Lizbeth Finn-Arnold

Texting and Walking Zombies

In NJ, they are proposing a bill to make texting and walking illegal.

I think fining the "walk-and-texters" is a great idea because they drive me nuts, and it is actually dangerous. I cannot comprehend why people can't live without their phones for even one second. I see kids getting off buses, staring like zombies at their phones, unaware of the world around them. Cars whizzing by? They don't even register it. They literally can't wait two minutes to get inside their homes before they answer a text?

Also I hate shopping in stores, because people on their phones continuously walk into me (and then look at me like I'm an alien). I see people walking around in cities completely clueless to the world beyond their phones. Whatever happened to being street smart and aware of your environment? And why does every message need to be returned instantaneously?

 

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.

Coming Soon: Wisdom from the BlueBelles

Lizbeth Finn-Arnold, in partnership with Sandra Longo, is in the final editing stages of WISDOM from the BLUEBELLES. Described as a guide for living life with grace, humor, love and courage, the book will be available for purchase in Spring 2103. Wisdom from the BlueBelles is a companion piece for the award-winning BlueBelles documentary, a film that highlighted the unique and inspiring friendships of a group of women who met in a local YMCA swim class.

Foray into Theater

I am thrilled to announce my first foray into theater as Associate Producer of HitFest's production of Tennessee Williams' IN THE BAR OF A TOKYO HOTEL. The show played to near sold-out crowds between April 19 and April 29th at the Bridgehamton Bridge theater and received glowing reviews.

Awards: Snake Hill

SNAKE HILL is a feature-length horror screenplay about an heiress who invests her remaining fortune into a piece of development property only to learn it may be haunted.  She might not just lose her money and security, she may lose her sanity or worse, her life.

Snake Hill received the following award:

   Quarterfinalist -  Writers on the Storm Screenplay Competition, Coverage, Ink, 2011

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."

  Read Full Story: Back to the Drawing Board

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."

Read Full Story: Producers Making Film About Algona POW Camp

Wit's End to Screen at Hoboken Film Fest

Wit's End has been chosen as an Official Selection in the 2009 Hoboken International Film Festival (HIFF).

According to HIFF Chairman Kenneth Del Vecchio, the festival received over 1000 submissions this year and "the selection process was rigorous and difficult given the numerous talented filmmakers who submitted their works. After final review, HIFF has selected under 5% of the projects submitted."

This Hoboken fest, which has been named one of the world's "top 10 festivals" by major media will take place May 29 - June 4, 2009. The films will primarily screen at Cedar Lane Cinemas in Teaneck, NJ and Pier A Park in Hoboken, NJ. 

Wit's End is an original sitcom pilot produced by Whirlaway Productions in association with Like-Mindend Entertainment. The pilot was written by Lizbeth Finn-Arnold, Sandra Longo, and Mitchell Olson.

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."

Read more at The Seattle Times.

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.