New projects and life developments

I can't really go into details, but I've received some unsettling news this week. It doesn't involve any of the projects I talk about here and I'm not at liberty to talk about it quite yet, but it's going to result in a major life change for me.

Basically I'm being forced into doing something that I've been thinking about doing for a while now, as a friend reminded me recently when I was whining to her about it. The only thing is now I don't have a choice, where before I could do it, or not, at my leisure.

Anyway, as soon as I can I'll post it here so the one or two of you who read this thing will know what's going on.

As far as projects go, I'm in a bit of a quandary there, too. I've been writing the first draft of a science fiction story that I love, and I'm almost at the end of the first act. And I also have an idea for a comedy that will not go away and leave me alone.

Right now I have to be a bit cold-blooded about it and look at it objectively. Which one is more likely to have a shot at getting made?

A significant part of the science fiction story is set on a space station, with zero gravity and other special effects. Those things ain't cheap.

The comedy is set in the here-and-now but it's about a football team so there will be several scenes set during a game, and those can be really tricky and expensive to shoot. But not nearly as expensive as shooting someone floating around on a space station.

So, I'm going forward with the comedy thing now, and putting the science fiction story on the back burner and letting it simmer a while.

Tomorrow I'm planning on going to see The Boss, as it's in a similar vein to the comedy I'm working on now. I'll probably also see The Jungle Book, too, just because I want to.

Have you watched my first short film yet? If not, check it out here.  And while you're at it, check out the video to my song, "Far From the Sun."