Today's piece is also part of "Disgraced," my idea for a series about an upperclass English girl in 1914 who is forced to move with relatives in Newport, Rhode Island to escape the shame of a scandal and build a new life ( Read more... )

Because I was finishing the Adonis script right up to the contest submission deadline at the end of July, I never really got to lead up to 31 Plays in 31 Days here on the blog. I just had to jump in! But thing are going strong- REALLY strong. Despite feeling somewhat burnt from the intense focus and creative demands of finishing Adonis, that script ( Read more... )

I am out of town again this month, this time to visit relatives in Pittsburgh, so I am a bit busier than I hoped to be for the first few days of August, but here begins 31 Plays in 31 Days! I just threw this first one together in the few moments before the end of the day, so it's pretty rough, but at least I'm not behind this early.

Today's entry is ( Read more... )

Oh, my God, I just started playing the silliest game and I am having so much fun doing it. I was making a chart of various things I've written to examine some demographic info-- genres, lengths, genders of the protagonists, that sort of thing --when I started thinking about the various character connections between the assorted pieces. As I ( Read more... )

I hate how fragile I feel lately. Like I have no fortitude to handle anything negative. Lately, any time anything is unpleasant to manage, any hard truth, and any failure on my part makes me feel so wrecked. It's stupid and I hate it and I should bear up and be less of a wuss, but I feel tapped out.

But I don't want to be treated any differently. I ( Read more... )

My second event of Festival was the one I’d been most nervously anticipating, the first run of my newest game, a collaboration with Bernie, a Downton Abbey-inspired period game I called Brockhurst.

That this game came off at all was something of a wonder. It was written in two and a half months, the fastest I’ve ever completed a four-hour larp. It ( Read more... )

You may have noticed how little I've written lately. Well, that was because for the last week basically any spare moment I had were given over to finished up the writing, printing, and packing of Brockhurst. Festival weekend now has been satisfactorily concluded with all responsibilities delivered ( Read more... )

Stressed like crazy trying to finish this damn Brockhurst larp. I will get it done. I will get it done. Just a couple more sheets to go.

Sheets will go out in a day or so. Apologies for how late they are. But I've been so damn overwhelmed. It should be a good game, but forgive me the ragged edges.

Whatever. Just a little more. Make the last push. I ( Read more... )

I was very happy when Sam LeVangie, a friend and frequent theater collaborator, was going to be playing in my new larp Brockhurst. When I cast her as one of the fancy ladies, I thought it might be nice to help her with a costume. I've been wanting to drive my hand at a 1910s look for a while now. Most of my current collection fits people close to ( 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... )