Going Places...or Not

Two of my screenplays made it into the Austin Film Festival this year. On Friday I got a phone message from "Ashlee." She had called to tell me about some of the benefits of going to the festival as a second rounder. I

A friend of mine from Costa Rica wrote and invited me to teach a workshop at a women's festival there in March.

I have the rights to the story of a woman in Pennsylvania. I should go and interview her in person.

I need to go see my mom this fall.

None of these trips pay money. They all cost money. And time... but money. That makes me anxious. I wonder, if money were not an issue, would I not be anxious? Would I want to go, or do I really just like staying home, in my pajamas, typing?

It's hard to say.