What I've Been Up To

Hey everyone,

I've been quite busy and I sorta kinda neglected my blog. But for good reason. I've been transitioning into film. I made a short film in December of 2013, titled Grandma's Hands. It was accepted into the River City Film festival. Woohoo! Wish me luck in winning.

Just recently, I finished my first comedy web series called Unplanned Motherhood. We officially wrapped this past Monday. It's a six episode web series, it's for the perfectly imperfect parents in the world. It stars myself, as Layla, a wife and mother of five that gives professional parenting advice on her real life mommy blog. Her unique parenting style contradicts the perfect parenting advice she gives on her blog, which lends to a distinct brand of humor. With each episode, Layla tries to teach her kids important life lessons, only to discover more about herself and her parenting advice.

What is truly unique about this web series is Layla has a real life blog where she will actually give parenting advice. And after most of her posts, the readers get to see an episode of the web series where her real/fake life is shown. As we all do sometimes in life, we can give others the perfect advice, but it can be quite difficult to take our own advice. So for the perfectly imperfect, this web series is for you.

Stay tune to see it's debut on March 28, 2013 on my Youtube channel. Layla's blog goes up on March 25th. To stay informed, go to my Facebook fan page. Or to the Unplanned Motherhood Fan page.

I hope you'll watch. Wish us luck!

Seeking Submissions for Anthology on Motherhood

Seeking storytellers for an anthology titled Unplanned Motherhood (Perfectly Imperfect Parenting Advice) to compliment a dramedy web series Being released in April 2014. If you'd like to contribute your literary talents, send 2,000 words or less of your best parenting advice. However, it must be funny or compelling. It can be something you didn't expect on your journey as a mother, or some lesson your kids actually taught you, a funny story about your kids and the wisdom gained from it, a lesson learned from your own mother, etc. It should read like a story and not a to-do list. It should inspire, enlighten or brighten the reader's day.

If interested, send your submission to sonnybrookfilms@yahoo.com
Subject: Anthology. Include contact info.

Deadline: March 1, 2014.

Wordless Wednesday with Cee-Lo

Singer and Voice coach, Cee-Lo, at the aTVFest in Atlanta. I wish I had smiled. :( He is a really sweet guy. Very funny. He has a new show coming out called The Good Life on TBS.  I had a chance to preview an episode and I must say it is very entertaining. Check it out soon! 

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Casting Call for New Web Series

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