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I like to make things up 

Check out the links to read some of my fiction work.

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The first link leads to the opening chapter from my latest novel entitled The Astronaut's Boy. Log line: A young boy, Darryl, who lives in a small Texas town tries to find his dad after he's convinced his dad has found a way to launch himself into space.

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The second is a screenplay from my short film No-Good Maxine. Log line: A broke woman in a rural community starts finding necessities—food, diapers, clothes—in a culvert or drainage ditch near her home. They seem to appear there out of nowhere and seem to be meant for her. Have they been put there by magic? A higher power? And more importantly, does she deserve this mysterious help?

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A few scripts I have to be a little more secret about:

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  • My feature screenplay "The Whistleblower" which is under option with LA's Humble Pictures. The Whistleblower is a feature dramedy about a widowed high school basketball referee, Judd, whose life is sent further off course when he's forced to fix basketball games by a foul-mouthed grandma, leading him into a web of illicit activities that threatens his ego, his relationships, and his standing in the quirky small town he's always loathed.

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  • Another feature screenplay—"For Thee We'll Fight"—about the greatest high school basketball team ever to play in the state of Florida. This script is currently in development with Fieldhouse Media.

Contact: 206.999.5135  //  jlightodell@gmail.com

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