On Monday, March 4th, I tested positive for COVID. I tested negative on March 1st when I woke up with a swollen throat and subsequently slept for the later part of the weekend. By Monday, the fever had gone and I was feeling a bit better. But I

Working on a Theme

11 days ago 14m 4s

Close observers of my work might notice some commonalities between my most recent audio drama, The Defense, and my previous audio drama, The Dragoning. They both feature nice women who develop magical defensive and destructive abilities. They b

Are They Trying to Go Out of Business?

18 days ago 17m 14s

A while back, I wrote about how they started locking up the toothpaste at my chain pharmacy/drugstore. Since then the drugstore has only expanded their lock-up program. Now, they lock up soap and deodorant and vitamins and eye drops and much mo

It's the Indifference that Will Get You

25 days ago 18m 4s

There’s not nearly as much criticism as I expected in this artist’s life. When I got started, I really thought people would be lining up to tell me what was wrong with my work all the time. I think it’s what a lot of people are afraid of when i

Whisper Acting

Mar 19th, 2024 14m 57s

We decided to watch the second season of The Wheel of Time (A fantasy adventure show on Amazon) and by the middle of the show, we were laughing our faces off. This was not because the show is funny. It is not. It takes itself very seriously. Bu

An Indie Theatre Person Visits Some Casting Sites

Mar 12th, 2024 16m 56s

In the past few years, when I’ve made theatre or audio drama, I’ve mostly drawn on people who were already in my circle or in the circle of my circle. This is generally my preferred way of doing things, as it allows me to avoid the more busines

Rebroadcast of Performing Arts Going Dark

Mar 5th, 2024 26m 23s

This surprise re-broadcast is brought to you by COVID 19! Almost four years after COVID came into our lives, I have, for the first time, tested positive. I have literally no idea where I could have picked it up but here we are. So, in honor of

Your Favorite Feminist Killjoy Goes to See Six, The Musical

Feb 27th, 2024 17m 25s

You might think I’d be the target audience for Six. I am, after all, obsessed with reframing old stories so as to give women some power they otherwise might not have in their narratives.But while Six seems to think it’s doing that, it almost f

Bonus

Introducing The Defense

Feb 20th, 2024 18m 37s

This is a taste of my new audio drama. You can help us out by subscribing to The Defense, giving it five stars and writing a review! If you've listened to The Dragoning, you'll hear some familiar names and some new ones! A live recording of a

It Is So Much Easier to Not Make Things

Feb 20th, 2024 14m 11s

It’s December. I’m back to putting on a show. I’m doing all the things you have to do to make a show happen. I’m getting a team together. I’m casting actors. I’m writing a press release. I’m crafting a marketing strategy. And at a every inflect

Rebroadcast of I Am a Dragon Now. The Fear of Men Is My Food.

Feb 13th, 2024 20m 23s

I'm recovering from recording some episodes of my new Audio Drama series, The Defense - so I'm rebroadcasting the inspiration for the previous Audio Drama series (The Dragoning). You'll probably also hear some carryover into The Defense. And

Rebroadcast of The Glamour of Grammys - Ep 82

Feb 6th, 2024 23m 9s

I am without much voice today so I'm rebroadcasting an early episode. Believe me, none of us want to hear my "Easy like Sunday morning" today. And because it was the Grammys yesterday and a lot of people are talking about them, I thought I'd r

SEO Is So Dumb

Jan 29th, 2024 15m 38s

For years I’d been seeing discussions of “SEO” all over my websites. Every company seemed to want to help me improve this SEO business so I eventually looked it up to try and understand it. In case you don’t have six websites the way I do, (I a

Some Good News for Some Friends, From the Future

Jan 23rd, 2024 14m 50s

On my way to go see a dance piece, I stopped off at the Drama Bookshop and noticed that they had a collection of plays written by my old friend. I figured I should buy it, since I have a goal to dedicate a shelf, nay, a bookcase, to the work of

Timeline Confusion on a TV Show

Jan 23rd, 2024 19m 57s

The scene is a flashback. It’s looking like the 60s because the teen is in a silky turtleneck mini dress and the mom’s hair is up, cocktail hour style. But the song is Jim Croce’s “I Got a Name” which came out in 1973, so probably it’s supposed

An AI Dilemma (in Podcasting and Beyond)

Jan 9th, 2024 25m 43s

When I heard (in an Audio Drama group), about the AI descriptions taking over podcasts on Goodpods (a podcast platform), I headed straight over to see if my audio drama (The Dragoning) had been subjected to this treatment. It was not, so I move

Welcome to My Grant Info Session

Jan 2nd, 2024 25m 33s

There are about thirty artists in the classroom that is not designed for a lecture but is being used for one anyway. We are required to attend this information session in order to be eligible for our local arts funding. It is a two hour Power P

How I Became the #4 Singer-Songwriter in Queens

Dec 18th, 2023 15m 18s

This week I found out I had reached the #4 spot on the Singer Songwriter charts in Queens. This kind of success doesn’t come around very often in my life so I thought I’d share what I did to make it happen.You know what I did?Absolutely nothi

I May Have Listened to My Last Wrongful Conviction Podcast

Dec 12th, 2023 14m 48s

As you might have surmised, I listen to a lot of podcasts. I used to do a podcast recommendation of every episode of my own podcast. While True Crime isn’t my top genre, sometimes it can satisfy the itch for an involving, multi-layered mystery.

Spotify Is Acting Like a Cartoon Villain

Dec 5th, 2023 19m 19s

Over a decade ago, my friend wished I could be there to sing her baby some lullabies so I recorded some and wrote one specifically for him. Then I burned those songs onto a CD and put them in the mail. I did this for a fair number of my friends

Questioning My Sense of History - Or, Some Historical Inquiry Inspired by Deutschland 83

Nov 28th, 2023 21m 44s

Sometimes you have an awareness of the historical quality of the moment you’re going through. I had a very clear sense that things would never be the same after the eleventh of September, 2001. I could feel the day being engraved in the land, i

Some Actor Training You Don't Get in School

Nov 21st, 2023 15m 27s

When I was in high school and dreaming of being an actor, I read a lot of the major acting texts. I read Stanislavksi. I read Stella Adler. I read Uta Hagen. I read Sanford Meisner. I was particularly enchanted with the Meisner book and tried t

I Wish Lockwood and Co Would Give George a Break

Nov 14th, 2023 23m

After I finished writing my novel for kids, I realized I was not particularly well versed in what kids were reading these days and so set out to read all the contemporary middle grade fiction I could get my hands on. Top of my list: The Secret

More Empress Elisabeth Rage Content (Or, Yes, I Watched Corsage)

Nov 7th, 2023 20m 37s

After reading a bit about the history of Empress Elisabeth of Austria (because of questions that came up after watching The Empress), I learned of another Empress Elisabeth (AKA Sisi) project in the pipeline. The film, Corsage, was reported to

Why Are You Wasting Your Time Directing?

Oct 31st, 2023 18m 39s

I’ve been thinking a lot about this thing someone said to me when I was in graduate school. I’d just performed a role I’d always dreamed of playing (Imogen in Cymbeline) and at the cast party was propped up on some chairs resting the ankle I’d