Call Sign: Oscar

Going ham on the festival circuit.

Entering myself into all these screenplay festivals takes an investment and a whole lot of waiting.  My first response is April 5th, followed by July, followed by another in September.  I mean, all three contests are cool, but waiting until October to announce the winner sucks.

-Screenplay Incubation 15 (India)

I just entered the Page Awards screenwriting contest.  My second contest ever!

A list of the best picture nominations I have seen: Boyhood American Sniper Theory of Everything Imitation Game Yet to see: Whiplash Birdman Selma Grand Budapest Hotel Oscar favorite: Theory of Everything

I am working on a novel about an investigator who is researching Nietzsche's accident with the horse drawn carriage. The investigator stumbles upon a journal in the library about a Christian Nazi spy and deserts his first inquiry in pursuit of reading the man's journal. The novel calls into question the investigator's Jewish faith, the Nazi's Christianity, and the meaning of love he finds with a French atheist woman.

18 acting noms for Meryl Streep.

12 acting noms for Jack Nicholson.

The technical first best picture winner. (not counting sunrise)

The "oscar code".

Taking the last two digits of the best picture winners years and voila, I had something tangible to work with.