A couple of weeks ago, I got one of those great pings in my email inbox, that little chime that sounds a lot like opportunity knocking. It was David Branin and Karen Worden from the Film Courage LA Talk Radio show inviting me to guest blog on their site about screenwriting. By extending my reach in the film industry, into ventures beyond my Final Draft docs, I got on the radar of two of the freshest voices supporting indie film today, the ever-awesome hosts of Film Courage.

Not surprisingly, the piece I wrote for them, "Filmmaking is for Screenwriters Too," is about new opportunities screenwriters can find if they embrace the film industry at large and work collaboratively with the film community we so enthusiastically joined.

Please take a moment to read the piece and I'd love it if you'd leave a comment at their site.

Thanks so much, Dave and Karen, for this great opportunity to connect with your audience. Film courage indeed!

Several weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of meeting Jon Reiss, filmmaker and author of Think Outside the Box Office. He asked me what I was working on, and of the different projects I described, the one that really caught his attention was Scriptchat. With much enthusiasm, and the flailing hands I tend to use while talking, I told him about Scriptchat's origin, what we've accomplished as of today and our dreams for where we're heading. Jon felt there were lessons about community-building on Twitter that could be learned from our experience and that his own audience of filmmakers could benefit. He invited me to guest blog on his site and I of course jumped at the opportunity. You can find my piece "Building a Dedicated (and Rocking) Twitter Community" on Jon's site.

Please give it a read and leave your comments. Thanks!