Tag: author reading
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Spring Break in Ireland

I’m officially three-quarters finished with my first year of teaching drama in Saudi Arabia. Spring break has arrived. It couldn’t have come at a better time. It’s been a challenging year in many respects – a good year – complete with unique challenges I had not expected. The show that I’m currently producing and directing…
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Excerpt for Reading: A Love Story for a Nation
I’m doing an author reading tomorrow at Penangpac’s 4th Anniversary Open Day. Below is a portion of the passage I’ll be dramatically performing. After horrible tragedy strikes the former writer Gerald Sanpatri’s life, he joins the mass protests happening in front of the presidential palace. But he comes to realize that this cannot possible be…
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Practice Reading for Author Event
I’m excited to be doing a reading from my newest book, A Love Story for a Nation, at the Penang Performing Arts Centre’s 4th Anniversary Open Day this coming Sunday afternoon. There will be a myriad of free performances ranging from drama, to poetry, to music, and book readings. I picked out the passage I want to…
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The Curse of Reading One’s Own Writing
Will there ever come a day when I can just sit down and read my own writing? Period. What I mean is, will there ever come a day when I can sit down and read my own writing without wanting to tweak the text? Now I’m planning on re-reading The Recluse Storyteller just for effect.…
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Thoughts on my First Reading
I had a wonderful time last evening as the Dalat Library hosted me for a reading of “Beauty Rising.” I gave it my best oral interpretation as I read several passages from parts I and III of the book – without giving away any spoilers. The response was gracious and encouraging. I used a variety…
