Category: winning screenplays

FICTION WRITING Part 1: CAPTURING THE FICTIONAL WORLD — Mollie Hunt: Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries and more

As most of you know, I write the Crazy Cat Lady cozy mystery series featuring Lynley Cannon, a sixty-something cat shelter volunteer who finds more trouble than a cat in catnip. I write every day; never have writers’ block; and often work with a cat on my lap. Last summer I participated in a […] via… Continue reading FICTION WRITING Part 1: CAPTURING THE FICTIONAL WORLD — Mollie Hunt: Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries and more

(Updated) Nancy Drew Mystery Stories — Diary of a Nerdy Bookworm

Hi Bookworms! A while ago, I wrote a post about Nancy Drew, but I wanted to write a better one. 🙂 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories My Stars: 4 Nancy Drew is a teenage detective living in River Heights- a city in the United States. Her father, Carson Drew, is a famous lawyer and often requests […]… Continue reading (Updated) Nancy Drew Mystery Stories — Diary of a Nerdy Bookworm

Getting a short mystery story published… — Teresa Dovalpage: a Cuban writer’s blog

takes time but it’s worth it. I wrote “The Sandalwood Killer” in the midst of our move from Taos to Hobbs —August 2017. I remember writing the last five pages in my iPad because both computers (Gary’s and mine) were still in boxes. In early 2018 I sent it to Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine because, […]… Continue reading Getting a short mystery story published… — Teresa Dovalpage: a Cuban writer’s blog

If Seinfeld Can, Why Can’t I? — Ladies of Mystery

by Janis Patterson While The Husband loved the TV show Seinfeld and still occasionally watches DVDs of it, I found it stultifyingly boring and even more uninteresting. It was heralded as a show about nothing, and as far as I am concerned it definitely succeeded. However, it was undeniably popular. (Does that say something about […]… Continue reading If Seinfeld Can, Why Can’t I? — Ladies of Mystery

Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime — Ladies of Mystery

Those are the two biggest mystery conventions and both will be fairly close to me this year, Sacramento and San Diego. For years, my husband and I went to every Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime. We visited wonderful cities all over the U.S., places we would never have gone otherwise. When these two conventions were […]… Continue reading Bouchercon and Left Coast Crime — Ladies of Mystery

ACTION Best Scene Screenplay: Eyes of a Swami, by Kim Renner

Liv seeks out change in her life. She knows there is something missing, and that these issues lie within her deep past. She embarks on a journey to an ashram in India where she learns healing through yoga. She fills her missing father-figure void with an unlikely person. When she is violated by a teacher… Continue reading ACTION Best Scene Screenplay: Eyes of a Swami, by Kim Renner

ACTION/CRIME 1st Scene Script Reading: Cadillac Mike, by Alexander Storm & Julian Brantley

CAST LIST: Renee: Julie Sheppard Narrator: Carina Cojeen Mike: Kaleb Alexander Cashier: Nikolai Afanasev — Producer/Director: Matthew Toffolo http://www.matthewtoffolo.com Festival Moderators: Matthew Toffolo, Rachel Elder Casting Director: Sean Ballantyne Editors: Kimberly Villarruel, Ryan Haines, John Johnson Festival Directors: Rachel Elder, Natasha Levy Camera Operators: Ryan Haines, Temitope Akinterinwa, Efren Zapata, Zack Arch

Action BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: SKULL HUNTER, by Steven Murphy

A detective is close to solving the one case that has driven him throughout his life, that of the serial killer known as The Skull Hunter. His obsession drives his every thought and action, risking relationships with his family, friends and all that he holds dear to himself, blurring the lines between obsession, his very… Continue reading Action BEST Scene Screenplay Reading: SKULL HUNTER, by Steven Murphy