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About Me

my goodness. i am trying to figure that out myself. basic credits: i am the creator of the TV series, ARMY WIVES. films: THE PRINCE & ME (Paramount, Julia Stiles), CAROLINA (Miramax, Shirley MacLaine), THE SENATOR'S WIFE (voted top 10 script list, 2006), VALENTINE'S DAY (WB/New Line, dir, Garry Marshall. 2010). tv shows: XENA.professional: Elected to the Board of Directors of the WGA, 2008-2010. 1 of 50 women chosen for 2008's Variety's Annual Women's Impact Issue. PRISM award nominee, Gracie Award winner, WIN Award winner.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

most anyone. everyone has a story.interview on all aspects of writing:

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My Blog

Sordid Tales of Runyon Canyon

i have posted my new blog on my website:  please check it out when you have time...Sordid Tales of Runyon CanyonYes, its dirty, smells like dog shit, and spotting celebs is like shooting paparazzi in...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:19:00 GMT

How It All Turned Out

 28 April 2009How It All Turned Out   I stared at the nude photograph on the wall, remembering that two nights before I had stood nude in a window frame inside a college dorm and wondered, Is that al...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:09:00 GMT

what are words for

31 March 2009What Are Words For   Several years ago, I was standing in a long line in the restroom at London, Heathrow when I started to lose my temper.   I was still overwhelmed by the sights and sme...
Posted by on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:05:00 GMT

How We Survive

27 January 2009how we survive  I heard a tape once of an African-American preacher from the South preaching fire and brimstone when he said:If you live in a shack, youve gotta be grateful for that sh...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:34:00 GMT

New Years Eve...

31 December 2008 What I've Been Given, I Give to You.       Hope.    2008 has been a tumultuous year for so many.  Loves lost, lives lost, jobs lost.  There ...
Posted by on Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:16:00 GMT

to see...

To the world you may be one person But to one person you may be the world - Author Unknown These past few days, I have read so many thoughts on gratitude.  People turning their chairs, faci...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 15:47:00 GMT

Class description

For more information on the class I am holding on Sunday morning, November 16th at 9am, here is the bigger blurb: CROSSING MEDIUMS:  Working in TV and Features.  The writer's the star i...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:01:00 GMT

Screenwriting Expo

The class I am teaching at the Screenwriting Expo is Crossing Mediums;  Working in both TV and Film.  The similarities and differences.  It's on Sunday at 9am.  The rest of the Exp...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:56:00 GMT

It was the best of times, worst of times...

5 November 2008 Sometimes the greatest prayer is thank you.  Thank you, America, for believing in change.  For raising our level of consciousness by voting in a leader, regardless of ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:12:00 GMT

that was fast

26 october 200815 HOURS IN A DAY: There are moments when you write a post, send an energy out for a response - and get one in less than 24 hours.In full disclosure - as I am borrowing a computer, I a...
Posted by on Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:19:00 GMT