Oh, hi there...

I nearly forgot about this blog! Silly me... probably because I haven't REALLY written since I developed that short I mentioned in the previous/first entry. No, wait; that's a lie. I wrote two proposals and two features for a contest for the Chinese government. Yup. Go me. The proposals weren't chosen, but I have two feature scripts out of it. Ha cha cha!

I've also since won an award for a short screenplay at the Snake Alley Festival of Film in Burlington, Iowa.

Danielle P. Smith with the Writer's Block Award for Best Short Screenplay (for "The Kindergarten Graduate") at Snake Alley Festival of Film in Burlington, Iowa. June 2013

In September, I'll be attending two screenwriting workshops. One is an evening to get feedback on a feature I wrote last September, and the second is a TWO-WEEK retreat with my mentor to develop a NEW feature.

And speaking of that feature, I actually wrote a writing-related blog entry on one of my other NINE BLOGS. My next feature will cover infertility and surrogacy, which I NEED to research because, as a Forever Aunt, I won't be dealing with any of that in my own life. Here's that entry, which I posted on my 'Childfree Blog': http://independentofdependents.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-funny-thing-happened-while.html

Happy Friday and WRITE ON!