Crazy week with so much out there waiting to land! Is it weird to check email every 27 seconds?

Do you panic when the power goes out? Wrote a little play by play rambling during our latest power outage on Whidbey Island about specs, supporting materials, storytelling pipelineartists.com/when-the-pow... @PipelineArtists @ScriptPipeline #writerslife #amwriting #WritingCommunity

I have 2 spots left for my Whidbey Island Screenwriter Retreat & Short Film Bootcamp in late April Write the film as a group on Zoom, arrive in April to film it with a Seattle college crew Get an IMDb credit. Learn filmmaking. Be on set. DM me if interested in jumpstarting your career! #scriptsky

Just sent off a one sheet to a dream producer Through a contact I made at AFM They love the story & they want to make this movie unless the finicky network doesn't greenlight it which is possible So possible In the meantime, I'm running on hopeful fumes that everyone likes and wants the script!

The Diplomat is absolutely perfect Both Seasons Everything about this show hits me where I live #theDipolomat

BIG NEWS!! For 10 years I tried to get a Christmas Romance script sold & produced. Been on the desk at Hallmark twice but no go. Thursday, Nov 20 my movie Christmas by Design, launches on the BET+ network!!! Check out the press release & trailer: www.paramountpressexpress.com/bet-plus/sho...

Indie Film Showing in Santa Ana, CA Saturday 12:30 pm! HIS MONSTER, a creepy creature feature from the mind of filmmaker @erichcannon.bsky.social Come meet Erich, watch this darkly compelling film starring Gabriel Casdorph (Killers of the Flower Moon) thefridacinema.org/purchase/111... #scriptsky

Whidbey Island, WA Writers Retreat in February One more spot for a woman in the bunk bed room! kimhornsby.blogspot.com/2025/10/whid... #scriptsky #amwriting #writingcommunity

Writers Retreat, Short Film Written Before, Filmed during Retreat, IMDb credit, 1 Page per Writer, Student Crew - Film in POST HAD A BLAST!! @rbripley.bsky.social @dutchessabroad.bsky.social @bradmjohnson.com pro.imdb.com/title/tt3702...

I'm psychologically THRILLED to announce that 2 years ago, we started development of a LISA JAY script & it's done! @erichcannon brought me the script for The Cuckoo Clock, we scouted Seattle for locations & the Horror/Thriller filmed Jan '24 Creepy AF & brilliantly mesmerizing! Stay tuned...

Very interesting to hear an interview with an actor who plays a character I wrote I still feel proprietary of this story & characters even though they did a rewrite I loved their choice for Nathan, the polygamous husband! #gilespanton #LMN #Lifetimethrillers www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnDo...

Another Whidbey Island Writers Retreat! February 26- Mar 1 3 nights, 4 days Come & write, stare off the dock, sit by the fire, hole up in your room DM me for details. 6 spots left #scriptsky

Today I may dress in my bowler hat, white shirt, vest, tie and baggy pants Not sure why

On the plane home from shooting a Rom Com in Greece with Cathy Yonek at the helm Yes, you can film a feature in 9 days Even if there are goats, a kid and a dog in ur movie #producerlife

Greece has been kind to our cast and crew of Marry Me in Greece Today is our last day of filming a 9 day Feature film Crazy we got a movie in such a short time What an experience as a producer!!! 🎬 #kim2Greece

Working in Greece! #amproducing #windy #Patmos

Greece!!!

Teaching and schmoozing at the Pacific Northwest Writers’Association Conference. My books are beside Margaret Atwood’s Handmaids Tale!!! Having fun with Writers and talking about book to film & Braving Rapids. 😊

Headed to Seattle to teach Story plotting at the PNWA annual writers conference! Ferry ride first. #writerslife #scriptchat

Spent the morning querying the big companies in LA just in case I'm ready for their attention Also, my big project fell out of option and can now use my best work for queries. #silverlining #screenwriting #querying #amwriting #scriptsky

I need your take on this A friend has been talking to a romantic interest online, after 1 month he asks her to transfer money from a Cayman acct to Las Vegas bank because he's on a job in Morocco & can't She does He asks her to do more $ Also, he needs $2K I told her to call FBI, block him Ur take?

Did not enter AFF Screenplay Competition for the first time in 5 years but we entered a feature film we hope will make that very small exclusive curated list of movies showing at Austin in late October. Fingers crossed hard for Lisa Jay, Erich Cannon, me, and the cast and crew of our secret movie!

I have a reporter coming to interview me and take photos this morning and I'm just scrolling social media instead of cleaning my house or putting on makeup #writerslife

I get very little engagement here but my account on Twitter is still bringing me joy and community I miss a big bunch of you but this site just doesn’t work for me I guess this is how some of u felt about X Also friend’s alpaca had a baby yesterday so I went to her farm down the road to help!

