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June 23, 2013
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review June 22, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: New Year’s Resolutions: How Are You Doing? Did you realize that this year over half over? It didn’t really occur to me until the other day when a friend of mine commented that she [...]
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June 16, 2013
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review June 15, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Attention sellers: Global Shipping Program will soon ship to 8 additional countries—France, Italy, and more! Great news! The Global Shipping Program will soon be shipping to 8 more countries, joining t...
June 11, 2013
In which Summer is over before it began
My mother rounds up.
“You better finish your homework. It’s already 9 o’clock!” she’s say and a glance at the clock would reveal that it was actually only 8:15. You can say that she was trying to trick us but I’ve seen it happen in too many situations to believe that is so. Oddly enough, she’s amazing at estimating the time down to the quarter hour if she’s going by the position of the sun but if she’s actually looking at a clock, she’s going to round to the next hour no matter how few minutes...
June 9, 2013
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review June 8, 2013
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: AdWords Enhanced Campaigns Upgrade Center AdWords specialists Nina Cruz, Leslie O’Bray and Kaylyn Frazier hosted a Hangout on Air yesterday about the new Upgrade Center. Nina and Leslie demonstrate how...
June 8, 2013
The Love of Three Oranges: just your typical “fairy tale on crack”

Photo credit The Episcopal Academy
I don’t share every review of The Love of Three Oranges because there are just too many of them but, every now and then, one catches my eye and this one by Margaret McNamara may be my new favorite. It’s just peppered with jokes and references from the show and is a review of The Episcopal Academy’s Cappies winning production of The Love of Three Oranges.
You can read the original here but below are some of my favorite parts:
An epidemic of laughter
By Margaret M...
June 2, 2013
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review June 1, 2013
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May 27, 2013
When am I going to write a follow-up to The Love of Three Oranges, you ask?

Sequel (album) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Back in this post, I mused about the nature of sequels in the theatre and when, if ever, do they work. Believe it or not, thiswasn’tjust a random rant. It’s actually somethingI’vebeen struggling with several years now.
See, in my play, The Love of Three Oranges, there’s a part at the end where the villains are excited theyweren’tkilled because it means they could come back for the sequel. This was, pure and simple, a joke. But after the show opened, peop...
May 26, 2013
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E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review May 25, 2013
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May 25, 2013
Reviewers say, consider The Love of Three Oranges, even though you’ve never heard of it

Citrus fruit slices (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Someone brought this great review of The Love of Three Oranges to my attention and, while the whole thing is both raving and well written, I especially loved the last line from the reviewer:
“The Episcopal Academy Domino Club proved that audiences shouldn’t approach lesser known shows with doubt or trepidation. Their performance of The Love of Three Oranges was truly a citrusy success!” -Rachel Horner
First of all, what a thrill for me to have a revi...
May 19, 2013
Why aren’t there more stage plays with sequels and prequels?
Cover of Grease 2
I’m not going to lie to you guys, I wrote a sequel to Guys and Dolls in high school. It will never see the light of day because it’s terrible but I wrote it because I wanted to see more of those characters and see where they ended up after the curtain fell. I guess that was my one and only brush with fan fiction. But it brings up an interesting discussion.
Sequels and prequels are big business at the movies and a series is the secret to success when it comes to books and video...