Long, long time commenter R-Jud is at the Austin Film Festival, and she won a big award:
She won the writing award for the Fiction Podcast Script and got to sit in a room with David Benioff and Dan Weiss of Game of Thrones, Ron Bass who wrote Rain Man among many other things, Craig Mazin, former roommate of Ted Cruz and writer of Chernobyl.
Huzzah! If you would like to read a sample, go HERE.
Gretchen
chopper
congrats! dang, we have some talent on this here blog.
debbie
Congratulations. Love the trophy design!
Dorothy A. Winsor
Oh wow. Congratulations!
Nicole
That’s awesome! Congrats!
R-Jud
Thanks John! It’s pretty surreal; I submitted to Austin because they give good reader notes and things got wayyyyy out of hand. It’s a ghost story about the place where I grew up. Hoping to get it produced—if anyone out there wants to help or advise please connect with me via Cole!
Yutsano
MAZEL TOV!!!
Also: please to remember us little peeps. :)
Steeplejack
Congratulations, R-Jud! ???
mrmoshpotato
Woo hoo! Congrats!
trollhattan
Wonderful news, congratulations!
And damned impressive. :-)
rikyrah
Congratulations ???
SiubhanDuinne
R-Jud, that’s wonderful and exciting news! Heartfelt congratulations to you!
Marcopolo
Congratulations. Lovely trophy. You look like you are having fun & that’s what it’s all about.
Damien
@R-Jud: Hey! I’m at the AFF as well, and just left Irene’s. I’d love to connect at Driskill tomorrow if you’re going to be around? I just landed a job at a new financed prodco, and would be super down to talk about your project.
How do I contact you through John?
Kirk Spencer
Oh, well done. Very well done indeed.
R-Jud
@Damien: DM me on Twitter; I’m @rosejudson
PaulWartenberg
VICTORY
Tenar Arha
@R-Jud: Congratulations!
Doug R
Congratulations!
I hope you gave Benioff & Weiss the gears for GOT Season 8.
Dan B
Very impressive. Good luck with production!!
Paul in KY
Great honour, R-Jud!!!
Congrats!
Ohio Mom
How wonderful!
satby
Wow! Congratulations R-Jud! We know a lot of hard work went into that achievement.
Dan B
@R-Jud: I know a Hollywood producer who likes big spectacle things and good writing. Co produced The Martian and quite a few other hits and misses. I think I have his current email info if you’re interested.
Debbie(Aussie)
Wonderful news! Congratulations ?
Thinking positive thoughts for production!!
West of the Rockies
Fabulous news for a deserving jackyl!
CaseyL
Awesome news! Congratulations!
New media does sometimes open up great new opportunities. Best wishes on connecting with a production company!
Another Scott
Excellent. Congratulations!
Cheers,
Scott.
Mary G
R-Jud’s been here longer than me, I think, Congratulations on what I’m sure is a richly-deserved award! We can say we knew you when!
mvr
Congratulations!
R-Jud
@Doug R: Benioff shook my hand and said “congrats”, so no.
R-Jud
@Dan B: Find me on the Twitters @rosejudson if you think he’d be interested in a creepy ghost story!
J R in WV
Congratulations, R-Jud !!
I am no longer surprised, just pleased at the superlative members of the Balloon-Juice community and the wide grasp of knowledge and creativity shared among the commentariat.
Again, Congratulations R-Jud, and WOW is that one superlative trophy they gave you!!!
Dan B
@R-Jud: I dont have a twitter account but can forward the info to JC via Cheryl.
Johnny Gentle (famous crooner)
Wow, that’s awesome. Congratulations!
zhena gogolia
Wow, congratulations! You look so nice.
Aleta
That’s fantastic. Congratulations!
Felanius Kootea
Congratulations R-Jud!
Mandarama
Congratulations, R-Jud! Crossing fingers for your production plans, too. ??⭐️
HRA
Congratulations on the award and best wishes for the future.
Raven
And she’s a champion weightlifter!
Mandarama
Congratulations, R-Jud! Crossing fingers for your production plans, too! ??⭐️
Mary G
Steve in the ATL
Brilliant! One more step in the Jackal takeover of the world….
Kattails
Fabulous, good for you, and very cool trophy to boot! Awards/prizes from one’s professional community are always encouraging. Take some time to bask in the limelight, and bring that energy forward.
