I’m off enjoying the holidays, but I wanted to say a brief thank you to everyone who has supported the site over the year. Particular thanks to Pia, Bert and Sean without whom the discussion board would not exist. Thank you to everyone who has run a challenge and commented on a script. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the screenwriting community. There are too many people to name so I will not try.

It has been a banner year for members getting work optioned and produced. By my best rough count, there have been over a hundred scripts optioned as a result of being on the site. This says more about us as a community helping each other out than it does about the site itself. The community is not the site, but the people who contribute to it.

Also, since the advertising on the site has been more than enough to cover hosting and bandwidth, we’ve been able to donate roughly $800 over the course of the year to film projects and writing labs.

Best wishes of the season to all, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

– Don

Hi,

I will be going dark to spend time with my family, returning November 28th.

– Don

The Austin Film Festival and Writers Conference is the place where experts, newbies and everybody in between in the writing world come together under one roof and share. This is where you will learn and grow as a writer, get a better understanding of the new and exciting storytelling outlets such podcasts and digital series, learn valuable information about other arenas like writing for the stage, brainstorm your own ideas, find good material if that’s your goal, or just simply find your own voice and where it fits in the universe. And if just watching movies is your game, we have hundreds of them, an 8-day extravaganza of cinema. Did we leave anything out? October 26 – November 2 – Find out more at AustinFilmFestival.com.

– don1

Listen to Mega Kizomba – NOTE: the streaming channel may be down.

MEGA KIZOMBA | Official radio of fans and lovers of Kizomba, Tarraxinha, Zouk and Semba. Visit them at MegaKizomba.com or listen to them streaming

Kizomba, originating in Angola, means “party” in Kimbundu, an Angolan language. Kizomba New generation is today influenced by Semba and French Antillean compas.

Tarraxinha is the sexy, percussive cousin of kizomba; the name means “little screw in a bolt”.

Zouk is a fast jump-up carnival beat originating from the Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

Semba is a traditional type of music from Angola. Semba comes from the singular Masemba, meaning “a touch of the bellies”, a move that characterizes the Semba dance.

– Don

Everything should be back to normal.

– Don

Help Glitch Get Made

Got a little coin? For £5 British Pounds or $6.50 American Money (or 82 degree Fahrenheit – I’m crap at English conversion) you can help get this made. Check out the trailer. Read a little more below and then go to Indiegogo and donate a few bucks.

ScriptFest / Great American PitchFest is coming.

You can get 10% discount by visiting ScriptFest.com/home/register/. This discounted offer is only available until May 15. Just use the discount code WRITERJUDY10 for 10% off.

All Events to be held June 23-25, 2017 at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport (2500 N Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA 91505)

– Don

Sophie the Gelded Space Stallion (432 pages in pdf format) by Don Boose

Born in the high cliffs of the mountains of Kansas, Sophie, our equine hero, is kidnapped by an ancient race of aliens from Xadu. Sophie escapes in her quest to save the universe and if not the universe, perhaps his Mother. 432 pages

In this sprawling, epic and tribumphant space opera, a lot of things happen. There are tense, emotion filled parts where Sophie and Bob are trapped in the bottomless pit:

            SOPHIE
Even if we never escape this
inescapable bottomless pit,
we will still be free.

            BOB
I know.

A lot of cool stuff happens in space:

            SOPHIE
We are in space! This is so
cool! It is much vaster than
I expected.

            BOB
I know.

Production: Moderate. Cast: A midnight grey horse, someone named ‘Bob’. Budget: Medium to High. Locations: space station, open field, bottomless pit.

About the writer: Don Boose has been spinning tales of space opera gold since 1999. He doesn’t believe in second drafts. The words come from somewhere in space, fullly formed and go into his head and through his fingers on to the written page. He is not available for re-writes.

About the reviewer: Don Boose (different Don Boose) writes reviews of space opera screenplay that are equine in nature. He isn’t fat. He is just retaining A LOT of water.

Read Sophie the Gelded Space Stallion

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