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Garner Simmons—television and feature film screenwriter—joins Bob McCullough and Suzanne Herrera McCullough for a faced-paced conversation focused upon the twists and turns of his Hollywood writing career. With “writing in the blood”, Garner tells his unique story of breaking into show business while working on his PhD by writing the definitive biography of legendary movie director Sam Peckinpah.  With Peckinpah: A Portrait in Montage as his calling card, Garner began climbing the rungs of the Hollywood career ladder by following his personal mantra: “keep writing”. Simmons reveals how winning a studio screenplay contest first brought him to the attention of mega-agents and gave him the courage to leave Chicago for Hollywood...only to discover that agents don’t always deliver on their promises. Once he was in Hollywood and hearing the frequent advice “to forget this business and go back home”, Garner did what he does best: he kept writing.  You’ll hear his story of  unmatched “chutzpah”, determination, and