Mary G
Whut?
If one ratfucker is to skate because he flipped on another ratfucker, I’d rather see this the other way around.
Yutsano
@Mary G: There isn’t enough popcorn in the world for this. And hopefully a Bannon arrogant slip-up will finally get him.
Mary G
R-Jud, you even got money!
I doubt that covered coming from England, but it’s nice to have. The statue is the coolest!
lurker dean
wow, congratulations!!
TS (the original)
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Steve in the ATL: Resistance is futile.
Congrats, R-Jud.
eclare
Congratulations!
John Revolta
Wow!! Cool!!
But how do you type on those tiny little keys?
susanna
Well done, R-Jud!
You must feel great, now go celebrate yourself, bigtime…
Spanky
Congrats, RJud! Just one question: Why you slummin’ at BJ when you could be out running with the hip crowd in Austin?
Anne Laurie
Congratulations, R-Jud!
And crossed fingers for all your well-deserved future successes!
The Lodger
Excellent news!
hedgehog mobile
Congratulations!
scav
Youpee!
Miss Bianca
SQUEEE! That is so COOL! Congratulations!!
opiejeanne
@R-Jud: congratulations! To quote Mr Biden: This is a big fucking deal!
danielx
Most excellent!!!!
MagdaInBlack
Congratulations! That is very cool!
danielx
@Steve in the ATL:
Somebody has to do it, better jackals than a lot of people I could mention. As witness the bumper sticker I saw today:
ANY FUNCTIONING ADULT
2020
prostratedragon
Wow! Congratulations!
geg6
Awesome! Big congratulations! What talent we have here!
Feebog
Very cool. Congratulations. Once again in awe at the talent found in this community.
delk
Congrats! Nice shot looking down Washington on your website.
Sister Golden Bear
Congratulations, R-Jud!
FelonyGovt
Congratulations, R-Jud! Way to go!
frosty
Congrats and what a cool looking trophy!
JWR
OT. So, Trump is going to be giving a MAJOR announcement, (ooo, Shiny Object!), tomorrow evening. If you’re thinking he’ll resign, sorry, it’s about allegedly knocking off one of the leaders of ISIS.
And Congratulations, R-Jud!
janesays
@JWR: The major announcement is that U.S. forces just killed the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
I find myself feeling weirdly conflicted about this. On the one hand, I think it’s a little ghoulish to get overly celebratory about someone’s death. At the same time, this was a really, really bad guy responsible for lots of death himself. It’s good that he’s no longer a threat.
Buuuuuut… I dread the fawning media coverage that Hair Fuhrer is almost certainly going to be getting from this news.
It should be pointed out that Cheetolini frequently said Obama didn’t deserve any credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden, so it’s gonna be a hell of a thing watching this asshat patting himself on the back for the next month about this.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@JWR: @janesays: There. Is. Always. A tweet…
and there are a few more
Mel
Congratulations!!! Wow! There is some damn good writing in competition there, and yours was the best!! What a wonderful recognition of your talent (and a fabulous trophy, too)!
Kristine
How wonderful—congratulations, R-Jud!!
Timurid
@janesays:
A true monster is dead, but now Trump finally gets his long awaited Pivot. And another finger on the monkey’s paw closes.
Matt McIrvin
@janesays: Do people care about this guy, the way they did about Osama or even Saddam Hussein?
(If people are worried about the political fallout, note that Obama didn’t get much of a boost at all from killing Osama bin Laden and even Bush’s bump from the killing of Saddam Hussein was really short-lived.)
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Matt McIrvin: I don’t think Baghdadi was a household name like OBL, but they’ll be working overtime to convince people he was the monster haunting our dreams.
reposting:
Look for trump to argue at his next rally that Baghdadi was worse than OBL
JWR
@janesays:
That’s what I thought about, too. But not to worry, he’ll find a way to screw up the announcement by making it all about himself.
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Well, yeah, but this is all the result of his Stable Genius and stoic resolve! Don’t you see?!!!
Patricia Kayden
Congrats R-Jud!! Outstanding accomplishment!
JWR
@Matt McIrvin:
Geez, just thinking about the atrocity that was the GHB administration makes me ill. But no matter what comes of the T admin, I’d still prefer that we not return to the days of Abu Gonzales.
