QUARTERFINALIST in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Contest
OBSIDIAN
Quarterfinalist – Los Angeles International Screenplay Contest 2024 Quarterfinalist – Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Competition 2024
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TREASURES has an Honorable Mention at the Santa Barbara International Screenplay Awards!
TREASURES SYNOPSIS A little girl can talk to her dead mother. Her mother tells her to “experience” life. When her father takes her to the city, she sets out to do just that. She accidentally gets separated from her father with her new friend, a dog. They run into an old senile man in a […]
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A snippet from my book “Sierra The First Crime” Posted in Greater Los Angeles Writers Society Journal
SIERRA THE FIRST CRIME by P.R. Sherman Dulcet tones of Christmas carols swept through the streets full of package-laden shoppers. Snow fell delicately, decorating shopper’s hats and coats with tiny frozen crystals. On the street corner I could see the back of a very tall Santa Claus ringing a bell. He wore the typical red, […]
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AFTER THE HORROR – 9/11
(I found this writing recently. It was written after the event of 9/11) I’ve been crying for two weeks. There is a hole in my heart, my home, my people have been destroyed in the ugliest of forms – terrorism. An act so horrific it is indescribable. I don’t want to go again to those […]
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THE WOOLSEY FIRE
I was sound asleep. I hadn’t slept well the night before. There had been a shooting at a local club, Borderline, in which 12 people were killed. The week had been election week and it had been tense, and then DT fired Sessions and more trouble. At 3:00 a.m. I heard my doorbell frantically ringing […]
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LOST IN THE MOJAVE
Rockhounding is always an adventure going out to remote places looking for precious rocks and minerals. It is usually done in groups for many reasons, but mostly safety. A group of us went out into the Mojave Desert seeking what we could find. We parked our vehicles and set out searching. We all went in […]
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ZHUANG ZHOU
I discovered some writings by Zhuang Tsu, who was a writer/philospopher in the 4th century B.C. Something to remember. Here are some of his quotes: Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. Great wisdom is generous; petty […]
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GREY CLAW based on GREY WOLF
In my Up The Mountain Series; The Kid, Bigfoot Nation, and Sierra The First Crime, one of the characters was based on an incredible man I knew. Grey Wolf was my adopted Native American father. He was a fascinating man who had a fascinating life, from running away from the Indian School as a child to landing […]
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THE SCRIBE
I was just a young actress moving to Los Angeles to achieve my acting goals. I stayed at a cheap motel on Ventura Blvd. At the time there was no such thing as a cell phone so I spent a great deal of time on a payphone on the boulevard. That is where I met […]