And I’m back! It’s been a couple weeks since we ended the run of my summer 2015 Capital Fringe Festival production, “Ambien Date Night.” The play ran for six performances, from July 10-30: aka 21 days of stress, elation, exhaustion, laughter, tears, anxiety & beer. There were days I woke up with a sick feeling of dread […]
Ah, the Capital Fringe Fest. A wonderful three-week festival of theater, music, storytelling and dance that has occurred every July for the past 10 years. I participated in my first Fringe Fest in 2013 (OK Stupid, ya’ll) and return this summer with my second play, Ambien Date Night. What I’ve grown to love about Fringe is […]
It’s June? It’s June. Wow, time really flies when you’re producing a low-budget comedy about dating a guy while lucidly sleepwalking on Ambien. A few folks have been asking, so I wanted to share the show dates and times — mark your calendars now! Friday July 10th @ 10:30PM Sunday July 12th @ 10:15PM Saturday July 18th […]
This past Memorial Day weekend, I found myself at the eleventh hour with a whole lotta time and nowhere to go. For the long weekend, I wanted to feel like I was really DOING something or GOING somewhere. Specifically, I craved the feeling of a writing retreat – getting away from it all, with just […]
Or: Why actors are awesome and should be included in the creative process early and often. Or: Why writerly hermits (or hermitly writers) need a community. Or: Why people who don’t own a car or drive are bad at giving you directions for where to park. On Monday night, we had the first read-through — […]
I started a new book project this week! After working on the first book for so long, it’s exhilarating and terrifying to start over with a blank slate – and a blank page. My next book is set in Italy, a beautiful and terrifying country in which I had the pleasure of spending my junior […]
This was a big week! I finally sent out my first round of query letters for my novel to agents. Things are happening. It’s weird. And nice. The hardest thing for me about writing the query letter was trying to craft a pithy pitch for my book. I was never great with elevator speeches. Whenever anyone […]
It’s January, guys. 2015. International ‘time to begin again.’ Like many of my pals, I’m not one for annual resolutions. It’s more fun to set goals constantly, or as needed. It’s also fun to adopt mantras. Most of mine are Katy Perry lyrics. Still, I love the idea of beginning again. Towards the end there, […]
This could easily become a recurring feature. Not to brag or anything. Everyone you know is probably amazing and beautiful, too! Well, except that one guy/girl. He/she’s the worst. Seriously, though, this week I just wanted to give shot outs (shots out?) to three amazing and beautiful friends who have inspired me recently. Check em out! Kellie […]
True story: it’s taken me a really long time to write this first book. Like going on five years long. When I read about writers who draft a book or two a year, does it make me want to cry? Yes. But, Target commercials also make me want to cry, so this really isn’t an indicator. […]