Tag: Industry
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Recent podcast appearances
I link to things on Twitter and Facebook, but never come here to post them, so if you’re looking for places to hear me talk about work/process/being awkward in public, here you go. This is also a list of some fantastic podcasts/people. GILMORE GUYS: These guys are so funny. They invited me to gab about…
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Hey, Pamie: “Someone Told Me My Idea Isn’t Good. Should I Listen?”
This has been sitting in the inbox for a while. My apologies. [readermail] Hi Pam, I attended your Chicks with Bics panel and we met briefly during the BBQ at the Austin Film Festival. Thank you very much for taking the time to speak on the panels and share your experiences, and also for taking…
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Austin, I Will See You Soon!
Posting my Austin Film Festival info here for those of you who I want to see, need to see, or hope to see next week. When I’m not at these places, I’m probably in the Driskill lobby, or wherever Chuy tells me to be. Austin, please get your breakfast tacos and Mexican Martinis all in…
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Dropping Names Like They’re Maiden
A couple of weeks ago I was having dinner with the smart and funny Linda Holmes. Linda was in town to cover the TCA’s, an annual two-week tv critic lock-in that sounds like the television equivalent of your dad forcing you to smoke a carton of cigarettes in a closet. It was her last night,…
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Something For Everyone (Because this IS home.)
Over the past month I’ve had two encounters where I’ve been talking with friends I haven’t seen in a while — both of whom I know outside the industry but work inside it — when they said to me, “I thought you went home.” “No, no, I’ve always been here,” I said. “You didn’t go…
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Is It Friday Yet?
I’ve started a new screenwriting job that has me working at an office. It’s been a long time since I’ve been a part of corporate culture. I worried it had been too long since I worked business hours with normal people, having co-workers who didn’t have tails or wear diapers. I worried not for me,…
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Hey, Pamie: “How Do I Not Give the Fuck Up When Other People Get What I Want?”
It’s that time of year when networks are ordering pilots. This means tv writers are sitting around anxiously waiting to find out which scripts they’ll be viciously hate-reading.
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Hey, Pamie: “Am I Too Old To Be a Screenwriter?”
It’s very tempting to answer this question with one word.
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Hey, Pamie: “What Do I Write Next?” and “How Do You Work From Home?”
It’s been a little while since I’ve had time to do a Weekly Procrastination, so I’ll do two today.