The Screenplays
Finding Love in Holly Valley
The love of a childhood Christmas village launched Carol's career as an architect of skyscrapers. Now, with a missing figurine and a heart heavy with grief, she seeks solace in a magical town that oddly mirrors her childhood stories. As a mysterious shopkeeper speaks of "Kintsugi," the Japanese art of mending broken pottery with gold, a captivating photographer offers the chance to complete the family Carol and her son want to re-build. But can he be convinced to combine the blueprints of her city with a happily ever after built on his dreams?
Swipe Right On Christmas
Desperate to escape her sappy "Ask Annabelle" persona, a columnist purses a serious story in a dating app's hometown. But her fake online profile ignites a spark with the guy she keeps meeting in real life, leaving her a mistletoe mix-up to confront at the town's Tree Lighting Ceremony. Under the twinkling lights, with a glamorous cabaret queen as her wingwoman, will she find the courage to rewrite her own story?
A Very Elfin Christmas
When her start-up's hit game loses its charm, a seasoned executive battles bad pitches, a distracted CEO, and a charmingly British storyteller at a quirky holiday role-playing convention. Will the season's magic spark inspiration (and maybe even love) amidst the elves and twinkling lights?
An Electric Christmas Connection
A by-the-book electrical engineer, who manages strict order in her city firm, gets tangled in the charming chaos of a small town's Christmas light extravaganza when she's called in to fix their malfunctioning display. Sparks fly when she clashes, then connects, with a gruff construction worker who doesn't quite know what to make of her technical expertise and holiday disdain.
The Screenwriter
Christmas was always a grand affair in my childhood home. Thanksgiving weekend brought all of the family together, decorating the house under Mom's direction. She ran a Hallmark store, and had been thinking about this celebration since July.
As a grown-up, the holiday joy overflows in my own home. My husband and I host an annual holiday open house, complete with seven Christmas trees. Their annually-changing themes are often punctuated with selections from mom's ornament collection.
And of course, the Hallmark Channel's Christmas romantic comedies are on repeat. My first Christmas without Mom inspired me to recapture a bit of that magic by penning my own take on these classic stories, which then launched a passion for a new career in screenwriting. My decades of work in private equity honed my craft for streamlined storytelling, crafting heartwarming tales in under three weeks that can be produced efficiently - because who has time to waste when you've got a story begging to be told?
Lets have a conversation about your own holiday movie dreams.
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Other Stories I'm Writing
Here's a quick look at other ideas I'm working on.
The Christmas Gift that Waddled In
A blizzard bewilders Chicago with a lost penguin, thrusting a dedicated marine biologist into unlikely guardianship. Their odyssey to a snowy sanctuary reveals not only her flippered friend's true home, but also a crackling romance with a charming rescue worker. Can she swap city waves for penguin waddles and rewrite her life's script in this wintry wonderland?
A Collar in the City for Christmas
Trading country sermons for city sirens, a small town priest used to knowing her flock by name and tending her garden, steps in for a sabbatical - running a bustling city parish for three weeks. But amidst the concrete canyons, she discovers a different kind of community and falls for a charming neighbor whose rooftop garden shows her that you don't have to leave the city to find connection.
Starry Eyed In December
A cynical astronomer, jaded by failed relationships, makes a flippant Christmas wish on a shooting star, only to find her life turned upside down when a charming skywatcher stumbles into her observatory, claiming to be the answer to her celestial wish.