My Stage 32 Profile looks pretty good after they imported my Coverfly Info~ www.stage32.com/profile/7143... Thanks @stage32.bsky.social

Writers Retreat on Whidbey Island WA, Nov 7-10! Join us for a long weekend of writing while looking west to the Olympic Penninsula and sunset Two spots still open at $350 in a shared bedroom, includes meals DM me 4 info Women only at this point, Sorry guys! avantstay.com/654450/whidb... #scriptsky

Lights. Camera. RADNESS— Splash Page is an indie comic showcase featuring cinema-ready IP by Emmy-winners, creators from DC Comics, Marvel, The Watchmen, and the raddest emeging voices. Full comics, world premieres & screenplay adaptations available! Special Marquee below 👇🏻 #scriptsky #comicsky

I forgot about writing this script which I REALLY like. Proof of concept for a series pilot and book series about a ghost whisperer who loses her husband. Pulling it out to read today!

Watched Steve Martini's Bittersweet & loved it! What a crazy romp into one guy's journey to be a better man. Steve is absolutely charming, relatable & ridiculous Kudos to everyone for putting out such a thoroughly entertaining movie and hero to cheer for! www.justwatch.com/us/movie/bit...

Sinners OMG who's with me?

Built a second catio so our sweet kitty can run from one to another if birds fly across the yard and around the house! #writerslife #catlife

If you got read requests from #screenpit please let us know At least one Blue Sky participant got director interest either from her posts here or on Twitter Congrats to you all! 🎬

ScreenPit had several bites this round 5 people on Twitter got interest One from a director, three from producers and another from a lit manager. Congrats to everyone who participated here and over there! Next #ScreenPit in October!

COMPLEX KILLER Escaping an abusive marriage has a woman moving to an apartment complex with live/work/play options & tight security but missing women & disinterested cops have her playing detective despite her fear it may be her ex. #screenpit #th #fea

LOVE, CUPID A small-town glass artist (stuck in a going nowhere relationship) along with the town's new cardiologist, helps out a mysterious visitor arrived for the Valentine’s Day Festival & soon must dodge Cupid's arrow or give in to love, finally. #screenpit #RoCo #fea

And we're up and running for another #ScreenPit We've notified the industry execs we're on both Twitter and Blue Sky so let's see what happens. Have fun today everyone, follow the rules, use the hashtag and hit that heart button for your friends! Let me know if you get an industry read request.

SCREENPIT is Back!!! Wednesday June 25th 8-8 PT Get those Log Lines ready, Screenwriters and LETS. DO. THIS. THING! On Blue Sky we've agreed u need to use hashtags #scriptysky and #screenpit on posts

I’ll teach you how to take a completed story and fit it into the screenwriting template DM me for seats!

After working 1:1 with writers in Patmos Greece, I’m joining a film set there. Booked accommodation has me giddy! In Athens I reserved an air b&b that looks like you’re under water in a diving bell! Captain Nemo! Travel makes me happy! Producing movies too! Www.thegoodwordwritersretreat.com

Talked on the podcast "When Isabel Met Aviva" Honestly, there is nothing private about me and my life I tell ALL www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiC6... #scriptsky #filmsky #amwriting #writerslife

Anyone writing today? Let's remember to make our MC's suffer until they don't Also, give them a flaw Or two Head down, fingers on keys Let's Go!

Watched a movie I developed with producers and although a second writer rewrote my already awesome script for them, it turned out great and was fun to see my characters on TV! And see my story unfold slightly differently. I was excited to see how it ended. #scriptsky #filmsky Lifetime LMN

I wrote this and laugh every time I see this YouTube Short! (hey I'm a mom, you have to have a fart joke in a family movie!) www.youtube.com/shorts/Q7pjO... BRAVING RAPIDS now available on YouTube Spark TV www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHGA...

I'm teaching a Zoom class on the adaptation process ~Novel/Story to Screenplay, June 28, 10 am~ If you want to learn screenwriting, this is an excellent 90 minute workshop for authors to strengthen your writing DM me for details #amwriting #writerslift #author #WritingCommunity

11 screenwriters on email & zoom wrote an 11 page script each submitting their page & passing it along Filmed during the Whidbey Island Writers Retreat Some acted in it, some crewed All experienced set life as Debra Pralle & team shot their movie So frickin' proud! www.imdb.com/title/tt3702...

My Lifetime Thriller is debuting on LMN next week, June 6th and I can't wait to see what they did with my original script! A second writer was brought in and things changed, I heard, but the story sounds like mine and the characters haven't changed You gotta love the names for these movies!

A producer called yesterday to ask about AI in storytelling Apparently it's obvious when reading I've never knowingly clicked on an AI site In the front matter of my novels, I drop this: "No AI was used in the writing of this novel or publication by this author/publishing house Am I alone?

Dropping some BTS shots from the filming of our Family Adventure Movie BRAVING RAPIDS on TUBI, Roku, Prime, Fandango www.justwatch.com/us/movie/bra... Come for the Puppy, Stay for the Feels! "Perfect Family Film" #filmsky #scriptsky #indiefilm #movies #parenting #familymovies #memorialdayweekend

Got word that my Lifetime Thriller is queuing up for release next month! I'll be interested in how it changed from the sale of the script. Stay tuned for details... #scriptsky #filmsky

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