I am working on Book Seven of The Oz Chronicles. I promise. I had planned on calling it The Actuals, and I had even written a few chapters, but recently I sat on the train to New York for two hours, and a wild, practically impossible idea came to me, so, of course, I want to try to pull it off. It means what I’ve written so far will serve as nothing more than unseen background material, but that’s okay. This will get done…. some day.
Meanwhile, here’s a music video, I shot, edited and produced a number of years ago for the incomparable Blue Dogs! Enjoy!
Last night was the final performance of One Bear Lake at 5th Wall Productions theater. While I could not be there, I found out through Facebook that it was a sold out performance. I am thrilled for the cast and company. They worked incredibly hard on putting the production together and staging seven performances of the play. I was fortunate enough to be there for two of them. 5th Wall helped me develop the piece from a ten-minute script to a full-length play so I couldn’t be happier that it had its world premiere with the folks that helped me hone and craft the story.
My first premiere happens in six days. My play, One Bear Lake, opens in Charleston at 5th Wall Productions on January 20 and runs every weekend until the last performance on February 4. I’ll be in town for the opening weekend, and I hope to see you there. One Bear Lake is about sibling rivalry taken to the nth degree. Three siblings gather with their spouses for a week long retreat and soon discover that growing up in the same family doesn’t mean they had the same childhoods. Jealousy, anger, love, and humor are the ties that bind.
Let’s face it, January 20 is not a date most people are looking forward to. I don’t care if you support or hate the man who will be the 45th POTUS. The country is going to be shrouded in a blanket of anxiety thanks to an enormous political and social divide.Things are going to be tense for a long, long time to come.
I’ve lived in Charleston for 21 years. It’s the longest I’ve lived anywhere by 15 years. But I am moving on to Connecticut to reunite with my best friend and love of my life. We’ve been apart for 8 months, and we’ve spent that time getting to know each other again over the phone, email, and Skype. It’s time for the second draft of this play. Same cast. Significant rewrite.
According to OmniMystery News, I’m a crime novelist. I like the sound of that. It makes me sound like I know what the hell I’m doing. Here’s a link to an interview I did with them recently where I try to explain what it is I write about: 
Mothers may hate me, but I am getting some 
The South Side of the Moon 