Patricia Kayden
@JWR: Trump is still going to impeached. Watch him mess up the announcement.
JWR
@Patricia Kayden: Yes, but what if tomorrow proves to be the day “Trump truly became President”? /s
Yeah, he’ll screw it up one way or another. Count on it.
prostratedragon
I assume the Sunday morning announcement is so that nothing else will upstage him. Note also however that the Impeachment Committee met and took testimony today. Who knows, they might even do so tomorrow.
David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch
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hervevillechaizelounge
Whoo hoo, three cheers for R-Jud!
Amir Khalid
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Bush didn’t kill Saddam Hussein either; Saddam was arrested when the US took Baghdad, then convicted in an Iraqi court of crimes against humanity, in a 1982 mass killing of Iraqi Shi’a; he was hanged in 2006. And I doubt Trump had ever heard of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi before al-Baghdadi’s killing was reported to him. He certainly didn’t sit in a crowded meeting room with Pence and his Secdef and SecState following the operation in real time the way Obama did. What point is the Shitgibbon trying to make here?
Leto
Congrats R-Jud!!!
Ash Can
Brava!
JWR
@Amir Khalid: Yep. I think @Matt McIrvin was thinking about the capture of Saddam, which was treated like it was the end of WWIII. Remember the “spider hole”? I found that entire episode disgusting.
Amir Khalid
@R-Jud:
I read the writing samples on your website. You’re really good.
smike
Great accomplishment, R-Jud! Great.
R-Jud
@delk: Thanks! I live in Birmingham but I really miss Chicago.
R-Jud
@Amir Khalid: Wow! That means a lot from you both as an experienced journalist and fellow bassist. ❤️
James E Powell
@JWR:
I recall that after Saddam’s capture, a reporter asked Howard Dean why he was still running for president.
Mnemosyne
Belated congratulations! For folks who don’t know, the Austin Film Festival is a terrific festival that’s geared towards screenwriters, so this is a Really Big Deal for a screenwriter.
I was able to get a Pulitzer Prize winner to autograph his book for me at my writer’s conference today, so that was cool. Now we have two PP-winning books autographed by their authors — the other one is Michael Chandon.
JWR
@James E Powell:
Oh, Gawd! I don’t remember that in particular, but the fawning coverage really, really sucked. Didn’t help in the shop where I was working either, where of the 6-7 guys who worked in that department. I was the only one who was anti-Bush and anti-wars-of-choice. The others were solidly pro-invasion/war.
janesays
@Amir Khalid: I’m guessing he authorized the operation. Or at a minimum, I’m sure that’s what we’re going to be told.
JPL
@R-Jud: Wonderful news!
OzarkHillbilly
@R-Jud: Congrats.
gbbalto
Great – congratulations!
Sloane Ranger
Well done. Congratulations!
Matt McIrvin
@JWR: Right, I’d forgotten he wasn’t killed on the spot. Anyway, yeah, Bush got great press from that but it didn’t really last, since the war wasn’t about fighting Saddam at that point.
Elizabelle
Wonderful news! Congratulations, R-Jud. Woo hoo!
JAFD
Congratulations, Ms. R-Jud ! and may the road lead upwards and the wind be always at your back.
(I now revert to my usual Dirty Old Manhood, and say I’m quite enthralled by your lovely dimples ;-) )
Just One More Canuck
That’s awesome – congratulations
glory b
I have nothing to say but congrats!!
I always knew that all of us are smart and talented. Otherwise, why would we be here?
Citizen_X
Woo-hoo! Congratulations!
Kathleen
Congratulations!!
Alternative Fax, a hip hop artist from Idaho
CONGRATULATIONS, R-Jud! That’s quite an achievement.
It’s also a very cool trophy.
karensky
@R-Jud: great honor, best wishes
Betty
I read the first episode of Old Forks Inn. Very good!
Miss Bianca
@R-Jud: You’re a bassist too? Even cooler! (from former bassist)
Steve in the ATL
Writer, weightlifter, bassist—is there anything she can’t do?!
(((CassandraLeo)))
Congratulations!
Concerning script production, I went to middle/high school with one of the producers of Moonlight, but we haven’t spoken in years, unfortunately. Other people in this comment thread seem to have some better leads.
Ceterum censeo factionem Republicanam esse delendam.
Sherparick
@R-Jud: congratulations & I will look for the podcast.