A couple of quick updates on The Love of Three Oranges (one-act version): I received the final proof from Playscripts and gave my approval on August 20th. They are trying to fast track this play to be out as soon as possible so, while I don't have a firm...
When I was writing The Love of Three Oranges, I kept coming to moments in the writing process when I would hit a cross-roads between staying closer to the original text and playwright's intent or to the play I was writing. Was I writing a faithful scholarly...
“After that there is rewriting. This is worse than merely writing, because not only does he have to think up new things just the same, but at the same time try not to remember the old ones.” -Edward Gorey Back in March (has it really been FOUR MONTHS since then???), I...
Christmas in July... er, August! Planning your holiday show? Consider Polar Twilight, a Christmas show with a bite. #ifyouknowwhatImean Here's the thing. Playscripts did this big Christmas in July promotional push and was tweeting links out to all their holiday plays...
One of the most exciting things about upcoming one-act version of The Love of Three Oranges is how quickly everything came together. One minute I was toying with the idea of writing an abridged version and the next I was handing in the final version, the contract...
Guys, look at this hotness. For the first time in ages, I'm actually proud of my author website. It's something befitting where I am in my writing career and it looks nice and clean to boot. I've been going through old blog posts and I noticed something. I've redone...
Remember when I said I was working on a follow-up to The Love of Three Oranges? I lied. I'm working on two. And, no, the one-act version doesn't count. I'm talking about two MORE plays. Back in May of 2013, I was having trouble with hardcore post-natal insomnia so I...
I haven't done a word count update in ages so let's just get right into things with our friend the potato: 227,069 words out of 400,000! (I feel like I am always using the exhausted potato graphic but it's always the one that best fits...) One thing you'll notice...
Smashwords is having it's annual summer sale and three of my titles there are available free as part of this promotion. That's right! You can snag a completely free download of my plays, New Year's Thieve or Daddy Issues, or my award winning novella, The Author to...
Several years ago, I was working at a small business. Besides myself, there were four other people on the staff and the boss. It was time for our weekly staff meeting and three of us were already there at the table when the boss walked in and said, "Let's get...
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