#wgasolidaritychallenge

Just a quick shout out to say how proud I am of my guild, the WGA west. 

I'm especially grateful to all of the senior writers and showrunners who are devoting time to we lower level writers seeking staffing jobs. 

Desperately seeking in my case.  I'm black, over 40, and female.  So, I face all the isms. :) I don't think any of the Desperately Reading Writers have gotten around to reading my spec hour-longs or screenplays.  But, their willingness to try means so much.  Back to writing. 

And once again, I have a new hour-long dramady dealing with a town of Native Americans, whites and Guichees dealing with the negative changes brought to their small town as a result o a subway train extension. 

I have a bible based on my two years of working nights with homicide. 

And I have a romantic comedy screenplay that could be a short series (based on the Ex Appeal theory) #WGAStaffingBoost , #wgasolidaritychallenge, #ShawnRyanTV  #SkyeDent

I'm a 2007 MFA NYU Tisch School of the Arts alum, a Mizzou Graduate School of Journalism alum, an ABC Writing Fellows alum, and a Northfield Mt. Hermon alum.

WGA Hearts and Minds

I wanted to take the time to say that I support the WGA in its battle against the ATA. 

Until the recent negotiations, I did not know that the reason that I could not get an agent was due to the packaging rules that the agents work under.

I'm black, female, over 40 and politically active.  I'm also really bad at networking.  I come from Boston and say what I think.  Never learned the art of schmoosing although I'm getting better at it.  I've been busy working on a project that I optioned.  And I just finished two spec pilots, one with famed director Chris Eyre attached.  I'm just a wonderfu, unemployed writer trying to pay the rent.

But, I've been active in the WGA for a long time and what is at stake goes way beyond money. Way beyond a rent check.

It goes to the heart of what makes us writers.  And if we allow our hearts to continue being chipped away at, we have nothing left. 

So, here's to our hearts, mine and yours.  

Without them, our scripts have no meaning.

Without them, the WGA has no meaning.

Support the WGA.