hey everybody!

it’s FINALLY HERE! dark beauty starring elizabeth berkley is airing saturday, may 17th on lifetime. check local listings for air time! if you’d like to check out the trailer you can visit: http://www.rhitv.com/Movie.aspx?id=8
(it will come up as the black widow but it’s the same movie.)

also fun and exciting news is another tv movie i just finished writing. it’s called the nanny express and this one is for the hallmark channel. they are already prepping to start shooting next week. it moved very fast! the beautiful and talented vanessa marcil is attached to star as the nanny and extraordinary dean stockwell is attached to play her father. it’s already set to air in january 09! stay tuned for an update on vanessa’s love interest!

i’ve been made an official member of the band at my church! it’s very cool and i am honored. the guys ROCK every week. and i am so happy to be doing what i love all the time. in honor of mother’s day we performed natalie merchant’s kind and generous and wind beneath my wings. it was awesome!

next up is recording a few songs with producer graham ward which has me BEYOND excited…also working on financing to get before i go ready to segue into a movie! and YES! i am thinking of the next book! along with a few movies, tv shows and songs!

i’m now on facebook too if you want to visit me there. happy spring!
love riley

hopefully all of you were touched by some great luck today! i was very proud of myself for remembering to wear my “everyone loves an irish girl” tee shirt but unfortunately the only person who had half a chance to see it was the postman!

a few pieces of exciting news….

before i go has gone INTERNATIONAL! the first territory was sold to portugal. it’s very cool that another country will have my book on their book shelves!

also…there is another tv movie in the works! i am writing a movie called “the nanny express” for a cable network. it’s incredibly cute and heartwarming. i’ll be sure to keep you updated on everything as i get more information. right now i’m busy writing it!

:O)
riley

hi all!

hope everyone is having a great weekend and a wonderful start to the month!

i had the pleasure singing today at my wonderful church in los angeles. it was so fantastic. i performed two songs (carrie underwood’s version of “i’ll stand by you” and faith hill’s “there will come a day”) the band rocked and it was a great experience! hopefully there will be lots more performing to come!

for those of you who need a little daily entertainment news … have you read poptarts on fox news.com? it’s a wonderful section written fantastically and let me tell you…the girl who writes it knows what is going on with everyone! please check her out at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,333808,00.html
if you have trouble with the link, go to foxnews.com and under the entertainment section, see POPTARTS!! BRILLIANT!!

in the past few weeks, i’ve been so lucky to be working with one of l.a.’s most talented up and coming music producers too…graham ward is his name and he’s outrageously brilliant and by the way, one of the nicest guys i’ve ever had the chance to work with. hopefully you’ll be hearing a lot of good stuff from us soon!

and speaking of being lucky to work with some great people…anyone remember the band LOGAN? and were you bummed when they split up? well, good news!!! matt bozeman, their lead singer/songwriter, has gone solo…and he is now back in the studio recording again! and i am happy and lucky to be working with him on a few of my songs! i’m excited about our collaboration and can’t wait to share it with you when we’re done!

for those of you who have been writing…patiently asking…when is the next book coming out?! the answer is, well…i don’t know yet! BUT! i can tell you i have started thinking about it! forgive the delay. but it’s been great to be working on a few tv movie scripts and really exciting to be working on my music too.

in the meantime, i am still waiting for the air date of DARK BEAUTY on lifetime…which some of you will remember as BLACK WIDOW. it’s been airing in the UK already which is cool. as soon as i hear about an airdate, i will let you all know.

hope everyone has a great week ahead!
:o)
riley

hello there!

i know it’s been a long time once again since i’ve written…and i apologize! life has been good and busy. thankfully the writers strike is finally over and we can all get back to doing what we love doing!

here is some great news about before i go! first of all, as of today, before i go has gone international! the rights were just optioned for it in portugal! it’s very exciting. hopefully more foreign territories will be popping up soon. also on the before i go front…i’ve been working in the recording studio with some very talented, totally extraordinary people! the first song off the sountrack to before i go was recorded last week. it came out so beyond my wildest expectations. it was writtten and sung by matt goss, an unbelievably talented singer/songwriter/musician. he’s incredible. the song is called “madison’s lullaby” and is for the last scene that takes place between madison and annie. it’s beautiful and heartbreaking. there will hopefully be more news about the movie soon!

