tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50104616009139230982024-02-20T01:58:21.333-05:00Anne of ClevesWriting is the best way to keep one's head.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-63761702703404217142011-05-12T10:07:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:27:49.608-04:00Stormhouse Trailer<iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tp5a6T0kCCw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />This looks damn SCARY!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/876849/exclusive_first_trailer_for_stormhouse.html">From Den of Geek</a><br /><blockquote><br />Heading to cinemas later this year, take a look at the first trailer for upcoming British horror flick, Stormhouse, right here….<br /><br />"In 2002 the military captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity..."<br /><br />Now, here's a project that's worth your support. Made in Britain, and set for release later this year, Stormhouse is a brand new horror movie. It's been written by Jason Arnopp (who needs no introduction to fans of Doctor Who audio work), and directed by Dan Turner, who cut his teeth on the award-nominated web series, Girl Number 9, amongst other projects.<br /><br />The film will be premiering at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival in June 2011, and is set for cinematic release later in the year. And you can get an exclusive first glimpse at it right now, courtesy of this first look trailer.<br /><br />Do give it a click, and do support a welcome introduction into the world of big-screen British horror movies. And when we have a release date, we'll be sure to let you know.<br /><br />In the meantime, you can find out more about the film via its Twitter feed, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/stormhouse_film">here.</a></blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-65640765740206407232011-04-28T20:35:00.002-04:002011-04-28T21:35:52.739-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxyWQUalEB0uLCdTB89j1BHdY4M722z6aOUBNyF9VbnjnxjmaG5gtDrUL_KExYJ72c8teytWNQMtylQhzEXIy94DhltJu6NzlboyqTK3S4P3_VBeSNgNG-JO1cQidHGbf4-G3pgTijOtQ/s1600/BMIlogo.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 72px; height: 65px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHxyWQUalEB0uLCdTB89j1BHdY4M722z6aOUBNyF9VbnjnxjmaG5gtDrUL_KExYJ72c8teytWNQMtylQhzEXIy94DhltJu6NzlboyqTK3S4P3_VBeSNgNG-JO1cQidHGbf4-G3pgTijOtQ/s320/BMIlogo.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600813140463840354" /></a><br />Finally finished another draft of the family feature musical "Jessica Little and the Manor House Spy"<br />New goal: submit to BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. Deadline is May 15th for the new year which begins in September.<br />From their website:<br /><blockquote>Librettists<br />The skills of bookwriting for the musical theatre are developed through ongoing presentations of members' scripts in development, and by discussion of the structural elements of produced shows—the hits and the flops. To encourage new projects and new collaborations, bookwriters are given opportunities to network with Workshop composers and lyricists.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-76576012523707400122010-11-19T14:56:00.001-05:002010-11-19T14:57:59.992-05:00Oh, Give it a Go.<iframe class="twist-embed" type="text/html" width="500" height="350" src="http://twist.channel4.com/videos/embed/4ce6d6503c99d" frameborder="0"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-67778700564894797332010-11-10T13:26:00.004-05:002010-11-10T13:32:01.521-05:00Pop Up PrincessGreat news: Pop Up Princess book illustrations are now underway by the talented Tom Mead in Edinburgh! I'll be sure to post a preview when they're done :-)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-47895979262048174482010-10-07T17:06:00.003-04:002010-10-07T17:22:01.882-04:00The best advice for query letter writing: "Don't be weird"I do so much of my research online and was at it again, this time for info on query letters, when I came across this article about writing QLs to literary agents. The recommended structure is very much like film pitch and treatment documents that I'm used to but with a writer's bio attached. Here's a link to the article:<br /><a href="http://www.agentquery.com/writer_hq.aspx">How to Write a Query<br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0exQt09o67TGunaAIoTzR8eKq3y7lR4PuZx4ttuIdIafJZjHzpFhFECjou89sHJODNXxanB-7Do9yfw2xhAE-TlpfTnNd5G9t7Oc9MI5iwW35jZH5hynLLCGFTF03Ayw_J44PTcSmNpF/s1600/blue_typewriter_sp.