It looks like the main thing that we will be measured on during the initial phase of the ITP program is our business plan. At the beginning of the second week, Karen talked about the components of the business plan and we had to submit one of the components a couple of days later. Every…
2014 is going to be an interesting year. I will officially start my own business and be expected to make some money at it. The idea of being my own boss is scary and exciting. It will be a year full of hard work and long hours. I will be learning new things and trying…
January 31, 2013. What did I do this year? What will I do next year? Is it worth making any resolutions when the odds are stacked against me from accomplishing any of them? A study by the University of Hertfordshire found that 88% of people break their New Year’s resolutions. Or to put it another…
This past summer I was in Montreal for a day. My daughter was writing her LSAT. She had to write it in Montreal because of timing and availability – she only had a small window that she could study and write it without interfering with her other courses. Anyway… I found myself in Montreal with…
A couple of days ago, I got an email from a friend. He is involved with a web series in development and included a link to a Kickstarter campaign. (Kickstarter is one of those crowdfunding sites where you get family and friends and hopefully rich strangers to contribute money to finance your projects.) I clicked…
When Felice Gorica spoke to our group about The Business of TV and Financing, I think a lot of us felt shell shocked. She gave us some great information and left out the sugar coating. It was good, but I know that a few of us started to question the viability of the projects that…
After being out of work for a year, starting a regular commute again was a shock to system. For seventeen years, I went to the GO station, got on the train and then walked a block to work from Union station. Usually a 40 to 50 minute journey door to door. Now, I take the…
This week, I started the Independent Television Producer (ITP) program which is part of the Ontario Self-Employed Benefit (OSEB) program. Basically, it’s a program to teach me how to run my own business. Last year, I was outsourced and gladly became part of the unemployed. I had hated my job for years. Although it had…
I arrived at the rehearsal for my reading and was introduced to the actors. They were all age and gender appropriate, which is quite a treat. In our playwriting group when we have our plays read, the other playwrights read parts as required. So frequently you have men reading for women or women reading for…
Old situations, New complications, Nothing portentous or polite; Tragedy tomorrow, Comedy tonight! A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum My play “Out to the Folks” is being read tonight at Theatre Aquarius at 9pm. And I’m nervous. Being on stage is less stressful to me than having someone else reciting lines I…
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