Hollywood or Bust

Going out in the rain with a backpack full of scripts, and having a feature-film project in the lost & found

In 2009, I decided to take my talents to the big screen. I was 32 years old, a few months away from proposing to my wife. I may have even begun to think about the future.

At the time, I was scratching out an OK living as an editor for a small financial publication. It was a remote job with congenial hours, occasional travel and the leeway to hire my fri…