Jan. 2013 Update

I don't really use this too much anymore, but sometimes I get hits from some weird areas around the world, so here is my latest post for anyone who cares.


First off: I am trying to get attention for my newly completed script for this year DEVELOPMENT HELL. So I chucked up some "cheap" ads for it. I'm not much for graphic design, but at least I'm trying to make it aware.

Here is the logline I came up with to pitch it.....

"When a down on her luck screenwriter receives a mysterious screenplay to rewrite, she, along with her domestic partner, enter a series of terrifying events as the women's reality begin to crumble and they enter a violent, hidden world. "

I hope this is the one that gets me noticed more that WITH CHILD did......doubtful. I've already gotten slammed for having a same sex couple in it.....and it's been called too "dark" and "too bitter".




Also: my script from last year (WITH CHILD) made the first Bitch List for screenplays a few days ago. Like the famous Black List (for the best unproduced scripts) and the Blood List (for the best horror scripts), the Bitch List is put together by Bitch Pack (from whom I won the award last year), and is a list of unproduced scripts that pass the Bechdel Test (the test that has conversations between females that include something other then men). So apparently my script made it to the list! Cool.

Here is the link to the list if interested.

http://thebitchpack.wordpress.com/the-bitch-list-2013/

OR


here is the cut and past from the website:

Hello all,
We are so proud to present our writer submitted list of Bechdel Test passing screenplays that are yet unproduced.
We hope to have an industry voting system next year. We’re so thrilled to show you these projects we received via our writer friends from Twitter and our Facebook page– Sent from people who care and conscientiously give women a boost via their screenwriting.
In no particular order for 2013:

Yesternight
By Claire Yeowart
In 1955, after a debutante witnesses a murder, she forms unlikely allies with a young criminal as they battle London’s most ruthless crime boss.

Searching for Sanctuary
By Roz Mattocks
An average suburban housewife survives the fall of government, and has risen above the anarchy as a lone warrior that must decide whether or not to help a small group pass through dangerous zones in search of sanctuary.

Broken Road
By Lydia Mulvey
A burnt-out ER nurse must prevent a brilliant nano-scientist from using her autistic sister to achieve his terrifying goal of gaining total remote control over the human mind.

Cold Crossing
By Lydia Mulvey
A desperate woman plots a complex scheme to get her kidnapped daughter back using an ex-boyfriend, a bag of stolen drug money and a daring but dangerous idea; but forces beyond her control threaten her best laid plans.

Man, Woman & Car
By Gregg Moscoe

It’s July of 1954 and in a case of mistaken identity. legendary auto icon Enzo Ferrari sells a magnificent racing car, the last Ferrari 375 Spyder, to a wealthy American, Willie Smith. Controversy explodes in the streets, cafes and bedrooms of Modena when Willie arrives to take delivery, and the master manipulator and arch-chauvinist Ferrari must face the awful truth: he’s sold his fire-breathing race car to…

A woman.

In Sight
By Simon Underwood
A young woman, searching London for her missing sister, finds a scared, scarred young boy. Teaming with a care worker investigating the death of one of his patients, she must protect the boy from a secret society with their own map of London and dire plans for the world.

 Puzzle Box
By Simon Underwood
Three college students are injected with a drug that turns all their dreams to nightmares. Linked together, they must find a way to survive and wake up before being killed – both in dreams, and reality.

Sisterhood
By Gregory Blair
A murderess bound for the noose is given a second chance as a ward in a convent where the mysterious ways of the sisterhood grow darker and more menacing, leading to horrific revelations and deadly consequences.

Danger Society
By Leigh Medeiros
After a studious teen’s hyper-overprotective mother forbids her from attending college, she retaliates by joining an underground society of rebellious misfits.

Pattern of Flight
By Leigh Medeiros
When a socially awkward bird watcher accidentally trespasses on the grounds of a mental hospital and is mistaken for a missing patient, she must enlist the help of fellow patients to plot her escape.

Turkey Calls
By Jeff Field
Four women form unlikely friendships while working a temporary holiday job at the Plump N’ Juicy Turkey Hotline.

Chick Flick
By Shannon Bowen & Ellen Westberg

After a foul-mouthed cynic discovers her perky nemesis is the key to finishing her screenplay, she is forced to change her harsh ways or miss out on a chance of a lifetime.

With Child
By Jeff Kacmarynski
A pregnant woman, who is haunted by spirits that want her unborn baby dead, makes a shocking discovery about her future and her child.
*Winner of The Bitch Pack Award at Shriekfest 2012 at Raleigh Studios, for best horror screenplay that passes The Bechdel Test, as chosen by Shriekfest readers

Matriarch of The Wolves
By David Daniels
A young woman who abandons reason and fear by hunting the werewolf pack that brutally murdered her family and threatens her small town.

New Eden Falls
By David Daniels
Set against the backdrop of civil war in post-apocalyptic America, a military nurse goes AWOL in search of her missing young daughter as the planet is on the brink of extinction.

Oh Bondage! Up Yours
By Harry Waksberg
Just out of college and hurting for work, Patti takes a job stripping at the Hot Shop. She could never expect that she’d lead the dancers to organize against management.

Tied
By Lee Gabel
Rejected by her older sister’s gang, a teenage girl from a broken home joins a rival gang and ends up battling her own flesh and blood on the gritty streets of South Central L.A.

If you are interested in reading any of these, please email biatchpack@gmail.com and we will put you in touch with the writer(s).
Thank you for taking a look and for your support in strengthening women’s dialogue in film!
This list is dedicated to the loving memory of Richard Alexander Friedman who passed suddenly on January 6, 2013. He truly loved women and supported the work- a fantastic friend and confidant- best a gal could ask for.