Archive: Writing category

[Cross-posted from Top of the Mountains.] There were enough good submissions to the New Play Project Long Ago and Far Away set that they've added an extra round of finals, and my play Tree of Blood is one of the nine finalists. Phew. :) We have till Tuesday ...
Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor. It's true. The past few days I've been running on empty and it's taking its toll. (Luckily it's the exception rather than the rule.) Anyway, I submitted three short plays last night to the next New Play ...
I submitted three plays to this next New Play Project set, Long Ago and Far Away. (The plays are Tree of Blood, Rhymetime, and Do Not Pass Go, in case you were wondering. Which you probably weren't. :)) And I've also cast my lot in to assistant ...
[Cross-posted from Blank Slate.] From the 37signals post Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details: Good advice for anyone who wants to be more efficient: When you’re sweating for hours over a tiny detail, stop and ask yourself, “Is this really worth the amount of time I’m spending on it?” If not, ...
From the 37signals post Workaholics fixate on inconsequential details: Good advice for anyone who wants to be more efficient: When you’re sweating for hours over a tiny detail, stop and ask yourself, “Is this really worth the amount of time I’m spending on it?” If not, declare “good enough” and ...
I recently found out that there are videos of several of New Play Project's latest sets of plays online at Gashler Media. Our latest set, Lost and Found, isn't up quite yet, unfortunately, but my first two plays -- Candle in the Darkness and Snowstorm -- ...
This'll be quick because it's late and I'm tired. I've been helping out with ushering and the box office/concessions booth for New Play Project's production of Swallow the Sun. You know, box office is a lot of fun. And I didn't even expect to like it as ...
I recently stumbled across a rather cool website called Peoples Archive. It has tons of short videos with "the world's greatest thinkers, creators, and achievers." While some of the categories seem to have sparser coverage than others, it's still a wonderful idea (sort of like TED ...
I haven't done a very good job of keeping up with this blog lately, have I. :) As it happens, I got a little, um, distracted, but I'm happy to report that the distraction has left as abruptly as it came, and life is now back to normal again. It ...
[Cross-posted from Blank Slate.] We had our closing performance of the show -- Lost and Found -- tonight. The house was more full than it had been for any of the other five performances, and the audience was great -- very receptive, they laughed a lot, and overall it ...