The Best & Not-So-Best of DIY Days
I’m still reeling with all the sagely advice and newfangled insights I walked away with after leaving DIY Days in NYC this past weekend. I wanted to mention some of the best and not-so-best moments of...
View ArticleThe Tao of Crowdfunding: Three Ps for a Successful Indie Film Campaign
UPDATED: 2/18/13 –– Same three Ps. Even more recent examples! Long before I worked at Indiegogo, I was given the opportunity to step in for the company’s co-founder Slava Rubin for a presentation on...
View ArticleThe Tao of Crowdfunding: A Practical Guide to Crowdfunder Etiquette
So you now know some of the keys of a successful campaign from reading the first post in my Tao of Crowdfunding series, but that’s only part of the ongoing battle to find alternative sources for...
View ArticleCallbacks & Additional Casting for “Mating Dome”— The Next Trigonis Film
8/28/11 UPDATE: Callbacks and Further Auditions Announced! Following on the heels of my most recent short film Cerise, I’m pleased to announce that I’m getting ready to tackle my next short...
View ArticleFrom Auteur to Author: The Tao of Crowdfunding Goes to Print
It’s official––I’ve just signed and mailed away a contract to pen The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers for Michael Wiese Productions! Based on my blog series of the same title, this book will be...
View ArticleTao Te Trig: The Flow, the Muse and the Working Writer’s World
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 marks the day I started writing my very first book, The Tao of Crowdfunding for Filmmakers, for Michael Wiese Productions. Thirty days later, I’m about a hundred pages into...
View ArticleFrom Auteur to Author, Part 2: Crowdfunding for Filmmakers Arrives on Amazon
After six months of writing like a rock star, including one complete rewrite and two full revisions, plus another two rounds of copyediting with an editor, and most recently an in-depth review of its...
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