Monthly Archives: April 2016

All Books Without “Girl” in Title Banned!

New York, April 31, 2016 (United Press Irrational) – For the last eight years, the #1 best-selling book in America has had the word Girl in its title: 2009 – The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2010 – The Girl … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 10

Would you still desire the future you’ve imagined if you knew it would veer wildly and irrevocably off course?

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

(This is #2 in a series about my current feature film project. To read #1, click here.) We have a cast! And we meet next week to read through the screenplay together. So I’m deep in the throes of anxcitement … Continue reading →

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Courage Doesn’t Always Roar

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The Wishing Map 9

“’There’s magic in the world. And it’s waiting to be found!’ She’d said the words a million times before, but somehow this time was different. Urgent. As if it were no longer merely a motto, but a mission.”

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A Filmmaker’s Journal

Less than a month from now we begin shooting Over-the-Rhine, my first feature film as a writer-director. I want to share the experience with you, my bloggish friends, partly because I think of you as my extended family (aww) and partly because I’ll … Continue reading →

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The Wishing Map 8

“If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.”                   ~C.S. Lewis

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The Wishing Map 7

Has anyone ever appeared at just the right moment to spin your life in an entirely new direction?

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Inspired

“For it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. Therefore, do all things without grumbling and disputation.”  ~Philippians 2:13-14

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