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0exQt09o67TGunaAIoTzR8eKq3y7lR4PuZx4ttuIdIafJZjHzpFhFECjou89sHJODNXxanB-7Do9yfw2xhAE-TlpfTnNd5G9t7Oc9MI5iwW35jZH5hynLLCGFTF03Ayw_J44PTcSmNpF/s400/blue_typewriter_sp.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525417183761826882" /></a><br />It's got great advice for new writers and I laughed out loud when I read this line:<br /><blockquote>Don't be weird. Phhhhlease.</blockquote><br />Very funny. You've been warned!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-20975329567196319902010-10-01T00:09:00.004-04:002010-10-01T00:22:05.831-04:00London Screenwriters' Festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3ftdR8R9iNf0hqnOU77a2e6C-EoSFe-DBB-rb3dQ-cL8tFicglZEWXAr5rcsVO7Q2Lu1Ih5hPVmM8K2S_KDZBJXiK3QHnJBULe8bnRwyxi1Q2ENj1ODJRlHcOCtjVdZEoU9Rw1_L566V/s1600/regent3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK3ftdR8R9iNf0hqnOU77a2e6C-EoSFe-DBB-rb3dQ-cL8tFicglZEWXAr5rcsVO7Q2Lu1Ih5hPVmM8K2S_KDZBJXiK3QHnJBULe8bnRwyxi1Q2ENj1ODJRlHcOCtjVdZEoU9Rw1_L566V/s400/regent3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522928108029780498" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwJQadhjrT2oWXBdP5Le9Tq1WT2FTVRHIh6Qg9IGNNd2bbcg_feopCMN1dBTw_uzSZxLv0vNxYvhDLHDJ2G10KrwYvmdgdD24WZBTuhEuAkQqtLKrM9tdsk2e3Bxd85kinJppwFBrK9ak/s1600/regent1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirwJQadhjrT2oWXBdP5Le9Tq1WT2FTVRHIh6Qg9IGNNd2bbcg_feopCMN1dBTw_uzSZxLv0vNxYvhDLHDJ2G10KrwYvmdgdD24WZBTuhEuAkQqtLKrM9tdsk2e3Bxd85kinJppwFBrK9ak/s400/regent1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522928104664613810" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cURnwOtSne17g-8bpZDjl4zd02to43NIqmYYq8IRnQdY70y2flZJZNdevNwMhezOnuetT-4OQjx4NmjIGyFDrvHRc4DwTXnJ2nv4yZy-Uo45BSaX7jqCtyBIDpmvCl22b5ZV32UJk2pg/s1600/header.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 42px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6cURnwOtSne17g-8bpZDjl4zd02to43NIqmYYq8IRnQdY70y2flZJZNdevNwMhezOnuetT-4OQjx4NmjIGyFDrvHRc4DwTXnJ2nv4yZy-Uo45BSaX7jqCtyBIDpmvCl22b5ZV32UJk2pg/s400/header.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522925576991224354" /></a><br />A Festivus for the Restivus.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-88706578751278101842010-08-09T09:55:00.005-04:002010-08-09T10:14:42.242-04:00An article on writing in the Wall Street Journal?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX2l9a4NuLtkk-zIouiYZSYzW7MnImSRsDQ1Mcj7bCmcltRiBT1hNtu7SJCeU2OQ1NqUvuxxKNFkWDvmhJklR7NDe_g341veE7UIKErl00pZkZ8ySO_TqIvz8ZF3_ld94W5Nu5VVEnvjm/s1600/WK-AR768_COVER__DV_20091105233214.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijX2l9a4NuLtkk-zIouiYZSYzW7MnImSRsDQ1Mcj7bCmcltRiBT1hNtu7SJCeU2OQ1NqUvuxxKNFkWDvmhJklR7NDe_g341veE7UIKErl00pZkZ8ySO_TqIvz8ZF3_ld94W5Nu5VVEnvjm/s200/WK-AR768_COVER__DV_20091105233214.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503410269723133730" /></a><br /><br />Believe it or not, here are a few excerpts from a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703740004574513463106012106.html">WSJ</a> article on how several famous authors tackle the task:<br /><blockquote>Most agree on common hurdles: procrastination, writer's block, the terror of failure that looms over a new project and the attention-sucking power of the Internet.<br />"Put your left hand on the table. Put your right hand in the air. If you stay that way long enough, you'll get a plot," Margaret Atwood says when asked where her ideas come from. When questioned about whether she's ever used that approach, she adds, "No, I don't have to." Ms. Atwood, who has written 13 novels, as well as poetry, short stories and nonfiction works, rarely gets writer's block. When ideas hit her, she scribbles phrases and notes on napkins, restaurant menus, in the margins of newspapers.