I am a mind bursting with creativity, always dolling up plans for the future and oddly enough, finding the channels to actually make them reality. I love to love, I love to travel, I love to spark debate. I am a very opinionated person who is in the midst of learning to develop patience, which is most likely a product of growing up in a large family. I cannot stand conceit, so I abhor writing about myself because I usually feel as if every word of it will be perceived as conceit by others.

My passion is ...

passion.

I know too much about ...

politics, art, history, nutrition, health.

My parents always told me ...

love your neighbor as you love yourself.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be everything: tennis player, writer, singer and actress.

My favorite memory ...

being positively recognized locally as a writer.

Why I write ...

...I adore the English language, I love articulating information in such a way that interests others, and because it is the best creative outlet.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Exodus/Fox News/John Coltrane

My first job ...

senior writer and copy editor for a new arts publication in Florida (after beginning as a freelancer 6 months before)

My best moment ...

becoming official editor.

My inspiration ...

people, joys and little pleasures, plans for the future.

Entertainment > Film Making & Production The excitement of making an indie film

2 of 12

Filmmaking 101

Cinematic adventures have dramatically changed face since Thomas Edison invented the motion-picture camera in 1889. Though to the viewer, it is blissful adventure in another world, to the filmmakers, it is a great process. The production cycle can be broken down into five stages: development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution, generally constituting a total of three years.

The period of development is the time spent birthing an idea, morphing it into adolescent stages and maturing it into a viable script. Out of that brainstorming session eme...

More..

Writing: