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“It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.” |
12 September, 2015
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“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.” |
5 September, 2015
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“Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.” |
29 August, 2015
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“To Do Today, 1/17/08 |
22 August, 2015
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“Life is more or less a lie, but then again, that’s exactly the way we want it to be.” |
Umlilo: Head writer – my new job!
So my new job is head writer on a South Africa drama called Umlilo (the fire). I’m working on Season 3. It’s the story of a Zulu man in Johannesburg married to three women (wait, was the first wife just murdered?!). We have everything: wives, jealousy, kidnapping, trucks running goods to the Congo, dark secrets emerging from the past . . . .
Working on the show is a total pleasure. As head writer I guide the development of the story lines and then work with the six other writers on the scripts (while writing a couple episodes of my own.) It’s perfect: great cast, first class production company, wonderful writers, the chance to really dig myself into a show over a million people watch every week.
Here’s a summary of Season One. Season Two now airing on Mondays at 9pm on etv. Season Three (which I’m working on) will air early 2016.
15 August, 2015
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“Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar.” |
8 August, 2015
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“You need to leave the table when love is no longer being served.” |
News . . .
Winter has begun to recede – days getting longer, and I have many “news” . . . New writing class I’m teaching at Wits University, new television show I’m writing on, and a new home . . . the first I’ve ever owned. A glass penthouse from which I peer down into the city.
1 August, 2015
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“If the audience members didn’t laugh, it wasn’t funny. If they didn’t gasp, it wasn’t surprising. If they did not sit forward in their seats, it wasn’t suspenseful.” |