Tag: Industry

  • Where To Find Me This Week (Hint: Texas.)

    Wednesday: Dallas Quill Awards Gala It is my first gala. It is my first time being a keynote speaker. I fear that these two firsts will combine to give me a moment like you see in comedy pilots for clumsy-girl-you’re-supposed-to-relate-to-but-will-be-worse-at-life-than-you-are-so-you-feel-a-little-better-about-yourself shows. You know, where I accidentally knock over the podium because I made a joke…

  • Hey, Pamie: “I’m almost done with college. How do I break into the industry from here?”

    I’m off to the Austin Film Festival next week, where the number one question asked is, “How do I break into the industry?” This week’s Procrastination is for you.

  • Hey, Pamie: “How do I best jump-start my stalled novel and then what do I do with it?”

    Hey, Pamie: “How do I best jump-start my stalled novel and then what do I do with it?”

    Today’s weekly procrastination is making me have to use the tl;dr shorthand, which I only recently looked up as I’d never had to learn it before, because I don’t believe in its philosophy. (What if it was good, and you would’ve been so happy to have read all those words? Why so much judging on…

  • Found in Old Notes to Myself

    I think I wrote this while on an airplane. “i am working on an essay about nail polish while the lady to my right is editing her documents that attempt to change the FBI’s definition of rape in order to get more rape kits ordered. … i have done something wrong w/ my life.”

  • “Super cute script, girl.”

    “Super cute script, girl.”

    I was driving home from a features meeting yesterday listening to Scriptnotes, a podcast by Craig Mazin and John August. If you are an aspiring screenwriter and you haven’t found Scriptnotes yet, I highly encourage it. Craig plays the cranky rich guy who grumbles when a screenwriter finds this job hard while John soothes with…

  • Play Hollywood With Me

    I’m sitting on the couch working on a script that’s due, waiting on the phone to ring with some work-related answers, including the latest on how the film rights are going for You Take It From Here. I’m flattered and relieved that there’s interest. Things are moving forward (yet creeping along). One of the questions…

  • Places Where My Face Is

    It’s gearing up to be book tour time, when I leave the house to get in front of you and then I can’t stop talking because I don’t leave the house enough. Here’s the schedule so far.

  • Hey, Pamie: “How do I get an agent if I’m a writer/director/filmmaker?”

    Today’s Weekly Procrastination came from an email out of last week’s comments section, and is a little out of my wheelhouse. So I enlisted the help of my longtime friend Kat Candler. Kat and I met at the Kansas City Film Festival what feels like six million years ago, and I’ve watched her grow into…

  • Hey, Pamie: “How Do I Move to LA?”

    Today’s Weekly Procrastination (which couldn’t come at a better time on my procrastination schedule), fills me with anxiety.

  • Launch Party!

    Launch Party!

    Please come to the launch party for YOU TAKE IT FROM HERE. There will be books and fun.