<br /><br />Kate Christensen was two years and 150 pages into her first novel, "In the Drink," about a boozy ghostwriter, before she discovered what the book was really about—so she dismantled the draft, threw out a bunch of pages and started over.<br /><br />When she was working on her first novel, "Interview With a Vampire," in the early 1970s, Anne Rice revised each typed page before moving on to the next. These days, she writes on a computer rather than a typewriter, and revisions are constant and more fluid. She writes a chapter a day to make sure each section is consistent in its tone and style, and often works for eight or nine hours straight when she's in the middle of a novel.<br />Mystery writer Laura Lippman, who writes a popular series featuring detective Tess Monaghan, creates elaborate, color-coded plot charts, using index cards, sketchbook pages, colored ribbon and magic markers.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-34960679879339403892010-08-04T18:06:00.002-04:002010-08-04T18:09:46.207-04:00OMG Kirsten!!I'm knocked out by this...<br />Almost makes me sorry I made her cry over War funding.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBIY-ZnQ1rBcoNhXVMnkfocru5lv4IlPSdidFrCqqZNx_aOxki1UjyvKJo5zere-L8WHJA8_5d32_fOV6dm1UCsbdplWYyaRyjtXY1LB-7DmcPWUHL6mWbvAc7cZninJJNs9V6Mi41o7c/s1600/KirstenOMG.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBIY-ZnQ1rBcoNhXVMnkfocru5lv4IlPSdidFrCqqZNx_aOxki1UjyvKJo5zere-L8WHJA8_5d32_fOV6dm1UCsbdplWYyaRyjtXY1LB-7DmcPWUHL6mWbvAc7cZninJJNs9V6Mi41o7c/s400/KirstenOMG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501678347949973474" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-11750269316923125572010-01-03T09:23:00.003-05:002010-01-03T09:30:43.811-05:00Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Conference<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7z646wlck_lio26FaJZtojtcr0EgoZv2XzXBcGz19vT_B-AgnZbT8OUOUv3iP0dqxZErq-3xRnSDUySSDK-vgXRgcylNrFJA-DpvXA_RVwtJ0uQkk26mpbzR2XNKK1EDF-xpabKhMrz3/s1600-h/NY10_Head_Welcome.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7z646wlck_lio26FaJZtojtcr0EgoZv2XzXBcGz19vT_B-AgnZbT8OUOUv3iP0dqxZErq-3xRnSDUySSDK-vgXRgcylNrFJA-DpvXA_RVwtJ0uQkk26mpbzR2XNKK1EDF-xpabKhMrz3/s400/NY10_Head_Welcome.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422520917404328514" /></a><br /><br />From the <a href="http://www.scbwi.org/Conference.aspx?Con=5">SCBWI</a> website:<br /><br />The 11th Annual SCBWI International Winter Conference begins with a day of optional per-conference intensives for writers & illustrators on January 29th, followed by 2 days chock-full of agents, editors, publishers, workshps and networking designed to rocket your writing and illustration to the next level.<br /><br />Published or pre-published, you can't afford to miss this opportunity! Get the latest information on the market from the industry leaders in publishing for young people, and be inspired by some of the most well-known authors and illustrators working in children's literature today.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-7507631007725916972009-11-11T21:22:00.000-05:002009-11-11T21:23:44.768-05:00A beautiful setting for us to share our writing with others! <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1e180hRA-ENUVD-DOE6uurtoIZpN1mwk408mfnQXikPYGwdHKCRLmfkK87HSEabaAeEfISWJf57ZboQFF6HSCwgNhvW_L_TRVu1hSR-Gxt4IDlDYNcwhHULcZEf8Yq_BI0mavAJw-dDK/s1600-h/DSCN0248.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu1e180hRA-ENUVD-DOE6uurtoIZpN1mwk408mfnQXikPYGwdHKCRLmfkK87HSEabaAeEfISWJf57ZboQFF6HSCwgNhvW_L_TRVu1hSR-Gxt4IDlDYNcwhHULcZEf8Yq_BI0mavAJw-dDK/s320/DSCN0248.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403035594623941122" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTh6JLs4BpTdVCLgn7RpfG9lGpqA5aabaeXYlizeFu3kse5zVkedr5MsHB1ojBvMCiVaWO3C8Gp3d4LKbmlw48q2vJmGEAwC0uG6_pk8RDfLGG-u-ID4zXzQEOtpNLYxsVJydnUzQxc5z/s1600-h/DSCN0251.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikTh6JLs4BpTdVCLgn7RpfG9lGpqA5aabaeXYlizeFu3kse5zVkedr5MsHB1ojBvMCiVaWO3C8Gp3d4LKbmlw48q2vJmGEAwC0uG6_pk8RDfLGG-u-ID4zXzQEOtpNLYxsVJydnUzQxc5z/s320/DSCN0251.