hope everyone had a great valentine’s day! come visit me on facebook or myspace too!
sending love,
riley

if anyone is interested…my holiday tv movie is reairing this friday! i wrote this movie and i am also in it. :o)
details:
title: christmas at water’s edge
date: friday, december 21st.
where: lifetime
if you have direct tv, it’s airing at 11am PST. if you’re east coast, it could be 2pm.
any other cable outlets, you’ll need to check your local listings!

as soon as i get an airdate for lifetime’s “black widow” which i wrote, i will let you all know!

i know, i know. it’s been wayyyyyyyy too long! and i truly apologize for no updates in the last few months.

first of all, i hope everyone is having a great holiday so far! i am getting ready to go visit with pretty much every member of my family. i’m so excited to see everyone.

second…what a few months! most recent and also most important is the writers guild strike which is affecting every person in the entertainment industry, no matter what side someone is on. it’s an extremely unfortunate circumstance but also very, very necessary. i’ve been picketing for 6 weeks. we stopped picketing for the holidays yesterday. if you’d like to know more about it, you can check out www.wga.org or http://unitedhollywood.blogspot.com. both sites can fill you in on the struggle the writers in hollywood and ny are dealing with…

before the strike started, there was some great news to report! before i go, my debut novel, is in development to be a feature film! and YES! i am attached to play madison! it’s extremely exciting and as soon as the strike is over, we all look forward to moving ahead with the development and production. there are truly great people involved on the production side and i am very blessed.

more news on before i go…i now have a wonderful agent at the greatest agency repping my book and my future books. hopefully before i go will become available in paperback in 2008! and yes, for the people who ahve been asking about the next book….i’m working on it! or at the least, the decision on what book to write! it’s going to be another fiction book called “going nowhere” or a chick lit book called “i’m your girl”. the movie version of “i’m your girl” is already in the early stages to be a movie so keep your fingers crossed!

i also moved into a new house recently! that took just about all my energy for a few weeks but i am all settled and love my new home.

if you haven’t seen my internet series “being bailey” check it out! you can watch the first three episodes–about four minutes each– at www.beingbailey.com. we have interest from a big advertising company who might be investing in future episodes which would be great. it’s a realistic series about a girl starting high school … she’s not exactly sure she’s going to make it through the enxt four years of her life so she decides to document her potential demise on camera for all to see. the actors are fantastic and the production was wonderful. let me know what you think!

i’ve been working on my music recently so hopefully in the near future i’ll have some music posted on myspace and my website. keep checking back! also on myspace … new pictures!

hope you all have a truly magical holiday season full of miracles, perfect health and love.
love riley

i have so much to tell you!  first of all, i hope everyone had a great summer.  i had a busy one but i made time to go back east to visit my family.  it was SO wonderful to spend time with my sister and my nieces! i am truly blessed to have such an understanding and supportive family.  not many would be so understanding and supportive if their aunt riley barely arrived for a visit and spent a good portion of her three days visiting holed up in the office rewriting a script!  i did have to promise a pony to my nieces but isn’t that what aunt’s are for?!  seriously though, i am beyond lucky to have two beautiful, sweet nieces and a sister who i am so grateful to also call my best friend. 

now for being bailey!  i am SO excited to tell you the being bailey website has finally launched!  please visit www.beingbailey.com where you can view the first three episodes of the series!  as many of you already know, i created being bailey as a webisode series.  now there is so much interest in it…it’s being pitched as a tv show!  check it out and let me know what you think! 

when i was on "vacation" i got wonderful news about before i go!  a HUGE agency in new york signed me for books.  first on their list is taking before i go to the frankfurt book fair…and our goal?  before i go will soon go international! 

in a few days i start rehearsing and shooting a new movie!  it’s called "footprints" and is one of the best scripts i have ever read.  i am playing a girl who spends her days on hollywood blvd, dreaming of being an actress…and to make money she dresses up as super girl and poses for pictures with tourists!  it’s a supporting lead and my character is SO AWESOME! 

there’s more!  one of the MOST TALENTED directors EVER has come aboard to direct my family comedy, summer at dad’s!  he’s won emmys, he’s directed some of my favorite movies including santa clause 2 & 3!  and beyond all of that?  he’s one of the coolest, nicest, most incredible people i have ever had the chance to work with so far in this industry.  more news on that one soon! 

and hopefully a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT coming soon about before i go … so check back next week!! 

