Happy Friday!I want to say thank you to everyone who read last week's newsletter and reached out afterward. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to write everybody back yet but I read every message and I'm so glad it resonated with so many people.Some issues back I talked about the personal development slate that I passed on to my reps. We started with a knuckleball of a project, something that was a bit out of my usual zone. I did a small round of producer pitches and we didn't get a single bite so I cut my losses and moved on to a second project which is as much of a fastball down the middle as I'm able to throw. I still love the first project but it's getting late in the year. Rather than run out the clock on something that maybe wasn't going anywhere I switched it up hoping to find some traction. I'll let you know what happens.In other news I'm 18k words into my crime novel.It's about an ex-con who goes to war with an Eastern European mob family in order to stop them from taking over his beloved neighborhood pinball bar. There's just one tiny problem: in times of high stress he's prone to bizarre visual hallucinations he calls "benders." It's like AMELIE but with more murders. Have a great weekend!