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403035593617970258" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWGrpMHknhIpmH3s51I9ur7rtK_eOpxME-jP9FOShB1PH9J_BuBUwvSkOpn38mLHkKA-WEm8zyF9PTEUlk3vWAm_49f3de1HIg7ZMENakiYp0JJp_Mjw9fLo2YNTJv2AIlMjTWAuezxky/s1600-h/CLC+Main+Hall_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyWGrpMHknhIpmH3s51I9ur7rtK_eOpxME-jP9FOShB1PH9J_BuBUwvSkOpn38mLHkKA-WEm8zyF9PTEUlk3vWAm_49f3de1HIg7ZMENakiYp0JJp_Mjw9fLo2YNTJv2AIlMjTWAuezxky/s320/CLC+Main+Hall_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403035586190630482" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamKC6_D2wEDPgN-YDI-m8gdfrqbCNc3eTvfQIE7_cqB0-GaeD-rHKtZNcaPXCarwh5P279J-4NYT7UWIdh5mkHarMqYHi1KiDwsS-4hvmtsXA-de8ERIUFJZ4VSdSCpX9xc7-EW3T7wqR/s1600-h/Blue+Cat+1+colour+adjust+small+file+IMG_2211.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamKC6_D2wEDPgN-YDI-m8gdfrqbCNc3eTvfQIE7_cqB0-GaeD-rHKtZNcaPXCarwh5P279J-4NYT7UWIdh5mkHarMqYHi1KiDwsS-4hvmtsXA-de8ERIUFJZ4VSdSCpX9xc7-EW3T7wqR/s320/Blue+Cat+1+colour+adjust+small+file+IMG_2211.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403035584190917986" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-2305116437107444112009-08-03T13:24:00.004-04:002009-08-10T20:10:57.677-04:00<a href="http://livingliberally.org/screening/">Screening Liberally</a> has invited us to discuss our documentary, Doctors and Detainees, at <a href="http://www.netrootsnation.org/node/1214">Netroots Nation</a> the annual convention for Progressive newsmakers on Friday, August 14th, 5pm in Room 406. We'll show a clip of our work-in-progress and get feedback from the audience. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-6BYxlC66riZzNqfL1CUux5YIxr2AXWD_D29kr7OWZHYqLcwZ93ecviR8oVkmea6z_dUOrpgEdn_CBNLzg6cuRCrtSAuHMmQ1Xw9AjhkTiXcWcUjft5hjofPTTPW4qB6mqDPxjHdRiHA/s1600-h/NetrootsNation-front.gif"></a><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 44px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja-6BYxlC66riZzNqfL1CUux5YIxr2AXWD_D29kr7OWZHYqLcwZ93ecviR8oVkmea6z_dUOrpgEdn_CBNLzg6cuRCrtSAuHMmQ1Xw9AjhkTiXcWcUjft5hjofPTTPW4qB6mqDPxjHdRiHA/s320/NetrootsNation-front.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365784594821636626" /><blockquote><a href="http://www.netrootsnation.org/">Netroots Nation</a> amplifies progressive voices by providing an online and in-person campus for exchanging ideas and learning how to be more effective in using technology to influence the public debate. Within that campus, we strengthen community, inspire action and serve as an incubator for progressive ideas that challenge the status quo and ultimately affect change in the public sphere</blockquote><br />Dr. Davis and Julie Gribble were also invited to discuss the film on Virtually Speaking, a talk show in Second Life, on July 9. <br />Listen to the interview on <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/virtuallyspeaking/2009/07/10/Virtually-Speaking-With-Jimbo-Hoyer-Doctors-and-Torture">BlogTalk Radio.</a><br /><br />Check out the new additions to the D&D website:<br /><a href="http://www.doctorsanddetainees.com/Home/Home.html">The Trailer</a> <br /><a href="http://www.doctorsanddetainees.com/DebateRoom">The Debate Room</a> where readers can discuss the issues and comment on the debate between Dr. Martha Davis and Colonel Steve Kleinman, Air Force Counterintelligence, about APA's controversial decision to allow psychologist to participate in interrogations.<br />and<br /><a href="http://www.doctorsanddetainees.com/Home/Home.html">The Action Center</a> located on our home page, not only encourages readers to take action but shows them how!