Back on Track
Earlier in the year, Maria showed my action script, But the Truth, to a Queensland company. They loved it, so Maria and I flew down to meet with them. Coordinating the meeting was Maria’s friend, Vicky Wanless. Vicky herself is an actress, writer, producer, and director. She’s also, at this time, a Queenslander. Nothing came of the action script, but as we moved forward with Little Diva Rising, Maria brought Vicky onboard. When we were breaking down roles of who’d do what, a lot (nearly everything) was new to me. The only thing I knew about was writing. I didn’t even know what everybody else was good at. As time…
Old Friends and New
I wrote last week that I would also talk about the crew behind Little Diva Rising, so I’ll start with the person who kicked everything off: Tony Nicholas. In 1977, my family moved into a new house – only four other families lived in the street. Several months later, another family moved in across the street – Tony’s. He was about a year older than me, but as kids we bonded and had the same sense of adventure and imagination and temerity – the typical way kids look at and experience and challenge the world. Tony was always a fan of the fight genre – particularly Bruce Lee, whose mystique…