Karen

I can’t believe it’s May already! May 2, 2008

April seemed to fly by, like most months seem to do. I have to report that I did not “win” Script Frenzy this year but I still feel very accomplished for getting as far as I did.

I wrote 70 pages out of the 100 page goal. I know what needs to be done to finish it up I just ran out of time. I know I could list all the reasons why I did not finish on time, but really it just came down to me and I accept that. (It didn’t help that I watched WAY too many hockey playoff games towards the end too.)

How I see the whole thing, if I had buckled down just a bit harder I would have gotten there but at the same time, I’ve never written a script before so there was a bit of a learning curve to the process. I know there are mistakes in it but I don’t care about that at the moment. That’s something for a workshop or some kind of teacher to help me through. The cool thing is, I wrote 70% or so of a movie script! That feels real good. “Winning” would have been icing on the cake.

The best thing is, there is always next year!

Lemonade anyone???

In chatting with Hubby today about the NHL playoffs, I discovered something kind of funny and VERY scary.

The Philly Flyers are doing well (and I hope that I don’t jinx them by writing that) so far in the playoff series.  At the current moment, there is a chance they could go all the way.  (Yes, I know, it is a Philly sports team so they will probably choke sometime before winning it all but still…. I’m a Philly fan and that’s what we do.)

My book that is coming out in Oct 08 and was written YEARS ago.  For those who haven’t heard, its about a fictional professional hockey team who finished last in the league the previous season and then (without ruining the book) go to have a spectacular season and win the "cup".

Here’s my problem… If they win the "big show" and I publish in October, will it look like I used this season as a template for the story?  I’m hoping that hockey fans will buy my book and I don’t want to seem like I cheated them on the storyline even if there is a nice little note from the author about me writing this years ago.  This is very frustrating.

I need some sage advice.  HELP ME!!!!!!!!  I need to make some lemonade out of this possible lemon!

Oh, and GO FLYERS!