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-33891433555882497932009-05-22T11:50:00.016-04:002009-08-10T20:13:48.073-04:00"Doctors and Detainees" - A Feature Length Documentary in Development<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hSF63jHqizpHvDjAb0tIhUkXXqaSFvJ0-Ze97IMfBked6ev85lEy488CyTjk68tZ3Z9RUsC8q_rCAz1d8Y0UYWlPh5BFk1_AxPIpS0d1m9FTtYGjIFP4rrpEKdslQ-UWZTEWSrrSJ-PT/s1600-h/Abu-Ghraib-SL-filteredCOM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hSF63jHqizpHvDjAb0tIhUkXXqaSFvJ0-Ze97IMfBked6ev85lEy488CyTjk68tZ3Z9RUsC8q_rCAz1d8Y0UYWlPh5BFk1_AxPIpS0d1m9FTtYGjIFP4rrpEKdslQ-UWZTEWSrrSJ-PT/s400/Abu-Ghraib-SL-filteredCOM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368492689724510994" /></a><br />From <a href="http://www.doctorsanddetainees.com">DoctorsAndDetainees.com:</a><br /><blockquote>Since 9/11, doctors have contributed to the torture and abuse of detainees through their collaboration with interrogators at Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib and CIA black sites. Are “interrogation doctors” at the forefront of disturbing new roles for psychologists, psychiatrists and physicians in national security intelligence?</blockquote><br />I've been working really long hours to get this project moving forward and it's good to finally see progress. The website is up (created using an older version of iWeb flogged into submission) and we've been granted fiscal sponsorship by Arts Engine, Inc., which is a big deal because with their sponsorship all donations towards the completion of the film are now tax deductible. <br />And to keep up with the times, we can now be joined and tweeted on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=102689379516&ref=nf">facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DoctorsDetainee">Twitter</a>.<br /><br />Now I'm off to work on getting those donations....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.doctorsanddetainees.com/DONATE.html"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 89px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYxuzgjgLvmrE-6D-I3KuyO4fHSfJNd2rvv_T6sh-70aLSL-h3VjESIhQAcsdZ669-bi7KwoGpxgJdRLDcKQZwI6wN3hWm47OvOu3n9QsB0osfeNY4sgpZMTs2YLhsGYWJ6j89i5WHGgI/s200/ae_logo-filtered.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339388844760234962" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-8832459236352178942009-02-04T07:38:00.013-05:002009-02-04T08:32:54.901-05:00Got a great Doc in the works? Listed below are a few funds available to help you finish your project. Apply now!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGwWsBdc4I7RgUp6Vs61X7suhex1rq14xjyKPIUofhWwrsrAyjDAV-tm7puiDb2NP-pT83Ll1ryBGl2HPNL0vtm30b7iP1CnyPNFM4LGJmXS4HLpHSlTIkF8GH_5SvpgMcX8Fxxa6bY6r/s1600-h/tribeca.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIGwWsBdc4I7RgUp6Vs61X7suhex1rq14xjyKPIUofhWwrsrAyjDAV-tm7puiDb2NP-pT83Ll1ryBGl2HPNL0vtm30b7iP1CnyPNFM4LGJmXS4HLpHSlTIkF8GH_5SvpgMcX8Fxxa6bY6r/s200/tribeca.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298930073245859266" /></a>February 5, 2009 - Deadline<br />The <a href="http://www.tribecafilminstitute.org/documentary/">Gucci Tribeca Documentary Fund</a> is seeking feature-length documentaries that are in production or post-production with the intended premiere exhibition in 2010. Eligible films include those which examine or document people who are ignored, ostracized or otherwise marginalized; people fighting for social or political change; or broad social movements.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwaCI8nOKFdWN_f22hvfIPMeHXddt9sX80mJ5EjU78MQTNRdh_iGNehch8tF38Bx6yx7hhq6lFehcRGbOpst0D8PhhTDZugU9i7CUEI1vciVT7l07A77HKs_JwxIPzwlWWtBfk0SYfmQ6/s1600-h/sundance.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 47px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwaCI8nOKFdWN_f22hvfIPMeHXddt9sX80mJ5EjU78MQTNRdh_iGNehch8tF38Bx6yx7hhq6lFehcRGbOpst0D8PhhTDZugU9i7CUEI1vciVT7l07A77HKs_JwxIPzwlWWtBfk0SYfmQ6/s200/sundance.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298929288303172386" /></a>February 9, 2009 - Deadline<br />The <a href="http://www.sundance.org/press_subgen.html?articleID=4&colorCode=green">Sundance Documentary Fund</a> is a key program of the Documentary Film Program, dedicated to supporting U.S. and international documentary films that focus on current human rights issues, freedom of expression, social justice, civil liberties, and exploring critical issues of our time. <br /><br /><br />And great opportunities to pitch your Doc from our friends at the <a href="http://britdoc.org/real_good/pitch/">Channel Four BRITDOC Foundation</a>!