committed it to pixels is because now I have to be accountable. Pretty much one of the only benefits of a guilt ridden Catholic upbringing. If I say I'm going to do something, my magnificent mother lode of pride laced guilt comes thru.
This, by the way is a rare blog for me. Typed directly into the blog window instead of being crafted in word, saved to the hard drive and proofed. Come to think of it, it feels kinda dangerous, like going commando. Who really knows what might happen?
So tomorrow at PitchMarket 2010 Vancouver is all about the workshops and panels, though I do get to see the Cossack and hey any day that I get to receive a kiss and a hug from a Ten is a good, good day. I'm not actually sure what I'm more excited about - the learning stuff about the biz of writing or getting to flirt my face off with the Cossack. Mind you I'll have to meet his 23 year old lingerie model girlfriend on Sunday in all likelyhood, but hey, the way my love life is going these days a smile and a hug from a hot guy is like getting to third base.
Oh, third base ... Baseball season! It suddenly seems to be upon me which bodes well for the guitar practice. Hmmm, for the writing. Yah. Actually me participating in life instead of watching it does bode well for the writing.
Finally found my Rain Girls one sheets after ripping the apartment to even greater shreds to find them. You know its bad when you order pizza for dinner because instead of cooking you need to spend the time running the dishwasher. Speaking of which, I'm gonna sign off now and do another load.
Weirdest thing about this past year for me, as a writer, most surprising anyway, is how important the people that I've met have become to me. A whole panoply of smart, lovely new friends. Super strange for someone who wasn't looking for them and frankly didn't think she needed them. Hey nobody really needs more than Book Club, and a couple work pals, do they? Apparently so. I am as excited about seeing friends this weekend as about the "career" opportunities. And you know what? Career, shcmear - stories are life, my life. Ain't I lucky?
So that is me, going commando. How'd I do?
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Top Ten Reasons to Register TODAY for Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver
Register NOW: http://ftxevents.com/Pages/registrationPM.html
10) Vancouver is the World’s #1 Place to Visit: Okay, so I made this one up, but here’s my logic. Vancouver has topped the UN’s best cities in the world in which to live chart a whole bunch of times. And technically, in order to visit a place you need to be alive. So logically if Vancouver is the best place in the world to live, it is also the best place in the world to visit. See how I made that work?
9) There Will Be Cherry Blossoms: Come on, Pitch Market 2010 is March 6 & 7th, it is Vancouver, it will be spring. Vancouver has a greater density of flowering cherry trees than any other city in the world. There will be cherry blossoms. I promise. A link to prove the aforementioned fact? You probably need the practice researching on the net more than I do, so you go right ahead and find it for me, ‘kay?
8) Value for Your Dollar: Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver is way cheaper than quitting your job and moving to LA. Really it is. I did the math. Math is one of the things I know how to do. ‘Cause once you get there and buy your futon and get a gig as a waiter or office temp, you’ll still need money for extra asthma meds and a map to the star’s homes. And bail money, since you’ll probably get arrested while trying to shove a script under Mc G’s front door. But then they’d probably just deport you. Which hey, would be free ticket home, so try and coordinate that with Canadian Thanksgiving and you can visit the folks.
7) TV Pitch Competition: This year’s Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver features a TV pitch competition. If you register by Jan 15 you can enter. The top ten will be selected to pitch live to a panel of real live TV people, and by that I mean people that really actually work creating TV. Not TV repair, or TV dinners, real TV. Of course, you would have to beat me out for one of the top spots. And even if you made the cut you’d still have to beat me to the first place prize package. Good luck with that.
6) #1 Rated Script Consultant Dara Marks: Author of my very favorite screenwriting book EVER “Inside Story”, Dara Marks will be there. Did I say it was the best book on screenwriting ever? Yes, I guess I did. Too bad, I’m going to say it again. “Inside Story” by top-rated Hollywood script consultant Dara Marks is the best book on screenwriting ever, and she will be at Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver. And no, she didn’t give me a free copy to say that. I bought my copy with money hard-earned at my office temp job, thank you very much.
5) Smart, Funny, Talented People: This is another promise, along with the cherry blossoms that I will personally guarantee. Thick on the ground will be smart, funny and talented people. How do I know this? Cause I know the names of a bunch of people who are going to be at Pitch Market 2010. In fact I know some of them personally. If you want to know some of them personally too, then you have to buy pass and come play with us. Writers, producers, development execs, broadcasters, and agents all in the same sandbox, what fun! But honestly the real reason I will splash out a personal guarantee on this one is that I’m going to be there. Smart? Funny? Talented? Yes, yes I am. Modest? Good with internal combustion engines?Not so much.
4) You Get to Talk About Yourself All Day: Cool huh? It’s all about you baby – you and your dreams, your stories, your art. You get to talk about yourself and your crazy ideas all day to people who, unlike your family and fellow office temps, really want to listen! Of course I would actually recommend listening from time to time as well, you’ll be amazed and fascinated by what you hear. I might almost add this to my personal guarantee list, but I won’t. After all, I can’t be held responsible for the battery life of your hearing aid or whether or not you understand that a writer’s most crucial skill is not mastery of vocabulary, grammar or hyperbole – it’s listening.
3) People Will Be Needing Stories: Okay so here is a super duper reasons to register for Pitch Market 2010, like, right now. There are already a great group of decision makers confirmed, but the groovy weird thing is that the earlier all the passes are sold the more decision makers will be clamouring to come cause they can see that there is a multitude of folks serious about selling their ideas! It’s like a cause and effect thing. Not quite as splashy as my earlier logic thing (see reason #10) – but way more important in terms of the whole she-bang – to sell your pitch!
