I am happy to greet you here at my web site!  I welcome you to my growing community of writers, media professionals, and thoughtful people who are interested in positively shaping the ways that stories impact our lives.

 What is new this year?

First, there are the screenplays.  The projects in Istanbul are going on, between drafts at the moment.  Doron Wisotzky and I are working very hard on the screenplay he will direct in Jerusalem next year. 

For another thing, I have a large number of screenplays in consultation this year.  The writers come from Morocco, France, Germany, Jordan, and elsewhere.  Consulting is making up a larger proportion of my work.

And, I am invited to speak at a cultural salon with media executives, organized by the Vice-Mayor of Cologne on May 25, on "The Dramaturgy of the 21st Century: How Global Warming and Economic Crisis Will Impact the Stories We Tell."  Details on that and other seminars/events can be found under UPCOMING.

This event signals an important new direction in my work.  For years now, I have been outlining what I call "The Ecology of Story."  We are entering the Age of Ecology, where we are asked to consider more broadly and deeply the consequences of our actions on the entire fabric of life on the Earth.  It should be no different for stories.  The present "perfect storm" of economic, ecological, and socio-cultural crises is a result of faulty attitudes and ideologies—of stories!  We cannot heal our world unless we also find new attitudes and new perspectives through new stories. 

So, in welcoming you to my web site, I welcome you at the same time to this great adventure!