Had a great time being part of the cast of Regina Lyric Musical Theatre‘s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I played Fogg (the insane asylum keeper) and also sang in …
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I put a link to this in the previous post on my Aurora-eligible work for 2025, but wanted to highlight it. This was my contribution to the Shapers of Worlds Volume V anthology, and it …
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They also write who only sit and wait
So yesterday I sent off two sample chapters and a synopsis to my agent, Ethan Ellenberg, for a new young adult fantasy tentatively titled Blue Fire. Now I’m waiting to see if he thinks it’s in good shape to start submitting to publishers, or if he thinks I should work on it a bit more. And then, once he does start submitting it, I get to wait some more to see if anyone wants it.
Wait, wait, wait.
Well, it serves me right, I guess: after all, I was always warned that if I went into the arts I might end up as a waiter.
Ba-DUM-bum. Thank you very much. I’ll be here all week.
Try the veal.
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