#164 - The longest day(s)

It will be interesting to see what descriptors emerge for these past 4 months.  History doesn't lie.

In other news, let's keep this about ourself, shall we?

I DID get a placement in a screenplay competition (ok, well it was just a quarterfinal spot, but you gotta start somewhere).  You also gotta write to enter these things, and I have not been doing much of that.  One more competition to hear from and then it's gotta be back to actually doing the work, not just thinking about it, dreaming about it and wanting to make it happen.  You really have to make it happen; it doesn't just materialize from thin air, does it?

Lots of idea jumbling around in the head, but the important one is that I have to get back to finish my first script.  And then I can make it a continuing series, or at least a second feature after the first one.  The longest journey begins with a single step, right?

I have spend the better part of the last few months doing lots and lots of collage.  I bought the actual Paris Collage Collective book, so I would make sure that I didn't waste the money and actually complete the challenges each week. I'm batting 1,000 on that one so far.  Then, I followed up with Februllage, which led into a really great challenge, the Artful Memories Challenge.  Instead of individual word prompts, there were complete sentences as prompts, using vintage photographs.  Quite insightful and interesting.

That and a blitz of Imperial Man sales, then lulls as it's work, and I was doing "other" work.

Oh, and theatre.  Yes, I acted in a staged reading (actually two of them) and directed one, which I loved doing and yet felt I really blew it because I didn't stay for a talkback/Q&A and I should have.  It's still bothering me that I did that.  However, fingers crossed a theatre may pick it up as a full production. Time will tell.

So now, I feel I really, REALLY need to put together a website, that has my writing, acting and art in one place.  Is that crazy to think about a one-stop shop?  Not sure.

Lots of other family drama, but we'll save that for another day.