Today is the best ever. BEST EVER.

[kungfuwaynewho]

OMG LOL FALL RIVER MADE THE SEMIFINALS AT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL WTF.

They just called me.  That means it's in the top 20 out of 4,400 submissions.  Guess who's flying back to Austin next month?  I guess actual "industry professionals" read the script at this point for judging, and if anyone likes it, even if it doesn't make it to the finals/wins they still talk to you and stuff.  So this is pretty much going to be my best bet of finding representation.

I still find it hilarious that Fall River didn't do shit in any other competition.  I mean, it didn't even get a "p.s. at least one judge didn't think this totally sucked" note from Nicholl.  It really does all depend on who reads it.  My sister is theorizing that it landed in the hands of some true crime fans.  "Hey she wrote the part about the pigeons!  Neato!"

I should clarify at this point that Flesh and Blood is my script about serial killers, and Fall River is my script about Lizzie Borden.  I LIKE WRITING ABOUT PEOPLE KILLING OTHER PEOPLE, OKAY.

ENDORPHINS OMG YOU GUYS MY INSIDES FEEL ALL FLUTTERY.

Comments

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Woo! It's checked-in at my local library, so I shall be running down there as soon as I can to see if I can snag it before some other person does. Of course, they close early on Fridays, so boooo, I won't be able to pick it up 'til tomorrow. The two theories you mention sound very much like realistic ideas, too - particularly the cloths in the chamber pot. That would totally have worked back then (if not now, assuming you got male police...). Meantime I'll have to look for those transcripts, too - I haven't had a good run through true crime anything in a while, minus the history of cannibalism I reread before loaning it to a friend. (Also, OMG, totally seconding the love of "Mind Hunter." One of the most fascinating and creepy books ever.)

I've always thought (in that vague "I don't really know all the details" sort of way) that the people who tried to say Lizzie didn't really do it were probably just... being a tad bit silly, frankly. I mean, really.

As for browning out, I suppose it's entirely possible, but I'm glad you didn't go with that theory - it'd be a frustrating thing to have in a movie or novel.