I write because ...
NOVELIST & SCREENWRITER
In an ever-changing world, where we comment instead of connect and divide instead of draw together, searching for answers is a complicated game. I believe asking questions is the choice that enables us to discover together - leading us closer to our own truths (for now) until it’s time to ask more questions.
Writing gives me an outlet to ask questions about the world, but more importantly it gives me the power to change my perspective by learning about others. That possibility gives me hope for the future. For me, novels and screenplays are a way to discover the world again, and again, and again, and again. And learn more everytime.
Hi, I'm Alix
My writing isn't political.
It's part of my hope that one day we might
There is so much overlapping good in this divided world, but we’ve stopped having conversation about it. In the process our differences have become so loud that the quiet good of our true intentions doesn't stands a chance. I write because I'm inspired by a lofty hope that, through fiction and film, we can reframe the divergent issues destroying our world, and bring into conversation the topics we can’t seem to broach in reality. Certainly many writers have done this before me. It is humbling to attempt to follow in their footsteps, but, at the very least, I can open my own mind to see things I never thought possible.
The world is complicated.
Sometimes working through that complication is easier in fiction than reality.
STOP BEING SO POLITICAL.
Productivity and time management are critical to my writing, my sanity, and the well-being of my family. This blog provides insight into my research and experiences maintaining a simple life in a chaotic world, while chasing my dream. Topics include process, inspiration, reflection, time-management, and making the most of your dreams.
The world may be complicated; your happiness shouldn't be.
Simple Life, Big Dreams
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The world may be complicated... your happiness shouldn't be.
At any given time I have about a million works in process (books, tv shows, movies) because the characters just won’t leave my head. But I’m most excited about GOLF NOTES a tv series about a mom who, after the death of her best friend, tries to kick her weed habit and in the process derails her marriage, sells her company, joins the PTA, and confronts the ghost of her best friend when she learns she’s been vilified by the school.
Projects in Proress
WRITING
At any given time I have about ten works in progress because the characters just won’t leave my head. Right now I'm most excited about an epistolary novel in which an over-worked single mother teams up with an estate lawyer to uncover his late mentor's secrets.... Only to discover the truth is far more personal than either of them had realized. Together they must make a decision to vindicate old wrongs and let bygones be bygones or lay the groundwork for a war.