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There’s a moment—right after you open your eyes in the morning—that doesn’t feel like waking up. It feels like surfacing from a dream into a gasping panic. Like you’ve missed something. Like a siren was going off and only your soul heard it. For a lot of people, this isn’t just anxiety—it’s muscle memory. It’s...More Please

April 25, 2025

Filmmakers asking for free waivers—some thoughts from a fellow indie filmmaker and new festival director

Movie Rambling

I wanted to share some thoughts and experiences as a low-budget filmmaker who recently launched their first film festival. It’s been a wild and rewarding ride, and I’m genuinely proud of what we’ve built. I started this festival because I was tired of submitting to festivals that felt impersonal, expensive, and out of touch with...More Please

April 23, 2025

Just Over A Month Away – For The Land

Movie Rambling Writing

In just a little over a month, I get to do that thing I swore I’d stop doing every time I’m knee-deep in 14-hour shoot days and running on gas station coffee and loose prayers. That’s right — I start production on my next film: FOR THE LAND. Now, if you’ve followed along with any...More Please

April 8, 2025

Facebook Marketplace: Where Common Sense Goes to Die

Rambling

So I recently moved halfway across the country. That sounds dramatic, but really it just means I left behind a BBQ grill, a couple of decent couches, two too-many end tables, a graveyard of gardening tools, and basically all the things that made my garage feel like a garage and not an echo chamber. I...More Please

March 25, 2025

The Perfectly Crazy Time to Buy the Perfect House

Rambling

We bought a house. In the middle of a movie project. With apocalyptic interest rates. While juggling dogs, deadlines, and a growing pile of to-do lists that are starting to whisper threats in the night. So yeah, now is the perfectly crazy time to buy a house. But also? The perfect time. Tulsa was always...More Please

March 5, 2025

Short Story: My Obituary

Stories Writing

Mortimer Watson saw his own name in an obituary. That was the beginning. It happened on a Monday afternoon, one of those gray, dead-air days that felt neither like winter nor spring, just an in-between. He was in bed, nestled into the well-worn dip his body had carved into the mattress, playing a meaningless game...More Please

February 17, 2025

The Tuffest Schedule is Out

Movie

The films have been judged and the schedule is out for the Tulsa Underground Film Festival. Want to see some great flicks? 35 films included the premiere of our own film Kick Cha Cop. See what’s playing here

February 6, 2025

Having Coffee with Business Jesus

Rambling

Yesterday, I decided to step out of my home office and work on a budget for an upcoming project at a coffee shop in Tulsa. Normally, I’d do this from home, where I can freely pace, talk to my dogs about creative decisions, and not have to pretend to be productive. But since I also...More Please

February 4, 2025

We’re Making a NEW Movie: “For Their Land” Starts Filming This Spring

Movie Rambling

You ever have one of those ideas that starts as a casual “Hey, what if…?” and then suddenly you’re knee-deep in production schedules, casting calls, and scouting locations in the middle of nowhere? Yeah, me too. Back when I was still in Idaho, I pitched a story to a professor at Boise State University who...More Please

January 29, 2025

Half Way Through Kick Cha Cop

Movie

As I mentioned before, I’m filming a new movie. I’m trying to get this one in the can before I start a new film this spring. Kick Cha Cop has been a blast. I’m working with a few friends I’ve already been on set with, combined with a group of new actors who I’ve immediately...More Please

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