Category Archives: Uncategorized

“…and for a second I see what a fool I’ve been to ever miss anyone or regret a thing, held up as we are by this dirt and desire, walking as we do on ashes and love.” Last night I heard Denny and Lila read-through for the first time. It may seem odd to thoseContinue reading “Journal, 9/5: Denny and Lila read-through”

“We won’t get there today, but maybe tomorrow” And with that, the first draft of Under a Better Sky is complete! After oversleeping and overworking on Thursday (breaking my writing streak), I churned out 15 pages yesterday, and finished the play moments ago. The play is a lot of fun – fights, dances, love scenes,Continue reading “Journal, 9/3: Under a Better Sky complete”

Well, my grandmother only knew her great-grandmother as a little girl, but she paid attention, because her great-grandma told her, she said, “Alice” – my grandmother’s name was Alice – she said “Alice, I don’t have much time left, and the world is changing. When I grew up, if you worked for something, if youContinue reading “Journal, 8/31: Paying Attention”

“Just water. Booze gives my worry legs.” 11 more pages this morning on Under a Better Sky. The trick is to write first, before email, before anything, even before the coffee’s done brewing. Of course, that trick is made more difficult by sleep deprivation, but if I could pull it off every day, and averageContinue reading “Journal, 8/30: Up to the Dance”