by Colette Freedman | Feb 8, 2020 | Writing
I wasn’t prepared for the pain. As someone who didn’t grow up with animals, I wasn’t prepared for the pain. As my dying baby girl lies on my lap while I write this, I am still not prepared for the pain. When Mark Troy died six and a half years ago, it nearly broke me....
by Colette Freedman | Jul 16, 2019 | Chick Stuff, Food, Writing
When I asked at the Stockholm spa why a Swedish massage in Sweden isn’t just called a massage they patiently explained, “It’s called a Swedish massage because a Swedish person is giving you a massage”. Serves me right for asking. Despite the semantics, the massage...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 24, 2018 | Anomalies, Books, Films, Lacrosse, Miles Underwater, Sports, The Affair, The Consequences, The Thirteen Hallows, Writing
I love collaborating. Once upon a time I was a die hard athlete and I purposely chose to play team sports. I thrived on the competition more when I had teammates to share in the intense highs of the victories… and the painful stings of the losses. So, it was...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 22, 2018 | Acting, Films, Miles Underwater, Writing
Our San Antonio principal photography is COMPLETED! It has been an extraordinary fifteen days. We still have a little bit of principal photography to do in Los Angeles and some intense upcoming green screen work, but the bulk of the film is IN THE CAN. When we...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 21, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing
Miles Underwater begins and ends in the same place. The writers wrote it. The producers encouraged it. The director actualized it. Miles Underwater takes place in one day. The messages and symbolism in the film will be interpreted for years…but, for now, it...
by Colette Freedman | Jul 21, 2018 | Acting, Miles Underwater, Writing
In Quality Problems (now avail on VOD, Amazon, iTunes, etc… do you have YOUR copy yet?) Max Purdy KILLED IT in the scene where he discovers his mother has cancer. On set, the then ten-year-old hit his emotional marks EVERY SINGLE TIME…. His emotional depth...