Sandrene Mathews

@iamsandrene.com

Looking for a reason, roaming through the night to find my place in this world. I write coming-of-age stories with adults, because we’re also still figuring out life. On a quest to normalize conversations about mental health. Available for staffing.

Godzilla Minus Zero is absolutely gorgeous, and I would have liked it much more if we hadn’t just had a catastrophic plane crash in Florida, and a Ukrainian school getting bombed, and our President saying he might annihilate a country, just because.

Highlights from today’s crazy times: The federal government has created a task force, led by them, to investigate claims of corruption in… the federal government 🤨 Netanyahu called the guy who has to fully sign every message so we don’t forget who he is by his first name in public… and no backlash

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

"The Publisher may not use artificial intelligence in any manner in relation to this Work, including to reproduce, translate, narrate and/or produce art for the Work without the Proprietor’s express permission, nor does the Publisher have the right to sublicense others to use artificial intelligence in any manner to reproduce, translate, narrate, and/or produce art for the Work without the Proprietor’s express permission. Furthermore, the Publisher will not use cover or interior artwork generated by artificial intelligence.

"In addition, the Proprietor expressly prohibits the Publisher from using the Work in any manner for purposes of training artificial intelligence technologies to generate text, including without limitation, technologies that are capable of generating works in the same style or genre as the Work. The Proprietor reserves all rights to license uses of the Work for generative artificial intelligence training and development of machine learning language models. The Publisher will use best efforts to include a limitation in any sublicense of the Work prohibiting the use of the Work for training and developing generative artificial intelligence technologies."

A Different World came out on Netflix today. It has a ton of 1 star ratings on IMDb with no reviews. It feels kind of suss, but I can’t put my finger on the word for it…

The number of things that have gone wrong with the @lowkeymoxie.bsky.social Seed & Spark campaign is comical at this point. I’m not going to give up, because I don’t want to be the reason it doesn’t succeed. But I’m not looking forward to October when my body has time to process all of this stress.

Doing some last minute edits. Two late additions bringing the total to 2,560 spec deals. Still aiming to release the *free* eBook tomorrow as planned. I hope people dig this information. IMHO an indispensable screenwriting resource.

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Labor Day honors workers and their contributions to society. But the studios treat us like we're expendable, a line item, a tax write-off. This is why Lowkey Moxie exists. By becoming union signatory, we declare our commitment to safe sets and fair wages, and continued access to great healthcare.

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Our team has been working tirelessly to develop our first slate of shows. And we're almost there, but we need your help! Our Seed&Spark campaign is live! Your support will help us cover our core startup costs.

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I take the phrase “be the change you wish to see in the world” to heart :) You can be part of that change, too! Your support helps us tell the types of stories that are disappearing from TV and create hundreds of union jobs. Join the revolution now at seedandspark.com/fund/lowkeym...

Lowkey Moxie@lowkeymoxie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our team has been working tirelessly to develop our first slate of shows. And we're almost there, but we need your help! Our Seed&Spark campaign is live! Your support will help us cover our core startup costs.

Damn it. Tim Curry's gone home. If we take nothing else from the two losses these past two days it's to proudly be who you are. Fuck the haters RIP Tim Curry. You inspired a generation of horror kids and outsiders not to dream it, but to be it. Thank you

Paid parking at hospitals is a disability tax. I was thinking this as I circled the block for a 3rd time, and it was confirmed as I finally found a spot, then watched the elderly man with a knee brace slowly limp across the street as traffic started coming both ways. He risked his life for $12/hour

Since a lot of friends are producing shorts right now, here’s a tip from me as an editor: Watch the editor’s cut SEVERAL times before giving your editor notes. The first, and maybe even 2nd and 3rd, watch will be “wow, my words have come to life!” And you should revel in that. But then be critical.

We just watched the documentary THE LIBRARIANS about librarians fighting book bans across the company. It’s on Kanopy which you can access, appropriately, through your library. If your library doesn’t have it, call and ask! Mine got it within a month of me asking!