Traveling Moon Productions

11/25/2025

CE-V is finally getting some love! Festival wins, plus posted online at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters -- a literary journal, no less! Read the screenplay at the link below:

https://ojalart.com/theater-artsscreen-writingdeb-havensce-vclose-encounters-of-the-fifth-kind

Grateful for the partnership with my son Brad Havens who co-wrote and co-wins.

10/02/2025

The literary journal, "Open: Journal of Arts & Letters" has accepted a second feature length screenplay, "CE-V (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind") for publication and promotion on their international website.

Once again, I'm feeling honored that this work is considered a story that a literary journal qualifies for posting on their website! But aside from that honor, this screenplay will always be very special to me because I wrote it with my son, Brad Havens! 😎❤️

O:JA&L Theater Arts Screen Writing Deb Havens CE-V (Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind) Click on the title to explore […]

09/21/2025

Wow, I haven't posted here in months! I have to admit, I've been devoting time to starting up Plainfield Blue with my cool partners to, broadly speaking, defend Democracy; celebrating the first staged exhibit on Civil War Captain William Hyser with the Plainfield Grand Rogue Historical Society; and working with the terrific new board at Northeast Business Association - nebagr.com to plan major community events like Holly Jolly Holidays 2025.

All very wonderful stuff!

And then I got a notice from a literary journal, "Open: Journal of Arts & Letters" that my feature length screenplay, "Top Notch" has been accepted for publication and promotion on their international website. Here's an excerpt from the notice:

"We have read and carefully considered your work entitled Top Notch, in Theater Arts: Screen Plays, OPEN CALL for Submissions. Your work has drawn praise from its evaluators, and I am sincerely happy to announce the acceptance of Top Notch for publication by (O:JA&L) Open: Journal of Arts & Letters. Your submission seems to us very well-suited to our present editorial purposes."

YAY! This has opened a new way to distribute my work, a welcome alternative to query letters, contests, and pay-for-space screenwriting websites.

Check it out here: https://ojalart.com/theater-artsscreen-writingdeb-havenstop-notch/

I'll be checking out other literary publications that welcome screenplays. I'll post as I find them.

Thanks "OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters," for opening a whole new interesting field to explore.

O:JA&L Theater Arts Screen Writing Deborah Havens Top Notch Logline: A girl who has everything, including a criminal record, pays […]