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7XVenz0xRR6Hq4sdpSYtq5SkWEX6gK60i0wkGog7pIx_EGsnFOIJTfRF-hpOfoE69WTtOjs07VFHvOggNXbu9B5Mcrc1H9j2FigYuB4W-JtxVTjo8fDwK_GLO8QaknMtokyc2Cgw-aXb/s1600-h/goodpitch.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj7XVenz0xRR6Hq4sdpSYtq5SkWEX6gK60i0wkGog7pIx_EGsnFOIJTfRF-hpOfoE69WTtOjs07VFHvOggNXbu9B5Mcrc1H9j2FigYuB4W-JtxVTjo8fDwK_GLO8QaknMtokyc2Cgw-aXb/s200/goodpitch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298928181177063010" /></a>“The Good Pitch is a new evolution in the ‘pitch forum’ format. It absolutely fits our focus on supporting human rights and social issue documentary films with broad impact. The Channel Four BRITDOC Foundation has been a great innovator in the social issue documentary sector and we are enthusiastic partners in bringing the Good Pitch to North America.” <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWVsHhG1MY_bQdjb4im4VrjIfwaXibN8kcFi3sP029eGSBMeA-03WKr3MlfRbMbaWoOmI8feaGMdd1NpGWSpyO7EA5Zw50ktk4cklxRTTpdCQfTk-E6NDcwPl4SlXvPNxMT1EdJF7V4Ak/s1600-h/SilverDocs.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 42px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWVsHhG1MY_bQdjb4im4VrjIfwaXibN8kcFi3sP029eGSBMeA-03WKr3MlfRbMbaWoOmI8feaGMdd1NpGWSpyO7EA5Zw50ktk4cklxRTTpdCQfTk-E6NDcwPl4SlXvPNxMT1EdJF7V4Ak/s200/SilverDocs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298927672135272770" /></a><br />February 16, 2009 - Open for Submissions<br />SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival, June 18-22nd, near Washington, D.C.<br />For the <a href="http://britdoc.org/real_good/silverdocs/">Good Pitch @ SILVERDOCS</a>, we are looking for up to 8 projects which cover a range of topics from all over the world. We will also want to see that you have given some thought to what you want to achieve with your film through an associated outreach campaign. Your campaign can take any form, whether seeking to promote public engagement and/or policy change, or engaging with the issues raised in new and interesting ways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYaEvK7-1Hj1NRP4PKwMzwu-eo3WVUb696uhVDCaYOMRWaARdffWJ4q8o5vc3ga5b2jKOgSy7CXU9ShGCNHkzGxhBaCJdb4LYtJApRlj4H7zF_F6N4gHvsWA9W6BUjsOQGwBpZ8irz2zX/s1600-h/HotDocs.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 60px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLYaEvK7-1Hj1NRP4PKwMzwu-eo3WVUb696uhVDCaYOMRWaARdffWJ4q8o5vc3ga5b2jKOgSy7CXU9ShGCNHkzGxhBaCJdb4LYtJApRlj4H7zF_F6N4gHvsWA9W6BUjsOQGwBpZ8irz2zX/s200/HotDocs.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298927460701647954" /></a><br />February 29, 2009 - Deadline<br />Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF), May 6-7, part of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.<br />For the <a href="http://britdoc.org/real_good/hotdocs/">Good Pitch @ Hot Docs</a>, we are looking for international projects with a distinctive human rights focus, which transform stories of abuse and injustice into compelling documentary films. We will also want to see that you have given some thought to what you want to achieve with your film through an associated outreach campaign. Your campaign can take any form, whether seeking to promote public engagement and/or policy change, or engaging with the issues raised in new and interesting ways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTQG7CM95vjPEUu8smOkiiU5iP6kof8zm42lCskAU1vt88g6ZND-mKs3Oab1gjRHSEmHfJal1FM0_VlgqjKqdzkGqB25UqH8H3WrjuR7QL4UmZETJBl1PTaedIKSoBXGkav83WT2Eo-HP/s1600-h/independent_film_week_logo.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 63px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPTQG7CM95vjPEUu8smOkiiU5iP6kof8zm42lCskAU1vt88g6ZND-mKs3Oab1gjRHSEmHfJal1FM0_VlgqjKqdzkGqB25UqH8H3WrjuR7QL4UmZETJBl1PTaedIKSoBXGkav83WT2Eo-HP/s200/independent_film_week_logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298933838516571586" /></a>The Good Pitch will be making its final stop at <a href="http://www.independentfilmweek.com/">IFP’s Independent Film Week</a>, in New York City, September 24, 2009.