the wily filipino

The next bubble to burst will be the education bubble. Make no mistake about it, education is big business and, like other big businesses, it is in big trouble. What people outside the education bubble don’t realize and people inside won’t admit is that many colleges and universities are in the same position that major banks and financial institutions are: their assets (endowments down 30-40 percent this year) are plummeting, their liabilities (debts) are growing, most of their costs are fixed and rising, and their income (return on investments, support from government and private donations, etc.) is falling.

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Have you had any interest from movie studios trying to get rights to your books?

Yeah, I wrote two screenplays on commission for two different studios, but they were never produced.

Of course, was the money decent?

Yeah it was like 20k for one and 30k for the other so it wasn’t bad. It took me five or six hours in each case, so I can’t complain.

You busted out a screenplay in five or six hours?

Uh huh.

How?

Well, I just cut out all the descriptions pretty much and wherever there was dialogue, I just added some capital letters and colons and it was all set to go.