Overwhelmed and not doing so well. Negative, pessimistic thoughts have been pretty intrusive lately. I'm trying to keep working on the projects that are important to me, as productivity usually helps me feel better and the only way to ever get through is to persevere, but I'm feeling a bit discouraged and directionless. Maybe laying them out to ( Read more... )

After an intense week helping Bernie move, and a day or two catching up on some pressing chores of my own that had fallen by the wayside, I think I’m finally more or less caught back up. Now it’s time to return to project work ( Read more... )

Had a reading of my new film script Adonis last night, though I only managed to draft it to page seventy. It was pretty stressful for me, as it was a completely unedited first draft of atypical subject matter and it was more flawed than I hoped it would be, but the feedback was useful. I’m so lucky to have such intelligent friends. So at least I do ( Read more... )

I think about my mother all the time. Not the her of the last several years, but the active, talented, capable, beautiful woman she was before she got sick. I’m glad that’s the her that’s stuck with me. There’s still a sense of unreality about it. I mean, how could she really be gone? How can you not have a mother? Everybody has a mother. How could ( Read more... )

I have so many writing projects that I need to accomplish in the near future, and I find it helpful to lay out a plan and prioritize so I know what to focus on. So here’s what I’m thinking, at least for the next two months or so.

I have plunged into draft 4 of the new musical, Puzzle House Blues. I am making the last round of edits to the text ( Read more... )

Yesterday I finished version 3 of Puzzle House Blues, my new musical. This set of edits was directly in response to criticisms and discussion made by trusted friends who read it, as well as the observations of my collaborator. I struggled a fair bit with this one, as there were some structural issues that needed to be solved before other things ( Read more... )

As a writer, plot is very important to me. I care about other things too, of course-- character, voice, style, things like that --but I have a very hard time getting invested in a story unless "something interesting happens" in it ( Read more... )

Now that Festival is over, I find myself with minimal outside commitments that have deadlines and places I have to be. I think this is a good state for me for the time being. I've been feeling overwhelmed and pressed so much, and I want to turn my attention to writing projects primarily. So, for the time being, I will join no projects, make no ( Read more... )

Finished the first draft of Puzzle House Blues today, the script for the new musical I've been co-writing. I've been averaging about a scene a week since I started, and now the first rough draft is complete. I'm not sure how happy I am with it, but the push to finish burnt me out so I'm not even attempting to evaluate it right now.

I am having ( Read more... )

I cast Brockhurst last night with Bernie. It was not quite as smooth as I thought it would be, and Bernie's participation caused things to fall out very differently than I expected. While more people will likely be happier with with their roles due to his insistence, I must confess fewer people will be in the roles I would like to see them in. Of ( Read more... )