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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 256

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 256

Oops, I missed a Tweet Tales post again last week. I was frantically writing my newest short screenplay to apply for the SC film grant again. But I got it finished and revised multiple times and then submitted on Sunday morning, a record 36 hours before it was due....

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 255

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 255

This week I’ve been writing a short screenplay to apply for the SC Film Indie Grant. This is the same grant program I won to make my short films Saying Goodbye and High Heels & Hoodoo. It’s such an amazing program, and I can’t believe how lucky...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 254

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 254

I've had a lot of stuff going on the past few weeks, so I got behind on tweet tales again. I've been working on several grants I'm applying for, I spent a week dog-sitting my nieces and nephew (who think beds are for dogs not humans), and I've been...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 253

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 253

On Saturday I went to a screenwriting workshop given by Peter Fox. It was pretty basic, but it’s always important to be reminded that when I’m writing a screenplay, I need to 'write in pictures' not words. Since I go back and forth between novels...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 252

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 252

I spent a few days last week with my sister celebrating her birthday. The whole family gathered, which meant all five big dogs together, so it was a bit crowded. There was one doggie kerfuffle, but fortunately we were able to break it up quickly. After a year of...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 251

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 251

Uh oh, it’s been another long chunk of time since my last blog post. It’s been a pretty crazy month and a half, but I’m going to catch up.   I mentioned in my previous post that I made it to the final round of a grant, and the final application...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 250

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 250

For most of the past three weeks I have been out of town, with intermittent internet access for a chunk of that time, so I’ve skipped a few posts. That means today’s post is going to be a whopper since of course I have to chat about all the cool things...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 249

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 249

Since I posted a few weeks ago about all the books my awesome friends donated to Reading Partners, two friends have sent me even more books, pushing the grand total from 95 to 136!! It makes me happy cry. And happy dance. And happy squeal. It just basically makes me...

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Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 248

Tweet Tales Tuesday Week 248

Were you happy or sad about the outcome of the Super Bowl this weekend? As usual, I was only watching for the commercials. Although by the end I was screaming for the Falcons to hold their lead, so I guess I wanted to see the Patriots lose more than I realized. It did...

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