ON DECK: I rewrote two scripts yesterday, today I need to start the fourth script in the series and advance the other idea I’m working on to at least the concept-document stage, to see if it needs to be abandoned. Sometimes something needs to go back in the oven for a year or two
INBOX: 65. Available-ish, but I have some heavy mental lifting to do today.
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