Journal, 12/30: Homecoming Dance

BETTY: And I take that thing inside me, that 4am thing, that jagged rusty insect-eyed thing that says, Betty, you really never will ever be quite happy, I take that thing and turn it into a laugh, a perfect laugh, a perfectly cruel skittering little laugh that comes from nowhere and spreads like a stain throughContinue reading “Journal, 12/30: Homecoming Dance”

Journal, 12/28: This is water. This is water.

LEXI: I don’t think I’m talking about water water. JANE: Oh. LEXI: I think I’m talking about who-I-really-am water. JANE: Oh. K. Tonight I finished another scene of Jane the Plain, looking towards not only the continuation of the Dark Night Series, but towards a read-through of the entire play at the Playwrights Continuum at 6pm on JanuaryContinue reading “Journal, 12/28: This is water. This is water.”

Journal, 12/27: Follow-through

The beautiful monoprint above by Donna Diamond is from the illustrated publication of my play Presents in the soon-to-be-released 5th issue of CARRIER PIGEON: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art. These are the same folks who published the illustrated version of The Midas Touch, and I was thrilled that my wife Heather gave me two ofContinue reading “Journal, 12/27: Follow-through”