Swing by PodCastle and listen to me read Goosegirl by Margaret Ronald. “You came with the Princess Alia, didn’t you?†says a tall man with an understeward’s chain. “They must have low standards up north if you’re the sort of thing she brings along.†I shake my head; the world slides in and out of
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My shopping list this week included: Taxidermy moose head, KY Jelly, 2 lbs feathers, balloons, fishing line Glock or revolver, and a mousetrap. I actually said the sentence, “As soon as I buy the moose head, I have to go pick up some KY jelly.” What’s the strangest combination of things you’ve ever bought?
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We had our first two Peter and the Wolf performances today. I was going to write a lovely post about the differences between a school crowd and a family crowd but I think my brain just shut down.
Fired a gun for the first time today. It was a blank-firing Glock with quarter-charge ammunition and was for Steve and Idi at Rattlestick. Even with only a quarter-charge of gunpowder, it was really loud. Alas, the Glock throws the spent casings in a twenty-foot arc, which lands them squarely in the audience. I’m taking
Dropped props off for one show. Bought furniture for another. Rehearsed a third. Wrote on the train. Bed now.
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SF Signal does a feature, called Mind Meld, where they ask several different writers the same question. This weeks question asks Is the Short Fiction Market in Trouble? One of the many perennial arguments in the science fiction blogosphere centers on the health of the short fiction market, so we turned the Mind Meld microphone
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I had an interesting experience the other night as a writer or, more accurately, as a storyteller. I had to pick up a prop two blocks from the Puppet Kitchen and thought I’d poke my head in to see what they were working on. A big group of my favorite people were there, making what
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Hoooooow? How did I manage to schedule tech week for two shows during the same week again? It’s 2:30 am and I feel like I’m going to bed early. That’s a bad sign.
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Our friend -e- has come into town with her daughter -r-. I must say that eight year old -r- is all that is delightful in a child. She is charming, well-mannered and can amuse herself. I met them on Thursday at the Natural History museum which was, oddly, the first time I’d been in. Though
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If you want to have conversations with your neighbors, a good way to do it is to walk down the street with a cart of taxidermy. They might start conversations with such openers as” “My god!” “What is it?” “Are they real?” “May I touch your dead animal heads?” I’m doing props for Bully Pulpit,
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I added a link over in the sidebar for “Random page” which will take you to a different random post every time you click on it. I thought it might make an easy way to browse.
The live musicians came in today, which was fantastic. Yuri, the violinist paired with the Peter character, is funny and immensely talented. Initially she looked a little nervous, when we described the way Peter would be running in circles around her and said, “Be careful.” “Don’t worry. I played.” ((Seventeen years)) She immediately relaxed. “Okay.
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The puppets arrived yesterday from China. I was so tired when I got home after rehearsal that I didn’t write it up. So, I’ll try to hit what yesterday and today were like. Yesterday: The puppet is beautiful, with a bright lively face and a vibrant costume. It’s a curious blend of old and new
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