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Hello I'm Your Character I'm finishing American Triage in the next 24 hours. That's it. Gotta do it. And on the commute to work it became very clear what is missing from the script: an understanding of Fatima. Yeah, sh…
Cue Chariots of Fire Here's a story. A year or so ago I read Charles Dickens' Bleak House. It is not my favorite Dickens novel (Nicholas Nickleby is), in fact when I was reading the last few pages I could almost hear Ch…
A Confession I haven't been writing this week. There's been a lot going on at work and in my life and I've been slacking off. Geez. Not good. But this weekend I'm making a big effort to write. Again, I'm concentrating…
Book Store Visit Imminent Sounds like a fortune cookie, but no it's what I'd like to do during my lunch hour. The book club here at work is reading None to Accompany Me by Nadine Gordimer for the August 9th meeting and…
There's No Theatre on Monday's! What was I thinking? Monday is traditionally a black out day in theatre, no shows because it's hard to draw a Monday night crowd and the actors do need a break from their weekend of per…
Latino Playwrights Initiative Update Now last year I participated in the Latino Playwrights Initiative's first playfest (Primer Pasos: Un Festival de Latino Plays) and as a result received a commission to write a full l…
Even Writers Get Sick That was me after the concert with a fever over 101. So I spent most of yesterday in bed sleeping it off and thankfully it was just a 24 hour thing. Good news: I did manage to do some writing this…
American Triage Blurb As promised here is the very short blurb I wrote yesterday at Maryanne's request. Here it is: In the aftermath of immigration raids that deport their parents, teenagers Fatima and Lalo struggle t…
Hodgepodge: Headshot, Emails and a Blurb Today I'm sending Jonathan at the Playwrights Foundation my headshot for the Bay Area Playwrights Festival brochures. I'm sending my one official headshot. In fact the same one I…
A Second Post For Two Days in a Row Don't think this two posts a day thing is going to develop into a habit. But I am compelled to post again. I'm attempting to stay in San Rafael after my class to attend a community me…