And good riddance. It seems everyone I talk to is glad to see it go, including me.
I believe 2017 will be a better year. Isn’t that so human? Hope abounds.
So… in looking forward to a new and better year and bidding adieu to this very long past year —
My feature thriller BLIND PURSUIT placed as a FINALIST in the 10th Annual StoryPros International Screenwriting Contest!
Happy New Year!
Ojai, California is a fun venue. What an honor to be a finalist at the seventeenth annual Ojai Film Festival!
Novotny and a team of readers selected five finalists:
The Lean by Pearse Lehane, Memeloose by Elizabeth Winters, Kaffarah (Atonement) by Tom Rossi, Teton Reckoning by Debi Yazbeck, and Black Swan Records by Nia Ashley.
The biggest honor by far was billing on the same page as Lifetime Achievement Award winners Dean Cundey and Tab Hunter.
Thank you, Ojai Film Festival!
I requested to have all three of my scripts listed on my attendance badge (we’ll see):
TETON RECKONING, BLIND PURSUIT and FERAL are all Second Rounders at the Austin Film Festival!
-debi
I’ll catch my breath soon.
My western TETON RECKONING! Some day I’ll get to see Madeleine fly across the screen on her palomino Annaduff doing what she does best — defying abusive authorities!
Thank you, Acclaim Scripts! (Click here to see which production companies and agencies will be considering my script!)
Woohoo! 
I’m so honored to have been chosen as a semi-finalist with my short drama FERAL.
I can’t wait to attend Austin Revolution Film Festival!
-debi
And a great honor to receive Best Feature Screenplay at the 2016 California Women’s Film Festival.
None of this would have happened without Max Adams and the Academy of Film Writing. Max rocks as a teacher and a mentor!
– debi
