In other news, I finally got a chance to send some follow-up postcards to casting directors I have met in the past year. I also signed up for a class with Kim Micsia, casting director of projects like Gossip Girl, Bella, and Bored to Death, at TVI Studios, set to start in June. And I'm looking into classes at T. Schreiber Studio and One on One NYC. Not to mention, I have to get back to taking classes at Penny Templeton Studio, where I did my first on-camera work and met my current agent =)

 

Any suggestions on what classes to take/where to take them?

 

Now for writing and the rest of my life: I've been doing a ton of copywriting and ghostwriting, but not nearly as much creative writing as I'd like to be doing. Time to look over my goals again? I think so. Two upcoming projects/partnerships will hopefully kick my butt in the right direction. One is a screenplay, the other a fiction novel. At the latest, these will get off the ground in June.

 

Oh, and with the start of May, the adventure season has officially begun. We ran a 5K last weekend and ran a very short distance in a marathon to catch a train (long story). Next up are a host of more 5K races, a triathlon, a few bike tours, a couple of adventure races, and some sick obstacle courses.

 

Now if only I could find some time to sleep…

It has been an amazingly busy few weeks!!

 

I was just cast in my third film, this time in a supporting role. It's a short being shot in January in NYC.

 

I also went back out to Boston for more shooting on a two-part film we're doing out there. And I even got to check out a rough cut of the trailer last week. After some more pick-up shots in January, the final product should be finished by February.

 

As for writing, we have been busy working on The Vigilant Monkey. I'm looking forward to creating new advertising relationships in the new year.

 

And finally, I am thrilled to announce that I am now signed with Michael Rodriguez of The Roster Agency. I first met Michael last year when he came in to speak to my on-camera acting class at the Penny Templeton Studio. By total chance, we ran into each other again at a headshot workshop at TVI Studios last month and once more at an Actors Connection seminar. Words cannot adequately describe just how happy I am to be working with him =)

 

2009 has been an amazing year, and I am incredibly grateful to everyone who has helped make it such an experience. Have a Merry Christmas, enjoy the festivities these next two weeks, and I'll see you in 2010!!

 

- Melissa