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June 4, 2012
The Reece Malcolm List’s First Blurb (and More)
As my agent announced earlier today, I am thrilled to share that The Reece Malcolm List has its first blurb, and from someone I admire more than I have the words for:
Amy Spalding deftly explores family and identity in this charming, heart-warming and thoughtful debut. Devan is a laugh-out-loud funny and beautifully honest protagonist navigating life as the not-so-nerdy-anymore New Girl with a cast of characters just as memorable she is. The Reece Malcolm List sings!
–Courtney Summers, author o...
Musical Theatre Monday – Christie Baugher on The Phantom of the Opera
I am happy to welcome this week’s guest bloggist, the talented and fantastic Christie Baugher.
CHRISTIE BAUGHER: When I was eleven years old, I started middle school at a super-conservative, super scary private evangelical school after years in public school. I knew no-one, and I was different. These kids had money, in a way my (divorced) parents certainly did not, and they were raised to adhere to very defined gender roles, which I certainly was not. My parents raised me to be a person first...
June 1, 2012
Friday Funtimes, YEAH.
Why I Write “Strong Female Characters” (from io9)
Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks on Joan’s Epic Moral Moment (from GQ)
Catching Up With Follies Star and Tony Award Winner Victoria Clark (from Playbill)
Aaron Sorkin Already Getting a Little Obnoxious About the Steve Jobs Movie He’s Writing (from Grantland)
How to Respond to Negative Reviews (from Beth Revis)
May 30, 2012
Les Mis Trailer
Holy crap, I am really psyched, guys.
Infrequently Asked Questions
Who wants to check outthe FAQ when there are IAQ! That’s right, these questions are asked only infrequently, if at all!
Who has the best hair on TV?
Ben Wyatt, duh.
Do you have any secrets?
Yes! DUH.
What’s the dumbest thing you’ve ever said?
One time I told my boss “the greasy wheel gets all the attention” when of course I was trying to come up with that squeaky-wheel-gets-the-oil aphorism. Probably the other holds true too though. I’d pay attention to a greasy wheel, mainly to figure out why the...
May 28, 2012
Musical Theatre Monday – Nadia Osman on Rent
I am psyched to welcome the fabulous and talented Nadia Osman as our guest bloggist this week!
NADIA OSMAN: 525,600 minutes – how do you measure a year?
How about…love?
Rent (or RENT if you want to be picky about it), written and scored by Jonathan Larson, is based on the opera La boheme by Giacomo Puccini. Tuberculosis in 1800s Paris is not exactly relevant source material. And yet, Larson was able to take the same ideas of the opera – impoverished artists struggling to make it in a city that...
May 25, 2012
FRIDAY! FUN!TIMES!!!!
An Amazing Batman Panel (from Dana Gould)
The 35 Greatest Animal Photobombers Of All Time (from BuzzFeed)
A Little Less Amazon Is All We’re Asking (from Seven Days)
33 Myths of Self-Published Authors (from Mette Ivie Harrison)
Birth Of An Album: In The Studio With Neko Case (from NPR)
18 Things We Learned From “Boy Meets World” (from BuzzFeed)
May 23, 2012
The Most Frequently-Asked Question of Our Time
QUESTION: Hey, Ames, now that you have books coming out, are you quitting your dayjob?
SHORT ANSWER: Hell no.
LONGER ANSWER: Hell, hell no, no.
LONGEST ANSWER: Look, I am really lucky. I like what I do for a living. I like where I work.
I have worked some really cool places; my first job in L.A. was at DreamWorks. Freaking DREAMWORKS. We got free breakfasts and lunches every day, and one time I saw Barry Manilow on the campus! I got free Shrek merchandise and a free DVD of The Island! When The Is...
May 22, 2012
This Week in Comedy
I’m apparently never going to keep up with updating that IMPROV page on this site, but I will mention to check out this LAist post, as it mentions two shows I’m doing: Manifesto Late Night Show, where I’ll be doing improv as a Dalek, and the Indie Improv Festival, where I’m performing with two of my teams, Search for the Cure, and Tacos for Algernon.
May 21, 2012
Musical Theatre Monday – Kevin Fanning on Pippin
This week let’s welcome our fantastic guest bloggist, Kevin Fanning.
KEVIN FANNING: Like (I’m assuming) 100% of the people reading this series, I was a drama nerd in high school. I was not born or forced into this world. I came to it willingly, eagerly, but late, and almost by surprise.
My excuse is that I was busy being a metalhead. Mullet, jean jacket with black Sharpie band logos, terrible basement band practices, the whole nine. For most of high school I actually had no idea, that I while...
