Rough Stuff

Some updates for the inquiring fans:

My short that I shot last year is not doing well. Thirteen straight festival rejections, and two additional ones from online platforms, including Short of the Week. From writing the script to post, I put over a year of time and over $30,000 into the short, and for it to get nowhere (so far) is just — well, it’s pretty demoralizing. The good news is that rejections that would knock me out for weeks and discourage me from doing any work are now nothing more than sustained, shoulder-shrugging bummers. To be perfectly clear about this, I open my email, feel bummed about a rejection for a few hours, but the rejection no longer gets me to where I wonder what’s the point of putting in the work. I still managed to write today after my volunteering and before my writer’s group (and after getting around two hours of sleep last night).

Onward.