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The Two Lives of a Book
When writing a novel, I get so caught up in my characters and the plot-line, that it takes on a life of its own. It becomes a little part of me, a part that I cherish and grow to like and mold day by day as I write. Part of what I love is the…
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When Drama Depression Sets in
And suddenly it’s over. 3 months of writing. 4 months of production and rehearsal. 3 performances. Gone! That was the reality last night around midnight when I rolled into the house slightly blurry-eyed, with sweat and adrenaline driving my emotions as I sentimentally thought back over the three amazing performances of my young actors who…
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Opening Night for Grandparents’ War!
Nine months of work comes to a culmination tonight as my new play, Grandparents’ War, opens up at PenangPAC. I spent August – December 2012 writing this play with a group of 5 student writers. I spent February to May working with the actors and crew to produce a very funny play about culture and…
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Another Reason to Love Penang
I was coming back from eating Roti Bom the other day. (You don’t know Roti Bom? Thin layers of dough, plastered with sweet and condensed milk, and fried with butter. Yeah, yeah.) Just two blocks from my house was this very cool Indian procession. Penanag – the land of interesting culture!
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9 Days and Counting until Opening Night
I’m very excited about my new play, Grandparents’ War, which I wrote with 5 student writers. It will be opening in 9 days at PenangPAC. I get to write, cast, direct, and sit back and enjoy my production. What a privilege it is to see ones own work through to production. I am also so…
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Why I don’t like Starbucks.
1. I don’t like coffee. 2. I don’t understand how to order a non-coffee product. 3. So noisy, I couldn’t understand how to order a non-coffee product. 4. All I wanted was an ice lemon tea. 5. Then she asked the question. We have two kinds of tea – blah or blah. See it…
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The Cast of Grandparents’ War
Here’s the awesome young cast I’m directing. Opening night is two weeks from tomorrow. If you are in Penang, you won’t want to miss it!
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Drama Cast Party Tonight: Menu
Here’s what I cooked for my amazing cast of Grandparents’ War: Appetizer – Fresh Vietnamese spring roll – (marinated, charcoal grilled chicken, pineapple, fresh basil, cucumber, spring onion, bean sprout dipped in spicy peanut sauce) Main: Stuffed crust pizza – topped with homemade spicy sausage (ground pork, fennel seed, chili, garlic powder, oregano, basil, parsley,…
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Introducing my new play: Grandparents’ War
As you may have gathered from my posts, I love live drama and I feel blessed to be in a situation where I can write and produce my own plays for the stage. I’ve written a bunch of them now – I haven’t promoted them for sale or haven’t shopped them around for publishers, at…
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Free Kindle Book Promotion Day 2
This second round of Kindle free promotion for Beauty Rising is very different than the first, but I knew it would be. I will have more to say about it later this week when I will give you some analysis. But, still have one more day to go. Here’s the current ranking in the category…
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