HOWARD MEIBACH
President In Charge Of Most Stuff

Hi. My name is Howard Meibach, (aka “Hollywood Howie”) and I founded this company in 1997. I recognized a crucial need for information on spec screenplay sales as I’ve been an optioned screenwriter and also held various development positions over the years.

First, I introduced the Spec Screenplay Sales Directory, an important industry research tool that continues to be in demand. My website came next. It started out as a simple way to promote the Spec Screenplay Sales Directory and now, with more than five thousand pages, is a major Internet destination for writers.

We have everything you need, from fee-based script critiquing services … to lots of FREE information, such as articles from professional writers, company contacts, producers’ wish lists, a logline submission database, and a gigantic Q&A forum where you can question experts.

Check it out and keep coming back. We’re always adding great new stuff.

TOM McCURRIE
V.P. In Charge of Everything That Howard Doesn’t Want to Deal With

Hi. My name is Tom McCurrie and I run the Coverage Service at Hollywoodlitsales.com as well as contribute articles and reviews to the site. I’ve been a guy who’s always wanted to eat, drink and sleep movies ever since I could first, well, eat, drink or sleep. So, surprise, surprise, this led me to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television and to later work in just about every job the movie biz could offer: development exec, publicist, story analyst, film critic, screenwriter and screenwriting instructor to name more than a few.

But in all my experience in the movie biz, the one thing I learned, like that dithering Dane named Hamlet, was that “the play’s the thing” - the screenplay makes or breaks the film. You can have a brilliant director, actor, cinematographer and editor, you can have a marketing campaign that rivals the GDP of several West African nations, but without a strong script it’s all simply damage control. That’s because making a movie without a strong script is like building a house without a foundation - there’s nothing to keep the whole enterprise from collapsing. Everything else in a movie depends on it for success.

Watch for details about my blog which will debut on the website shortly.