2) Careful You Might Learn Something: Saturday’s schedule for Pitch Market 2010 is jam packed with opportunities to seriously elevate your knowledge of the entertainverse. Pitch Lab, Career Accelerator and Master Series Classes have something on the go for every level, even for someone as fabulous and accomplished as yours truly. I recently attended a workshop that I didn’t really think I needed and found out that I’m a better writer than I knew and have so much more to learn than I could have imagined. Next to listening kids, that is a writer’s other big must – learn!
1) You Could Get Offered Money: Of course you ain’t gonna get the first prize in the TV pitch competition, that one is all mine pal. But this one doesn’t really need a lot of explaining, does it? You have stories to sell, there will be people at Pitch Market 2010 who buy stories…Okay, then? ‘Nuff said. Register for Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver today and I’ll see you at the Fairmount Hotel Vancouver March 6 and 7. Come say hello - I’ll be the one autographing souvenir one-sheets after my TV pitch competition win.
Register NOW: http://ftxevents.com/Pages/registrationPM.html
10) Vancouver is the World’s #1 Place to Visit: Okay, so I made this one up, but here’s my logic. Vancouver has topped the UN’s best cities in the world in which to live chart a whole bunch of times. And technically, in order to visit a place you need to be alive. So logically if Vancouver is the best place in the world to live, it is also the best place in the world to visit. See how I made that work?
9) There Will Be Cherry Blossoms: Come on, Pitch Market 2010 is March 6 & 7th, it is Vancouver, it will be spring. Vancouver has a greater density of flowering cherry trees than any other city in the world. There will be cherry blossoms. I promise. A link to prove the aforementioned fact? You probably need the practice researching on the net more than I do, so you go right ahead and find it for me, ‘kay?
8) Value for Your Dollar: Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver is way cheaper than quitting your job and moving to LA. Really it is. I did the math. Math is one of the things I know how to do. ‘Cause once you get there and buy your futon and get a gig as a waiter or office temp, you’ll still need money for extra asthma meds and a map to the star’s homes. And bail money, since you’ll probably get arrested while trying to shove a script under Mc G’s front door. But then they’d probably just deport you. Which hey, would be free ticket home, so try and coordinate that with Canadian Thanksgiving and you can visit the folks.
7) TV Pitch Competition: This year’s Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver features a TV pitch competition. If you register by Jan 15 you can enter. The top ten will be selected to pitch live to a panel of real live TV people, and by that I mean people that really actually work creating TV. Not TV repair, or TV dinners, real TV. Of course, you would have to beat me out for one of the top spots. And even if you made the cut you’d still have to beat me to the first place prize package. Good luck with that.
6) #1 Rated Script Consultant Dara Marks: Author of my very favorite screenwriting book EVER “Inside Story”, Dara Marks will be there. Did I say it was the best book on screenwriting ever? Yes, I guess I did. Too bad, I’m going to say it again. “Inside Story” by top-rated Hollywood script consultant Dara Marks is the best book on screenwriting ever, and she will be at Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver. And no, she didn’t give me a free copy to say that. I bought my copy with money hard-earned at my office temp job, thank you very much.
5) Smart, Funny, Talented People: This is another promise, along with the cherry blossoms that I will personally guarantee. Thick on the ground will be smart, funny and talented people. How do I know this? Cause I know the names of a bunch of people who are going to be at Pitch Market 2010. In fact I know some of them personally. If you want to know some of them personally too, then you have to buy pass and come play with us. Writers, producers, development execs, broadcasters, and agents all in the same sandbox, what fun! But honestly the real reason I will splash out a personal guarantee on this one is that I’m going to be there. Smart? Funny? Talented? Yes, yes I am. Modest? Good with internal combustion engines?Not so much.
4) You Get to Talk About Yourself All Day: Cool huh? It’s all about you baby – you and your dreams, your stories, your art. You get to talk about yourself and your crazy ideas all day to people who, unlike your family and fellow office temps, really want to listen! Of course I would actually recommend listening from time to time as well, you’ll be amazed and fascinated by what you hear. I might almost add this to my personal guarantee list, but I won’t. After all, I can’t be held responsible for the battery life of your hearing aid or whether or not you understand that a writer’s most crucial skill is not mastery of vocabulary, grammar or hyperbole – it’s listening.
3) People Will Be Needing Stories: Okay so here is a super duper reasons to register for Pitch Market 2010, like, right now. There are already a great group of decision makers confirmed, but the groovy weird thing is that the earlier all the passes are sold the more decision makers will be clamouring to come cause they can see that there is a multitude of folks serious about selling their ideas! It’s like a cause and effect thing. Not quite as splashy as my earlier logic thing (see reason #10) – but way more important in terms of the whole she-bang – to sell your pitch!
2) Careful You Might Learn Something: Saturday’s schedule for Pitch Market 2010 is jam packed with opportunities to seriously elevate your knowledge of the entertainverse. Pitch Lab, Career Accelerator and Master Series Classes have something on the go for every level, even for someone as fabulous and accomplished as yours truly. I recently attended a workshop that I didn’t really think I needed and found out that I’m a better writer than I knew and have so much more to learn than I could have imagined. Next to listening kids, that is a writer’s other big must – learn!
1) You Could Get Offered Money: Of course you ain’t gonna get the first prize in the TV pitch competition, that one is all mine pal. But this one doesn’t really need a lot of explaining, does it? You have stories to sell, there will be people at Pitch Market 2010 who buy stories…Okay, then? ‘Nuff said. Register for Pitch Market 2010 Vancouver today and I’ll see you at the Fairmount Hotel Vancouver March 6 and 7. Come say hello - I’ll be the one autographing souvenir one-sheets after my TV pitch competition win.
Register NOW: http://ftxevents.com/Pages/registrationPM.html
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