The Maine Playwrights Festival selections have been announced. I entered a short play, but it did not make the list. Disappointed? Sure. But, best of luck to the playwrights who made the list. Here is the list of selectees: http://www.acorn-productions.org/pages/Playtitles.html
Tag: Maine Larry Crane
Book Review of Mama’s Madness – Billy Ray Chitwood
Chitwood’s novel tells the story of Tamantha Preen, a fictional character based on a real person who terrorized her family in northern California. Tamantha had a real or imagined depraved upbringing, and she is hell bent to pass depravity on. She murders two daughters and seems determined to make it three if her daughter Tammie […]
Harlie’s Book Blog – Review of A Bridge to Treachery
This is a review of A Bridge to Treachery that appeared in Harlie’s Book Blog in December 2012. Review: OH. MY. WORD. I’m in love. Lou Christopher is one of the most intriguing, intense and focused men that I have read this year. *sigh* After years in the military he starts working as an investment […]
10 Favorite Movies – Guest Post
My list of ten favorite movies has quite a range of subject matter. I put together this list for a Guest Post I did for Phaedra Seabolt on her Blog: Identity Discovery in November 2012. It was one of the early stops on a book tour organized for A Bridge to Treachery by Vickie Dold […]
An Interesting Christmas Sentiment – Ca 1968
An interesting bit of nostalgia from 44 years ago. Thanks to Brian McEnany. Spelling and punctuation left as found. One more Christmas comes to you on the South Vietnam battlefront, while in the other side of Pacific the American people are happily welcoming Christmas and newyear with their own traditions. Certainly everybody in your families […]
Author Interview – Howard Waxman
In another post I reviewed Venceremos, a novel based on 1960s radicals. I have asked the author, Howard Waxman to tell us about the work, his background, his methods, and his thoughts. Blurb Brooklyn-born Jay Cardinale, Vietnam War hero turned deserter, has fled to a commune in Canada. Aching to get back home he gets […]
Focus on the Elements of Winning Plays – The Judging Criteria
No Problem. Right? I’ve been trying to find the time to give over to my own writing projects, and short plays keep cropping up! Short plays—10 Minute Jobs seem so appealing. Why is this? Well, maybe it’s not obvious, but it’s true that short plays seem as if they would be relatively easy to put […]
Treachery Character Interview – Maggie Christopher
Lou Christopher’s wife Maggie plays a big role in my novel A Bridge to Treachery. It’s a role that grew exponentially from the moment she was given her own POV, because she provides a relentlessly practical approach to solving dilemmas at the same time that she holds on to her love for Lou. Maggie has […]
The Winter Solstice at Cape Newagen
The Winter Solstice officially arrived a little after six this morning. I was awake but I didn’t see the sunrise. Our house is positioned so that as you look out the windows towards the ocean, you are looking generally southwest. This evening, I’ll be able to view the sunset if there is no fog. One […]
The baby on our doorstep – a video rescue story.
You can’t imagine how surprised and delighted we were to find a Great Horned Owl chick on our back porch one morning. We still can’t figure out how it got there. We never saw a nest or any other indication that there was a owl pair hanging out close by. But… well, watch the video! […]