Lizbeth Finn-Arnold

Lyme, the Brain Terrorist

33...that's how many pages I completed on the new script I'm writing. And it only took me 9 days. Not bad considering I had a migraine for 5 of those days, 2 of which were so debilitating I could barely get out of bed. And I also had an endoscopic procedure thrown in for good measure. It's been a "typical" week for a Lymie.

33...maybe not a lot to writers who are prolific and grinding out pages daily, but I have barely written anything (other than an essay here and there)since November 2013 when I took part in NaNoWriMo. My brain, thanks to Lyme Disease, has been MIA. So progress, no matter how big or small, is CELEBRATED.

As a writer, the loss of creative and cognitive ability has at times been more devastating than all the bone-crushing pain and soul-crushing fatigue I've experienced for three long years now.

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.

Awards: Shooting Stars

SHOOTING STARS is an original 1/2 dramedy about  an internationally famous pop star who elopes in Vegas with an unknown documentary filmmaker. In doing so she creates cosmic turmoil for those who orbit her in her celebrity universe, including her demanding stage mom, her obsessive fans, and the ravenous paparazzi.

The teleplay has won the following awards:

• Quarterfinalist -- AAA Screenwriting  Competition (Spring 2007)
• Finalist -- Acclaim TV (Spring 2005)
• Finalist -- aTalentScout (Winter 2004)
• Finalist -- 2005 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards