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Michener Center for Writers Fellowship
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I am thrilled to announced that I was selected for a spot in the next cohort of Fellows pursuing the MFA in Writing at the Michener Center for Writers. My primary field is Screenwriting and my secondary field is Fiction. This fellowship is a life-altering opportunity to not only study with and among the…
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Pitcher Plant
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My daughter went with me on the hike through the Big Thicket, where we saw some lovely dormant pitcher plants. Yesterday, she came home with this little guy. What a lovely surprise! I hope I can keep it alive. My study isn’t much of a swamp, but I put it in water on my…
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Research Trip
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I just got back from a trip through East Texas, including hiking in the Big Thicket to see the carnivorous plants, visiting my hometown, seeing the Saratoga ghost lights, and searching for a hard-to-reach private cemetery. It was invigorating and exhausting at the same time, but it was worth it to add the final…
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Lights, Camera, Action!
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I’ve always been a movie buff. Not to mention (but mentioning), I’ve written numerous screenplays. My short script, Call Waiting, is in pre-production right now. I have started my own fledging production company, Comme le Vin, to make films that tell the truths of older women. The women who fade into the background of…
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The Seagull
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We went to see The Seagull, starring Annette Bening (and others but her performance was all-encompassing) yesterday at the Violet Crown in Austin. It was a masterful adaptation of the Chekhov play. Annette Bening was a delight, elegantly communicating both the pathos and the humor in her performance. It got me to thinking about…
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Children’s Book Manuscript
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I’ve been writing several children’s book manuscripts, inspired by Liz Garton Scanlon’s classes on the subject. I’ve attended two of her classes recently and highly recommend her as a teacher of picture book writing. My latest manuscript is called Hide and Freak. It’s about a girl playing hide and seek with her brother, and…