Oh Lord, give me loving friends and . . .

...a great virtual assistant, and I'll steal the rest.
So, I've always wanted to blog about the things I'm learning in my journey toward becoming a film producer...and I did a little in one of my Thursday Thirteens. 

However. There was no way I was gonna have the strength to write another blog. You know, for Bakery Films. Podcasting was a possibility though.


I've been really sick, fish or cut bait time has come for BF in a number of ways and I simply didn't have the strength for starting a new endeavor, even something as simple as podcasting. If only, you know, if only there was more help in my life with BF, with my life, if only, if only blah-blah, whine-whine. I Even posted about the ways in which this neuro-immune disease known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome can leech away young lives.

I prayed a lot. And slowly this plan formed.


Well first, there were friends who started coming out of the woodwork to help me after the Stevens lab CPET (Cardio-Pulmonary Exercise Testing). Since then, they've been cleaning, doing laundry and even cooking sometimes. It's been amazing. That got me thinking about BF. What if I hired help? After putting together list of all the things which needed to be done to get ready for the fundraising campaign and beyond, I discovered that less than half of it needed my touch alone. So, I invited a friend to invest, she refused and instead gave me a hundred bucks to hire a virtual assistant. 


It's down to him Rony Karmaker, that the campaign was launched at all and to him and my dear friends we continue to make progress.

Omigosh I'm a Radio Host

All I wanted was a way to podcast. To my befuddled brain, figuring that out with Blogger was just....a hassle. Find a site to host it--add the url--shoot myself in the head--
Or, go to Blog Talk and use the membership I'd signed up for months ago. And then simply replace the live cast (which was dreadful) with the one recorded days before. Good deal. And then it seemed a good way to promote the campaign (which I've yet to remember to mention on air) and now it's just kind of fun.

I've always wanted to share my journey toward becoming a film producer with others, like me, who are on the road. There's so much to learn. I'm embedding my second broadcast (first live one) Why Failure is Your Friend here, because there's a lot in it about ME/CFS.

Listen to internet radio with mjewell on Blog Talk Radio

Please Help Me Raise $3000 For Bakery Films This Winter!

About Bakery Films:

Women over 35 are still staying away from the theaters in in droves. 

Bakery Films is about creating the new Woman Pictures. In the 30s and 40s there were magnificent roles for women actors; big stories with bigger characters.
There were movies like The Women with its effortlessly female cast. Other films like Animal Kingdom while not necessarily woman-centric, had characters of great (by todays standards) depth.I want Bakery Films to be considered a legitimate heir (heiress?) to this tradition of filmmaking; writing, producing and developing projects grown up women will love to watch and characters any grown up actor would love to play.

You'll find a link to our campaign on IndieGoGo on the side panel. We're also starting a new blog about Bakery Films and movie production in general entitled, 'What I Know So Far; Confessions of a fledgling film producer' *grin*, that would be me. 

Please sign up as that will guide you toward our latest updates, such as our accompanying radio show and new videos. 

Please make a contribution, we have a number of great thank you gifts for donors from notecards created by the artist upon whose work our logo is based, to producer credit.