Mid-Move
Started the move tonight after a long, long (but good day.)
So, may be out of commission for a day or two.
A little business first: Happy Birthday to the Howley July Birthdays. There’s a little birthday week long festivus going on right now in Virginia.
Also, Happy Birthday to my niece, Ellen. (Card’s coming, dear!)
Had an awesome meeting today with our new TV Lit Agent. All systems go on the TV side. We have a few new ideas. She loved one we haven’t written, but worked out the details and story/characters for. She wants to get us out there, full blitz pitching to TV Producers, when the development season officially opens for business in about two weeks. She believes strongly we can sell the idea and get paid to at least write it. If it goes to pilot, or makes it on the air – wonderful. If not, we’ll make some money, get our feet wet, and meet many of the Execs and Showrunners we need to meet to open doors for staffing next season and getting our other TV pilots off the ground. We’re slated to practice our pitch with her, hopefully next week or so, then out the door we go. To further underscore this, our Manager sent over NBC’s “shopping list” for development season – essentially based on what they already have, what they feel they need for the season. It was a very nuts and bolts, short list with very specific angles on what they hoped to buy (of course, all wish lists are subject to change at any given moment if a super hot idea rolls in the door and the writers just blow everyone away with it.)
So, that was good. Hopefully we’ll keep this engine running at full throttle right into paid, legit work. After the meeting, we headed over to the Universal lot to have lunch at The Grill with a Desperate Housewives Senior Producer/Writer, who happens to be friends with Jason – their kids are the same age and go to the same school. He was kind enough to give us some time and provide us with some great wisdom. He’s been in the biz for some time and has been quite successful. Again, it’s always fun to visit a lot and have lunch.
So, that’s about all for now. Back to the move.