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Revision is the hardest part
As you may have noticed, I enjoy observing and capturing the process … This morning while working on the syllabus for my Writing Workshop class at Lackawanna this fall, one… Read more.
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preparing to write
Most writers I can think of talk about this time … the silence between words, the pause – as necessary to the creative process. Daydreaming is essential. Writers need time… Read more.
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uncle vanya’s angel
Kudos to Aimee Lou Wood (Laurie Nunn’s Sex Education, NETFLIX) for making me cry my eyes out at the end of Uncle Vanya. SFP and Angelica Films filmed the 2020… Read more.
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well, that makes one of us
On the latest episode of People Taking Shots at Scranton, we find one of the city’s own golden boys – playwright Stephen Karam – dragging Scranton down while praising Terrence… Read more.
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Garden = Eye Rest
For as much of a trial as it was, working at Staples during grad school gave me time away from the computer screen. Now I have three part-time jobs that… Read more.
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Scranton is a real & complex place
I had no idea Ayad Akhtar’s Homeland Elegies contained a whole multi-chapter section titled “Scranton Memoirs” when I downloaded the audio book for only $3.95 as Audible’s Daily Deal one… Read more.
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haiku moment for mental health
What a brain break to spend some time hand writing with a good old-fashioned ink pen ! 🧠 Read more.
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CPF Call for short scripts
Common Play Factory is looking for one or two short short scripts (read time 30 min. or less) to complete a program tentatively to be held virtually in late spring.… Read more.
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“artists aren’t like normal people”
It wasn’t until after chatting with Miranda on the phone from L.A. for a good while Tuesday night that I realized the a connection between her studies and mine. Her… Read more.

