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Why to write for Kids
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Keep Austin VERY VERY WEIRD FOREVER
I’m in Austin for the weekend for the Austin Film Festival, to talk about myself for 900 hours to anyone who will listen (panels.) Julien Joined me for 47 hours of it and I’m SO …
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Outside In
I am a quivering ball of wrath and vulnerability these days, BUT AT LEAST THAT BALL IS DRESSING HERSELF LIKE THE INFERTILITY BARBIE THAT NO ONE BOUGHT, with carefully selected outfits to distract myself. Roll …
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Lunch as Person
I’m sharing a house in beautiful Rhinebeck, New York for the week with my A.D. 16 (teenage Mary Magdalene and Jesus musical) collaborators, director Stephen and composer / lyricist Cinco. We’ve got a week to …
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THIS CAT, THO
You’re not a Cat person, you say. You’re not an Animal Person even, you say. BUT THEN I ASK YOU: ARE YOU IN FACT A PERSON AT ALL? AND I ALSO ASK YOU: HAVE YOU …
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BLOGSTREET’S BACK; ALRIGHT
DEAR THE FIVE PEOPLE WHO NOTICED MY BLOG WAS DOWN FOR SIX WHOLE DAYS: ‘DATABASE ISSUES (?) HAVE BEEN RESOLVED, and my low grade panic that ensues when I have nowhere to put my thoughts …
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Two Kinds of Babies
Sometimes babies are human, like JAMES EDWARD BRUNSTETTER, born to my tiny baby brother Tim and his wife Sarah last week. This kind of baby does not cripple you with creative anxiety, but it WILL, …
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Our baby lives in the Future
Years ago I was hired to write a feature adaptation of The Secret, which means I’ve gotten to know and work with Rhonda Byrne, the kind and remarkable woman who wrote the book and lives …
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I SEE YOU FAYETTEVILLE
In Fayetteville, NC to see MY NEW FAVORITE PRODUCTION OF CAKE (NOTE THAT THEY ARE BASICALLY ALL MY FAVORITE.) It’s a largely military fam community, which has seen some serious revitalization and surge of local …
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Ocean as mystery
Me to Myself: let’s not be the people who take pictures of the Ocean and drinks by the ocean. Instead, let’s be people who quietly appreciate its beauty, it’s mystery, without a need to document …
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