How I'm Going To Go About This...

Okay, with an online blog, it is sort of difficult to be very specific about future projects. Even stating the titles of my future books is difficult because I work very hard to come up with titles that will catch the potential reader's eye, while also explaining the subject matter. But I started this blog to give you some insight into the process, so I will try to be as open as possible.

Besides Friends With Benefits, I'm also working on a fiction manuscript we'll call Project X. Project X was developed from an unsold non-fiction book proposal about porn. Right now, I'm concentrating on writing this, with a goal of writing 3000 words per day. Again, for me it doesn't have to be a good 3000 words, I can fix that later, but it should move the manuscript forward.

The second project I'm working on is Project Y, which is a non-fiction book proposal on a hip hop music topic. I've been working on this for about three months, and I hope to have it done by the end of May.

The third project I'm working on is Project Z with my frat brother Andre, who is an NYU film student. We are working on two spec episodes for a television show we've developed and we hope to shop. He's responsible for the script, while I'm responible for the story. We've finished episode one, and now I need to finish the story for episode two. Project Z is set in a college atmosphere, and it has drawn a ton of interest. We've been working on this project for over a year, with fits and starts, but hopefully this will pan out.

The fourth project I'm working on is Project A. Project A is a script that I will use to get representation. On the literary front, I'm represented by Manie Barron of the MenzaBarron Agency. But on the film/television front, I'm still looking for representation. I have numerous contacts at William Morris (Manie used to be at William Morris) and ICM, but I want to make sure that my script is tiptop before I send it to them for evaluation. For Project A, I've been working with my friend, and my wife's best friend (another NYU film school grad). She is absolutely wonderful, and has spent great time chopping my script to pieces in an effort to help me understand how to make it better. She says Project A is good enough to sell, but I figure it'll take about ten drafts before it's ready to send out. I'm on the third draft right now.

And lastly, I'm working on the marketing for Friends With Benefits.

So you can see, I am a very busy man. But I have a few things to my advantage. One, I'm pretty organized. Two, I'm able to write all day. Three, I can multitask. But this is not to say it is easy. You'll see how hard it is as we go along.