In the midst of all the tragedies (RIP Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson) and the stumbles and falls that befell me today, I did receive a bright spot.

I learned my screenplay, The Problem with Being Happy, made it through the first round of the PAGE International Screenwriting Competition.

In ‘07, the pilot of a miniseries I wrote, Running from Miss Right, made it through the quarterfinals of this same contest.

I’m hoping to make it this time with HAPPY, but if not, this news is another whisper to my writing spirit that I’m on the right track, and my success is just around the corner.

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Recently, my BFF learned her husband has acute leukemia, and there is a desperate need for blood donations on his behalf.

Right now, we have information about donations accepted in Lake Charles, LA; Virginia; and Houston, TX.

As more cities become available, I will give out that information, too! Thanks in advance!

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LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA

Blood Donation Location: Life Share Blood Center

Address: Dr Michael Debakey Drive (Which is across from St Pat Hospital)

No Appt Needed

If Directions are Needed, Call 337-436-4932 or 337-436-2732 — Ask for Tootsie

When going the person just needs to say they are donating on behalf of Robert Howard at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

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VIRGINIA

VA Blood Bank

804-359-5100

Call to make an appointment

Robert’s Fund Code Is: 6983

This must be given, and this is for any of their locations in VA.

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HOUSTON, TEXAS

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Shelly Grogin Schultz

(713) 794-1313

Call for Appointment

She usually take calls in the morning

Please be sure to give Robert Howard’s Patient # - 794057

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Recently, my BFF learned her husband has acute leukemia, and there is a desperate need for blood donations on his behalf.

Below is information for those living in the Lake Charles, Louisiana, area.  As I get more info about other cities, I will relay it!

Thanks in advance!

Blood Donation Location:  Life Share Blood Center

Address:  Dr Michael Debakey Drive

(Which is across from St Pat Hospital)

No Appt Needed

If Directions are Needed

Call 337-436-4932 or 337-436-2732

Ask for Tootsie

When going the person just needs to say they are donating on behalf of Robert Howard at MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Today, author/radio host Anjuelle Floyd had me on her show “Book Talk, Creativity & Family Matters” to talk about writing and editing.  Had a GREAT time.  Check out the show by heading to the LISTEN tab!  Leave comments.

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Been in the dugout for a while now, trying to bridge the gap between the want and the passion to write.

Then last night, on a whim, I sent The Problem with Being Happy to a dear guy writerfriend, and he and I talked and talked and talked some more about the script and avenues it could travel as a series.  The first REAL sparks I had for writing in weeks…probably at least two months, actually.

So, today, I stepped to the plate and took a few swings at this script.

Right now, TPwBH is a teleplay; I envisioned it either as a MOW (movie of the week) or a two-hour movie pilot to a TV series.

Now, I’m seeing there are a lot of great episodes that can be pulled just from this teleplay, so I’m reducing it to an hour-long TV drama format, too.

Today, I outlined the new script.  Will do a few more things tonight, but the next steps in this process will be to rewrite/revise the script then finally finish the bible for HAPPY.

Once I bring this baby home, I’ll have to find a new idea to play around with.

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Though I do plan to post new podcasts here, you will be able to find ALL CLG-E podcasts through Podbean (become a fan!) and through the CLG-E Podcast link @ CLG Entertainment.

Here’s the premiere podcast for The Write Life for You series, What’s Your Writing Addiction?

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Wrote this after reading Habakkuk 2:2-3.

On Tablets

I once had a tablet full of dreams,
but at my darkest hour, I snatched
it from its secret place and ripped
it to shreds, for dreams are for naught.

Naught for a person like me; others got
their shine, seemingly at the right place
at the right time while I stood in a grocery
line, making provisions for me and mine.

I was working my fingers to the bone,
making sure lights stayed on in the home
but not on me, not on me and my dreams
that I allowed to be ripped at the seams.

I was making sure everyone was okay while
I put a delay on me and my life ’til years
ticked by and I realized I had stood still
and took care of everyone else’s ills.

I was sick in my heart, mind, and spirit,
but had no one to hear it for they were
making plans, and moving on, and seeing
a future I helped to shed light on.

In my darkness, with nothing left for me,
I wrote visions on tablets to abet dreams
into fruition and show the devil he didn’t
have me because one light still beamed.

That one light, My Father, showed me dreams
had not died despite my darkest hour; seeds
I planted flowered into a beautiful garden
to tend, to mend the broken parts of me.

And those dreams upon tablets will keep me
when I can’t keep myself and will move me
when life keeps me still and will teach me
when others try to kill my spirit and hope.

And those dreams, those visions will come
at their appointed time, shouting their truth
for they don’t lie, and I will be there, smiling
and waiting for them to come to pass.

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Written this morning while praying and thinking…

Life has a way of making you look all around - seeing what others are doing, seeing who’s keeping pace, seeing who’s sprinted ahead of you–leaving you in the dust.

Life has a way of making you worry - will you get all your bills paid, will you get that job to keep your house, will you have money to send your children to college, will you be able to retire and have something to live off of.

Life has a way of making you not see life - no time to stop and literally smell the rose, no time to look up into a blue-blue sky and marvel at its tranquil beauty, no time to look people in the eye and say, “I just wanted you to know I love you and appreciate you for being in my life.”

Life has a way of making you think you can’t win - your friends backstab you, your mate cheats on you, your bank account goes into the negative, your job decides to downsize, your mother takes ill and makes you remember that life on earth isn’t for always.

Life has a way of making you forget that you have already WON.

There is no need to look all around you as you run this race called life.  No need to see where others are and how you measure up because in this race, you already have the gold medal; you’re just getting the opportunity to see how you win…not IF you’ll win.

There is no need to worry because though valleys in life are low, mountains are high and your win will have you on the highest mountain peak ever created.

There is no need to rush through life because face it, there is no guarantee how long you’re going to be on earth, so you might as well appreciate what’s around you, who’s around you while you can.

There is no need to think you can’t win because you have already WON.  You are already the victor, the champion.  You are already the head and not the tail.

You are already the captain of your destiny.

If you have faith.

If you walk in that faith.

If you remember who your Father is and remember He will never forsake you.

Life has a way of taking life from you, but with your Father, YOU become the embodiment of LIFE.  You ARE the life.  Grab yourself, love yourself, and thank your Father for allowing you to have the victorious life that is yours TODAY and ALWAYS — if you have the faith to claim it.

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