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ROBERT CRAISE talks about his latest Elvis Cole and Joe Pike novel: RACING THE LIGHT…
PHILLIPA GREGORY, author of The Other Boleyn Girl, talks about her new novel: DOWNLANDS…
DEBORAH GOODRICH ROYCE chats about starring in All My Children and her crime story: REEF ROAD…
PAUL ROSOLIE wrestling anacondas while protecting endangered species in THE GIRL AND THE TIGER…
Lawrence Block – MWA Grand Master
PatZi with Jill Block &
Lawrence Block
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Jamie’s smile is like sunshine….
She puts the sparkle in
Leroy Jethro Gibb’s eyes…
Interview on November 29, 2022
Everyone always asks me where I got my name. When I was a little girl I used to sit on Jimmy Hoffa’s knee when he came to my father’s local Teamster’s hall. Whenever Jimmy saw me, he would say: “Patzzzzzzzzzz two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar, if you don’t give me a hug, I’m going holler.”
He was always so good to me–and so good to all the truckers. Jimmy was born on Valentine’s Day and one year my Mom made a cake for him for dance at the hall. It was decorated with strawberries from Plant City, Florida. A rare treat in a Detroit winter. But the blizzard that night was not. I wrote a screenplay about it in “Two Bits, Four Bits” — the story of how Jimmy Hoffa played cupid and brought the trucker from Florida together with a young woman with polio. A love story and family comedy.
This is a ‘spec’ script for which I am hoping to find funding. Three of my ‘spec’ script have been optioned. I have also written the script for Apollo 7 Astronaut Walt Cummingham’s book, All American Boys, In 2008 we were in pre-production for The Sunshine Pilot, a script I wrote for Debbie Reynolds. The financial crisis of 2008 ended our hopes of getting it into production.
Are you like me? Tired of looking at those little squares on streaming channels? So frustrated by not finding anything new and original? I don’t want to see another re-make of Little Women, I’m bored with films that have no storyline, no originality — and no compelling dialog.
As the host of Joy on Paper, I read hundreds of books a year. Having been in the film business (three of my spec scripts were optioned) and adapting a number of books, I have a good eye for a good property. These are books I would option–have a look at them and contact the authors directly.
So wake up, Hollywood. Here are my suggestions. Entertain us. Inspire us. Make us laugh or cry…but for goodness sakes make something original!
Worthy McGuire
TIM McGEE
Worthy McGuire – a heart-warming story of a family who a curmudgeon WWII Vet keep a promise he made on D-Day.
Paralllel Lines
JILL D. BLOCK
Love in NYC is always fun. In 1981 Jenna celebrates her 18th birthday – and so her story begins with one of the best first sentences.
Civil War Commando
JEROME PREISLER
Dashing young hero, Will Cushing’s daring exploits on land & sea saved the a divided nation. The inspiration for Luke Skywalker.
Lily of Peru
DAVID EDMONDS
A revolution, a lovely woman, an innocent American trying to save her during a bloody revolution.
Set to Neruda’s poetry.
Monkey Business
CARLTON EASTLAKE
An over eager TV writer meets an enigmatic enchantress on location in Florida. A darkly amusing love story of a sort,
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