: About Me

I am a fellow writer. Throughout college I worked for Michael Hauge, an author, lecturer, and screenwriting consultant. Working with Michael was an amazing experience that taught me how to work with other writers and what makes a screenplay great.

I also spent a summer working in development at Miramax , where I read and wrote coverage for hundreds of scripts, and learned what it took to get past the gatekeepers, and what made a script stand out from the hundreds that were sent each week. I also learned what caused the readers to immediately reject a script, and what mistakes caused us to lose interest in a story.

I earned a Master's Degree in Screenwriting from California State University Northridge, where I taught an undergraduate screenwriting course, and worked as a teacher's assistant in a few graduate writing courses, which further developed my knowledge of how to write a great script, and, more importantly, how to help others in their own journey to writing the perfect story. Since graduating, I have worked as a consultant, working with other writers on developing their ideas, improving their scripts, and understanding the art of storytelling.

I recently left a job in event planning at the Four Seasons hotel to work from home consulting screenwriters, and of course, writing and marketing my own screenplays.

My passion is ...

writing, art, and family.

I know too much about ...

screenwriting, dog breeds.

My parents always told me ...

life isn't fair.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a writer.

My favorite memory ...

first dance at my wedding.

Why I write ...

when the first line of a story gets in my head, it won't leave me alone until I write it down.

My first job ...

Aaron Brothers-retail art and framing store.

My best moment ...

my wedding ceremony.

My inspiration ...

my husband.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Miscarriage, a silent loss

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When I was eight weeks into my first pregnancy, I went for my first ultrasound. In the exam room, my OB talked to me a little about when we conceived, and what to do and not to do, normal things. She left to let me get undressed for an ultrasound. I was so nervous I was shaking, knowing this was the moment when I would find out if I was really pregnant, if it was healthy, and the first time I would see our little bean. At first the ultrasound looked weird, the screen was empty. She swished around a little more and then I saw it. The little embryo was there for sure. To me, it looked tiny, ...

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