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My Post-Production Update

09/08/2026 by Debbi Leave a Comment

Hello everyone. And as Paul Downie might say, I need a haircut. Yes, I do need a haircut, but that’s not what I’m going to talk about. I spent [last] Tuesday making the movie, my second film, directing, and wow, we came in under budget in terms of time. I mean, we really brought this thing together in a very efficient way, all of us collectively working together. It was wonderful.

Check out our 1st AD (and one of Charm City’s head honchos) Wes Throneberry on the big screen!

 

I had a great big monitor that I could see the action on. I actually yelled “action!” instead of just like, “(barely audible) action.” I don’t speak loudly enough ever, it seems. But having said that, I really had a wonderful time. It is hard for me with dystonia to do this, but I enjoy it so much. I can’t help myself almost. I really did love working with the people on set this week. All of them are wonderful and I want to email all of them and I have to get the emails.

 

 

There’s so many things I want to do. But having said that, I’ll get to that. I will. I will. I’m reading this Middleman by Brendan Flaherty. I’ve dipped into this, Shrink Solves Murder, Philippa Perry, and I am well on my way toward finishing this. I’m way behind on my reading. This is Kim Sherwood’s Hurricane Room. James Bond is alive. Yes, he is. And it’s very, very interesting reading and I’m enjoying it very much. I also have a bunch of scripts to read, but apart from that, the only thing I’ll add is the following.

I bought this for myself because I figure if I’m going to do movie reviews, I want to keep track of what I’m reviewing a little bit better in a more organized fashion. Thank you. Got hair hanging in my face. Sorry. And also the always good advice to be curious, be curious, not judgmental. Yeah. Kitty cat.

Save the cat!

And what can I say? Really, this is great advice. Time spent with cats is never wasted. Or kites for that matter, but cats especially. Yeah. Time spent with cats is never wasted. All right. Have a wonderful week and I hope you enjoyed Labor Day. I intend to enjoy it. It’s Saturday right at the moment, but I’m making this for Tuesday. So happy Tuesday when this goes up. Thank you so much and I will be seeing you. Be seeing you. Let’s start that Prisoner Discussion Club, huh? Take care. Be seeing you! 🙂

PS: September is Dystonia Awareness Month. Reading all that just exhausted me.

There, I said it.

 

My (Endless) Office Organization Project – Part 2

07/21/2026 by Debbi

A lovely, sepia-toned office.

This is a video I made yesterday, which is when I usually make videos. Anyhow, it’s about my continuing battle with clutter and piles of old books attempts to organize my office and save my heirs a shit ton of work when I’m no longer around.

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An Easy Challenge

06/16/2026 by Debbi

 

Hi everyone. Well, there are two things I could talk about here. One would be the books I’ve been reading and the other would be a simple challenge. Why don’t I do both? I’ll talk about the books first. This is interesting. How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big. Kind of the Story of My Life. Scott Adams. The guy who created Dilbert. Okay. Yeah, it’s a good book. I mean, I didn’t actually finish it because I mostly found myself sort of nodding along and saying, “Yeah, I get it. I know. Believe me, I’ve been there. I’m doing it right now.” He has dystonia or had it, I don’t know, one or the other.

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About My Interesting Weekend

05/12/2026 by Debbi

 

Hi everyone. Well, let’s see if this works. I’ve already tried three times to make this video. Four times if you count the time on my iPhone. Anyway, I had a great weekend, made it very clear going to one webinar that I don’t want an agent, a literary agent, because their values are completely at odds with mine. At least this one agent.

Having discerned that, I went to another video webinar where we talked about self-care, which was much more helpful than listening to this agent yammer on about algorithms.

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Welcome to my writers' corner of the Internet. I'm a novelist, who also writes short stories and screenplays. I hope to share the benefit of my experiences as an indie author with dystonia since 2009. I also post a lot of book reviews, because I love to read and learn new things. I hope to share that knowledge with you.

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