Dolly’s Hand on Mine concludes on 3/11 My dear friends, I’m overjoyed that our new short film DOLLY’S HAND ON MINE (story and script by me) has reached its full funding goals! WOOHOO! So…what happens next? Well, we officially move into the next phase of pre-production which includes casting, scheduling, contracts, location scouting, and hiring…

It was a delight and honor to be interviewed by Bill McKean for NS Weekend’s Sunday Breakfast. Check it out and then let me know if you, too, are lacking whistling skills. 🙂

Giddyup friends! Welcome to a surreal, transcendent postpartum fantasy in which a new mother hallucinates a glamorous superstar visiting her in the bathroom- yes, really! This script started out as a flash fiction piece that I wrote years ago, in retrospect of giving birth to my second child. I’m re-teaming with my creative partner Maggie…

(free streaming for your happy viewing) Writing a story and finding a way for it to become a movie is not a short process…however, it is a very, very happy one. Imagine Christmas Eve nervous energy unfolding over two years. Yes, two years. Two years was how long it took for a pitch email to…

Bring a friend, come along! Joining me in doing the momentous this January- leaving the house. Yes, that is indeed the benchmark of success during a freezing Midwestern stretch. On Thursday, January 22nd I’ll be in-person at Suite Escape in Lake Forest with a fantastic cohort of brilliant, fascinating women to give a workshop titled…

(please visit Welcome Center at Chicago Cultural Center) Please enjoy the utterly charmed emotion swelling in my chest right now- my Flash Cards by KQA have made their debut with Good Things Vending! I wrote a bit about the experience on my Substack. Check it out…and also, please take this as your sign from the…

A few fun things: botanicals make great backdrops in photos. Pictured above is me sweating and cursing while taking in the shade of a magnolia tree in a delightful Kentucky heat wave. Seriously, I had a fantastic writing residency in Paducah over the summer but that heat was a punishment. Also, happy Halloween and all…

Hey, hey happy Monday! The Bears won, the sun is shining, and delightful things are gonna happen this week (manifesting). Today marks the last chance to sign up for my online workshop ‘HOW I TURNED MY SHORT STORY INTO A SHORT FILM.’ The event will be on Zoom on 9/30 at 6pm and will include…

I snapped this photo right before walking into the Wilmette Theatre for the first ever showing of That Old Beautiful Love…the movie poster was surrounded by the 100 swag bags filled with hats, cookies, art work, notebooks, mini stress ball basketballs, etc.. It was such a vibrant night filled with great convo and energy. …and…