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-29377543678069643362008-04-27T11:54:00.005-04:002008-12-08T20:38:06.349-05:00BlueCat Contest Winners at SCREENPLAY LIVE!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLEXICTC7ckPHFIUjjn0OHt6u6u_pMH5wvHaOIixtOYFqV15hrCYKKKN6NrfoXVLYruSJ7GSKTBwBnnc4jARJJeiz_V4RUJpkndeTevQq2hWP90H_fcLp7gPIF0iG-NhOQevu_3niWvdt/s1600-h/top_01.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWLEXICTC7ckPHFIUjjn0OHt6u6u_pMH5wvHaOIixtOYFqV15hrCYKKKN6NrfoXVLYruSJ7GSKTBwBnnc4jARJJeiz_V4RUJpkndeTevQq2hWP90H_fcLp7gPIF0iG-NhOQevu_3niWvdt/s400/top_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193958676501961090" /></a><br />Here's your chance to hear two <a href="http://www.bluecatscreenplay.com/main/">BlueCat</a> winning screenplays performed LIVE at the "Rochester High Falls International Film Festival"<br /><br /><blockquote>For the 4th year in a row, SCREENPLAY LIVE returns to the High Falls Film Festival with a live staged reading of two winning screenplays of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition, Loved Ones by Vicki Speegle and The Stones by Ana Lily Amirpour. Utilizing local Rochester actors, SCREENPLAY LIVE celebrates the beginning of every great movie: the screenplay. <br /><br />BlueCat was founded by Fairport native Gordy Hoffman. Winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival, Hoffman is the founder of the BlueCat Screenplay Competition. His directorial debut, A Coat of Snow, won the Domani Vision Award at VisionFest, held at Tribeca Cinemas.<br /><br />Screenplay Live: Loved Ones<br />Friday, May 02, 2008 7:30 PM<br />Curtis Theatre<br /><br />Screenplay Live: The Stones<br />Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:00 PM<br />Curtis Theatre</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-66719418414565834232007-07-02T19:29:00.000-04:002007-10-05T16:49:56.991-04:00Hey Lucy, Here's another one: "Killer Looks"Genre: Action Comedy<br />Feature film title: “Killer Looks”<br /><br /><u>Pitch:</u><br />A couture loving hitman dreams of becoming a clothing designer, but soon he must choose between his life of crime and his passion for fashion. <br /><br /><u>Synopsis:</u><br />Adrian is in the midst of a career crisis. He’s always been good at his job, a top-notch hired assassin, but he secretly longs for a career as a fashion designer.<br /><br />He supports his family’s lavish lifestyle by doing whatever assignments are sent his way but between hits he creates fabulously flamboyant neckties, which also happen to come in handy at work. <br /><br /> When a contract is put out to kill his personal hero, fashion designer William Armichi, a formidable client forces Adrian to take the well paying job. But after seeing William’s brilliant new fall line, he can't bring himself to kill such an artist. <br /><br />Now the client wants them both dead. Adrian risks everything to rescue William. While on the run with his family, he and William decide to turn the tables on the client and surprisingly, when executing their plan, they receive the unexpected help of Adrian’s family.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-30200417547951997932007-06-27T13:55:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:38:06.456-05:00Screenplay Pitch for "Raging Gurrl"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievRi9ZEOg23UyPN1m1U_CofDAnui00ngQpQrb8UEtPqf0jbf57tW4adCHONSft8T-EscwPfqDDefaSX_iZefQm0BrUOLBd3iSev3xKywOh4YzSJRqVEdiR6hGj60DFk9_xqJ_9tPcDJxo/s1600-h/RagingGurrl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEievRi9ZEOg23UyPN1m1U_CofDAnui00ngQpQrb8UEtPqf0jbf57tW4adCHONSft8T-EscwPfqDDefaSX_iZefQm0BrUOLBd3iSev3xKywOh4YzSJRqVEdiR6hGj60DFk9_xqJ_9tPcDJxo/s320/RagingGurrl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080915714779113570" /></a><br />Genre: Action Thriller<br />Feature film title: “Raging Gurrl”<br /><br /><u>Pitch:</u> <br />A shy reserved cartoonist becomes entangled in a political conspiracy when her superhero’s plotline stumbles onto real plans to take over the government.