Busy, Busy, Busy

Well, first thing’s first. I was supposed to post a review for a POD title today, but due to certain elements contained in that book, I was unable to complete the reading, as I felt the book, on a whole, wasn’t in keeping with my submission guidelines; therefore, I couldn’t write a review for it. The author was apprized and I have since moved on.

That said, while I’m currently reading the next book in my queue, and working a demanding day job, I’ve just received a couple of emails from an acquaintance of mine, an associate producer of two yet-to-be-made films (one of them a big budget project). I have both screenplays on my computer and have yet to read them. This acquaintance of mine is putting the pressure on me to deliver my assessment of both scripts. We had a wonderful conversation about filmmaking while boating with our wives one weekend, and he got the bright idea that it would be ideal if I could give him some feedback on the scripts he had recently optioned.

I told him that I had helped to beef up and improve certain stories in the past, and he sensed, from the conversation, that I could spot weak areas of the scripts and suggest certain changes for his writers, which would improve the screenplays. Long story short, if this works out, he wants to work with me on a regular basis (for which I would be paid, of course), since we seem to have a good rapport. But I’m not getting any hopes up, as this isn’t something I’m pining after. If it happens, it happens, but I relate it only to let everyone know just how busy I’ve been lately.

Oh, and the book I’m currently reading is Eoin Hennigan’s The Truth, It Lies.