I’m doing a storytelling event! My first in a while. Christine over at Color Arc Productions invited me to join a diverse, eclectic crew of folks, and it’s been a blast to get to know these new friends. You know what else is cool? The story I’m telling is a new version of the...
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This is more for me—to keep me motivated—than anything else. It also amuses me. My dad asked to read my Nine Days manuscript (which I’m targeting to agents this summer) and sent the following note: After having recently reread The Great Gatsby because I saw a copy at one of those free library...
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It’s been a while since I’ve been in here, and there’s been a lot going on in the world (obvi), but I wanted to get down some goals and try to hold myself accountable to them over the next several months. Here they are, in chronological order: Write a new experimental short play for...
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All right, I taught a high school class (and I’ve got this creepy Want Ad photo to prove it)! It went okay. The kids didn’t react a whole lot, which is hard for me, but which is also the way it goes with high school students. And it was a bit muggy (!) in...
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No, not this dream ticket. Went to Testify’s 6-year anniversary show a couple of weeks ago. The theme was The Same Coin and they had three couplets of storytellers. Each couplet (gotta stop using that word) told the same story from a different perspective. So there was a mother who told a story about...
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I went to a board meeting for the lovely and wonderful Vela Families. This is a sort of probationary measure (a couple of board meetings) to decide if being on their board is something we wall want. They’re a great organization, but I have bandwidth considerations to be wary of. More on that later....
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A couple of opportunities came out of the blue over the next few weeks: 1) Backyard Storytelling: I’ve heard about this place for years but never been. I got an invite to do it this next Sunday, September 15th. Telling a new version of a story I told at Testify last year (pictured). Seems...
Continue readingI can’t believe FronteraFest is here again. I’ve got a new play going up on February 6th, but before that, I’m going to be in a terrific storytelling cooperative, organized by my friend Marla. Her theme over several weeks is Love & Loss. This week, I go up with two other wonderful people. Tristan...
Continue readingJust a few things to highlight in the coming weeks (because I know you’re curious): Wednesday, October 17th at 1pm: I’ll be a guest on KOOP Radio (91.7 FM) with the 14/48 crew. I’m super excited about this. In a way to promote the weekend speed-producing festival that is 14/48, I’ll be given 48 minutes...
Continue readingI’ve been struggling with a longer work of fiction for a while, and recently had someone I trust in the literary business read it and give me some great, constructive feedback. She had a lot to say about its strengths (which I appreciate, of course) but also lots to say about its challenges (which...
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