I just got informed that my 10-Minute Play “The Jersey Kid” will be produced in Sherman Oaks at the Whitefire Theatre as part of their Summer Shorts showcase this July. I love it when a script of mine gets on-stage
Stages of Sleep
When you’re a writer in this world of empowered direct publishing, sometimes “finishing” a work is really just a matter of saying “I’m not rewriting this damn thing any longer”. That’s a power you need to use responsibly, since even
Wild Writer Friday Nights
I wrote a play last night. Not what I always do with my Friday nights, but at least I can say I did that once on a Friday night in my life. I’m participating in a 24 Hour Theatre project
Clean scheduling
I’m at the Airport Marriott right now, waiting to shuttle back over and catch a flight to Chicago. I checked in early and shuttled over here because I prefer this lobby to the airport terminal. Yesterday I woke up with
Between 3 and 4
Working on this action script has been an education. For one, I am realizing that you shouldn’t fear writing yourself into a ridiculous situation, because you can always write your way out of it with something even more ridiculous –
Maybe I’ll just get partially-drunk
So you may have heard that, for several years now, I have been working, a bit at a time, on a script inspired by my experience in a college theater department. It is a story that, even back then, I
2014 is my something else year, too
I just learned that my one-act play “The Rothko” has been selected for production at the 4th Annual OC-Centric New Play Festival for Orange County Playwrights. The festival is staged at Chapman University in Orange and runs the last two
Coordinated assault
Today may be an important one for the novel – we got two reader reviews on Amazon, both positive 4-star recommendations. One also posted on GoodReads, for additional exposure. While the editorial reviews from IndieReader and Kirkus have been tremendously
Tempo Allegro
I played music all through my childhood and college – music was one of my two majors. I almost never play now, unfortunately; maybe in the future there will be room in my life to let it a little ways
Kirkus!
Kirkus Reviews is one of the oldest still-operating review services in the country, launched in 1933. In recent years, they have branched out to allow direct-publishing authors to purchase reviews. The reviews are not guaranteed to be positive and they