I finally got the results from the Austin Film Festival.  CONGRATULTIONS to the screenplay (and teleplay) second rounders and semifinalists!  Sadly, my fabulous script, Lady Cowboys, did not advance.  I'm contemplating the services of the fabulous Diane Drake (Only You and What Women Want) to get a proven professional set eyes on it.  We'll see.  The great thing about where I am in my process is that my mourning process for rejection has gotten shorter.  And... I KNOW the script is a good one.  The bad thing about this industry, and about being an artist in general, is that "good" ad "advancement worthy" will always be subjective.  As a member of the Austin Screenwriters Group (ASG), I remember the story of a screenwriter who entered the EXACT SAME SCRIPT into a screenplay competition several years apart from each other.  The first year, the script didn't advance beyond the first round.  The final year of entry, it advanced to the finals.  SAME SCRIPT, NO CHANGES, DIFFERENT YEAR.  Very interesting. 

Tip of the day: Join a great group of writers like the ASG to keep you motivated and grounded about the possibilities.

So, on with the business of the day.  My Indiegogo campaign is drawing to a close.  While it hasn't raised a significant fraction of what is needed to make it under the current budget, I have been offered resources that I NEVER COULD HAVE GAINED had I not gone through this process.  While I wish I could have raised the entire budget and moved forward as planned, which would have been quite a feat, I have NO REGRETS. 

I dragged myself to the Lakeshore Starbucks on what could have been a lazy Sunday.  Gotta  push through this last rewrite for Curdled.  Starbucks is a great place to run into all of the people you've been missing in your life.  (We are all addicted to coffee.)  Today for me, it was my "sister" LaTonda, then my writer/friend Ingrid.  The bad thing about this public workroom is that you can (obviously) become distacted by all of the activity around you. 

Earbuds in... Pandora on... Final Draft open...

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