Deadlines Today: Holiday Writing Festival – Screenplays & Novels

Just wanted to let you know about the upcoming Holiday Writing Festival deadlines. Save 30% to 50% off the regular submissions. Garner FULL FEEDBACK from the industry on your screenplay or novel. Get your full screenplay or best scene performed. Get a transcript of your novel performed. In 2016 alone, the Writing Festival performed 18… Continue reading Deadlines Today: Holiday Writing Festival – Screenplays & Novels

Happy Birthday: Donna Summer (1948–2012)

[on her popularity as a disco singer] I think, no question, when you’re a singer and you’re looking to become so successful, it’s the moments of success, singing the Oscar-winning song and having that moment, winning Grammies and all that, but after you get those things, you’re sorta sitting there in the room and you’re thinking, “OK, what next?”. When actors say they got the Oscar and then they didn’t get [a] job for five years . . . it feels like internally, and it’s like, “Oh, OK, is that all there is?” and so I think you just have to keep setting new goals for yourself. For me, after I had success on that level, my next goals were personal, they were my family, go on it’s time now, “You’ve done this, you’ve proven this, let’s get on with your real-life”.