Lizbeth Finn-Arnold

For Immediate Release: Wisdom from the BlueBelles

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – “Get to know your grandmothers, they have a lot of wisdom,” Maureen Page (69, Middletown), a grandmother herself, advises from a charming new book of insights and advice titled WISDOM FROM THE BLUEBELLES (LFA Books; $15.95; April 2013). Just in time for Mother’s Day and graduation, NJ-based writers Lizbeth Finn-Arnold and Sandra Longo’s book provides grandmotherly wisdom courtesy of fifteen women from the Middletown/Red Bank section of Monmouth County who originally met in the Red Bank YMCA, and were featured in the award-winning 2008 documentary, The BlueBelles.

Ames Tribune: Back to the Drawing Board (Algona)

"There's potential to raise awareness about a portion of history people might not know about, Finn-Arnold said. This is a story that is actually about something important and unique, which is something you don't get in Hollywood anymore."

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KIMT News 3: Producers Making Film About Algona POW Camp

Liz Finn-Arnold is a screenwriter and tells KIMT News 3, 'We're not necessarily into WW2 and it's a very male-heavy story. But what's fascinating as writers is, we can immerse ourselves in any story if we do the research."

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The Seattle Times: How do you Break the "Zoey 101" News to a Child?

I was just watching 'Zoey 101' the other day with my 11-year-old daughter and I commented something like, 'I bet Jamie Lynn's going to become bigger than Britney ... she seems like the smart, stable one,' " wrote Lizbeth Finn-Arnold on her "MOM & Pop Culture" blog..."Boy," she added, "was I wrong."

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Star-Ledger: For the Traditional Sitcom, Curtain May Be Falling

Last month, 20 dreamers arrived at the L.A. airport Hilton to attend The Sitcom Room, a two-day "sitcom writing fantasy camp" set up by Ken Levine, an Emmy-winning 30-year TV veteran...Lizbeth Finn-Arnold, 39, came from Morganville, where she's been writing scripts while raising two kids...

"We all pass judgment on 'According to Jim' and other such lowly sitcoms where we say, 'How the heck are they on the air?' But I have to imagine in all those writers room are people who are very talented, who are trying to come up with the best jokes."

Read more at The Star-Ledger.

New York Times: On the Internet, Nobody Knows You're in Mahwah

"Lizbeth Finn-Arnold, a filmmaker in Aberdeen, has a Weblog called Mom and Pop Culture. She started blogging to find mothers more sharpe-tongued than those she was finding in the physical world. "Motherhood is about not being honest," she explained, adding, "I had to talk about things other than dirty diapers."

Read more at The New York Times.