<br /><br /><u>Synopsis:</u> <br />Gena Rencliff, a twenty-something mousy recluse, is the creator of the popular cartoon “RagingGurrl.” Isolated, she lives vicariously through her heroine’s exploits, using her highly insightful imagination to create storylines based on current events. Soon her world changes when she attracts the attention of an ominous secret government agency. She’s brutally interrogated after they suspect she’s discovered information about a militant group following the same exact plan as her character RagingGurrl, to overtake the government. <br /><br />Despite threats to stay away, Gena begins to investigate and finds that the secretive agency itself represents the true danger. In a flash of insight, she seeks out the militants and discovers they are trying to prevent the takeover. Realizing they won’t succeed without her, Gena chooses to risk everything and join their cause. As she prepares for the confrontation to thwart the sinister plot, she transforms into the super hero of her own creation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-81710490155178832007-06-26T18:08:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:38:06.593-05:00A Screenplay Pitch for “Jessica Little and the Manor House Spy”<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied8AJRSBM2NG1bbtABu0N7iYZ-TVctzvtE9VrWbiltsOzKONUs6MIP8Eg2Q672oKeL_4inRJJwCnnRCxskIz-DCkB2cYtPpWdCt1q8jYNxw84AAjQT4L5JwUAViZyJ1GyIQYMmE_1HyWg/s1600-h/kinkade_manor_house.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEied8AJRSBM2NG1bbtABu0N7iYZ-TVctzvtE9VrWbiltsOzKONUs6MIP8Eg2Q672oKeL_4inRJJwCnnRCxskIz-DCkB2cYtPpWdCt1q8jYNxw84AAjQT4L5JwUAViZyJ1GyIQYMmE_1HyWg/s320/kinkade_manor_house.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080508754530434882" /></a><br /><br />Genre: Family, Musical Comedy<br />Feature film title: “Jessica Little and the Manor House Spy”<br /><br /><u>Logline: </u><br />In a musical adventure set in WWII England, an orphaned girl risks her life and future happiness to thwart a spy and save her friends.<br /><br /><br /><u>Synopsis:</u><br />Jessica, a mischievous and imaginative little girl, is consigned to an orphanage after her father’s death during WWII. Desperately longing for a home where she’s loved, her chances grow dim as she immediately gets herself into trouble with the evil, rotund Sister Agnes and the dimwitted headmaster, Father Wolfsen when among other things, she convinces the girls that Agnes is exceptionally fat because she’s swallowed a girl whole. <br /><br />Mary, the kindhearted drunken cook and Arthur, a brilliant inventor, befriend her and try their best to keep her out of trouble. When a mysterious traveler, Nathan, is given temporary lodging in the manor that houses the orphanage, everyone is taken in by his charm, except Jessica. She discovers he is a German spy intent on stealing Arthur’s invention and destroying them all.<br /> <br />When the adults around her fail to see the danger, she realizes she must stop him on her own.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010461600913923098.post-33322738732466681712007-06-26T12:46:00.000-04:002008-12-08T20:38:06.719-05:00I Love Lucy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmgmgvuOyau_kaKUgdPIAFIiDVUyO-dgxeJEHwE3hxD2xLvuDT5ELrwBcBZZAW1UT0C6R7kL8w6AbEe1qI2Gi9YElXgwZbiesqXrpD3YZisO-kwlHn30vD005fVORAv0ZVJhCENujwIrX/s1600-h/fever+pitch+2005.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmgmgvuOyau_kaKUgdPIAFIiDVUyO-dgxeJEHwE3hxD2xLvuDT5ELrwBcBZZAW1UT0C6R7kL8w6AbEe1qI2Gi9YElXgwZbiesqXrpD3YZisO-kwlHn30vD005fVORAv0ZVJhCENujwIrX/s400/fever+pitch+2005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080417074158534418" /></a><br /><a href="http://lucyvee.blogspot.com">Lucy Vee</a>, the most brilliant and talented writer and master blogger, has set up a Pitch Competition to run concurrent with the Screenwriters' Festival! Pitchin' is better than bitchin', so if you weren't chosen as a finalist (lucky bastards) in the SWF Fever Pitch contest, now's your chance to show your pitches to the world on Wednesday, July 4th.<br />Brava Lucy!<br /><br />My pitches will be the next posts...wish us all luck, but wish more luck to me please.<br /><br />You can overcome rejection and keep your head! <br />AofCUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0