Hello dear readers,

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All entries must be received before the end of August so the sooner you throw your hat in the ring, the better.

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There will be contests for Facebook fans and blog followers as well in the near future so don’t feel left out if you aren’t eligible for this one.

So I wanted to hit the 50 page mark on April 14th which would have been a day early. I ended up getting sick and getting buried under work and, long story short, my count didn’t budge from 47 pages until today. But today I got up early as if it was a weekend and wrote like a madwoman telling myself I could only stop once my husband woke up. Lucky for me, he was a total slug so I ended up passing not just 50 but 60 as well.

Best part? I’m at the bottom of page 60 so its only a few words away from another page.

I wrote 13 pages this morning in about 3 hours-ish. Of course, you know what this makes me think. I have only 40 pages left, right? If I really apply myself could I finish this thing in four 10 page days? This is crazy talk, of course, but it would be great to get this done early so I can go back to all the other things that April requires of me.

On a side note, I like the little typewriter icon but the Screnzy slogan above is not my favorite. I actually prefer the following one (and wish it were on a better looking badge as its only on this one banner): Continue Reading »

I’m having bad luck with media coverage lately, have you noticed?

So tonight, The Love of Three Oranges opens in Indiana and if you are anywhere near the area of the Avon High School Performing Arts Center, you may want to check it out. I know the cast and crew had been working very hard on the production so it should be a great show. There is some media coverage on their performance here. I highly recommend you check it out if you are in the area.

As for the article, this time they didn’t spell my name wrong. They just left it out entirely and claimed my play was based on an opera. Sigh. I can’t seem to win.

I do want to take a second to clear up a mistake in the article, however, before someone bites someone’s head off. The article says, “The story is based on an opera” which is, of course, not true. The opera (meaning Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges) as well as my play are both based off the 1761 commedia dell arte scenerio L’amore delle tre melarance by Carlo Gozzi. My play isn’t based off the opera (actually, it’s rather different from the opera in terms of plot), we both just share the same source material. I guess the confusion comes because most people are more familiar with the opera than the original scenario.

I emailed the author of the article, hopefully he will correct it.

You know me, just trying to clear up misconceptions wherever I go.