think peace  XO

i’ve been so busy lately so for those of you who have written, first of all, thank you!  and second of all…soooo sorry i haven’t responded. i’ve been busy working on a few projects and right now, sleep is barely an option!  but it’s really a great thing, i promise!

the good news is there are people interested in making my novel, before i go, into a movie!  i have some meetings coming up and i’ll find out more in the next few weeks but it’s very exciting. as most of you know this is my ROCKY!  i’ve actually started hard-core training already…two hours a day of weights, strength training, pilates and cardio.  yeah, i know.  i don’t do anything half-way.  hopefully soon i will be on the ice training!  hopefully the actors i want in it will soon be reading the script.  everyone keep your fingers crossed!

there is also interest in a bunch of other scripts too which is so great and exciting.  i am busy at work on a few romantic comedies and a also a one-hour drama television show.  and???  there have also been a few phone calls from a BIG publishing company so we’ll see where i end up!     

my website has finally been updated and will continue to be updated on a regular basis from now on.  BIG THANKS TO BRIAN!  so check it out when you get a chance and let me know what you think! 

i also was just cast in a movie!  it’s called footprints and i’m shooting in september.  it’s a great indie movie about hollywood.  i play a runaway who dreams of being an actress…and to make money adn support herself…she dresses up as supergirl every day and poses for pictures on hollywood blvd.  and she has a bit of a truck driver mouth on her.  it’s soooo me!! 

hope everyone is having a great summer!  i haven’t taken any vacation yet…or had a day off…but if you know me, you know i am so okay with that.  i miss my camp in upstate ny but hopefully i can get there and see my fam for even a few days towards the end of the month. 

here’s me at a recent premiere for who’s your caddy! 

so it seems i am headed back to nyc this weekend!!  i was just informed i’ve won my SECOND AWARD for before i go in THREE WEEKS!!!  i’ve was just named the grand prize winner of the 2007 new york book fesitval, as well as the winner of the fiction catagory!!  WOW!  i am speechless, probably for once in my life!  the following is the press release…

2007 NEW YORK BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERS

NEW YORK (June 16, 2007) _ Riley Weston’s novel “Before I Go,” a timeless love story based in the world of ice skating, is the grand prize winner of the 2007 New York Book Festival.

Weston and other winners will be appearing on June 23, 2007 at the New York Book Festival in Central Park from 10 a.m . to 6 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held near the Naumburg Bandshell in the park. Author readings and signing, live music, clowns doing face-painting and balloon animals, book vendors, food and live music will be part of the day-long celebration of literacy and education.

Weston wins $1500 for her efforts in the competition. She is a triple-threat actress, TV/screenplay writer and novelist. “Before I Go” is her debut novel. She divides her time between New York City, Los Angeles and “somewhere in the Adirondack Mountains” in upstate New York.

and if that isn’t exciting enough…my thriller feature film stay is officially on it’s way to getting into pre-production!  i’m working with two fantastic producers and they’ve just given my script to a few directors…

more to come!

ASYM= american society of young musicians.  what a great night!  on thursday night 6/7/07, i was invited to not only attend this cool event, but also PRESENT my first award!!  it was so great!!  first of all, some of the people who recieved awards?  avril, as in lavigne, nickelback, gospel great, andrae crouch, evanescence, christina milian, young jeezy, and stevie wonder, who received a living legend award.  to hear this man speak, wow.  i cna’t even begin to express how unbelievable that was. 

here’s the cool part!  i gave the 2007 trailblazer award to dr. john, the new orleans jazz, rock, funk, r&b and bluesman!  it was unbelievable to a part of such a great night.  dr. john received his award right before stevie wonder.  i had two + pages of dialogue to read about dr. john…and when i found out there was that much to read, i will admit the thought of my miniskirt showing inappropriate areas, me tripping, spilling or otherwise looking or sounding retarded went out the window when i saw a) what a great talent dr. john was and still is and b) when i saw all the pages i had to read!  i literally called my sister and said, please pray i don’t mess this up!  (ps, thanks sissy!  it worked!)  anyway, it was an awesome night! 

i’m working all weekend on my new script, stay…i’m so excited about this one.  the producers attached are amazing and we’re all excited to get it sold and in production as soon as we can!  it’s a dark, psychological thriller…like what you’d get if you combined a college-age “sleeping with the enemy” with “fear”.  twisted, i know. 

more to come!