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April 18, 2016
Davenport Theater
To begin our visual New York tour of Black Dust, we appropriately open at an off-Broadway theater. The Davenport is a simple small theater on 45th St. surrounded by dance schools, the Al Hirshfeld Theater and Schmackery’s, the best cookies in New York. But for Toby and Emmett, it’s where they will always remember their […]
Home Again, Home Again
New York, as usual, left me very happy, very exhausted, and very inspired. And now that I’m back home and settled at my work desk, I am excited to be able to share some of the places we visited that feature in Black Dust. I’ve been sharing them elsewhere on social media (links up there […]
April 8, 2016
Book Tour Updates
Just a quick post today to let you know if you want to follow me on my virtual book tour, I will be updating weekdays with links here. I’ll be expanding on some of the topics here on my blog once I get back from New York! Happy reading!
April 7, 2016
And the Virtual Book Tour Begins
Today’s stops include: Love Bytes – where I talk about book heroes and my favorite children’s books 3 Chicks After Dark – where I talk a lot about process and characters and then dive into my last meal. You might remember those discussions during Chef’s Table Elisa – My Reviews and Ramblings – where I […]
April 6, 2016
Tomorrow
Sing with me! My book will come out… tomorrow! Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow– Yeah, okay. That was a solo in Annie anyway, wasn’t it? Ah, Annie. Probably the first musical I personally fell in love with, that made me want to hop up on stage and perform. But this isn’t about my musical […]
April 4, 2016
Try to Remember
It has been a few weeks since we’ve heard any music on this blog. And considering that Black Dust comes out in THREE DAYS! it might be time to revisit some of the music that fills its pages. The Fantasticks is a musical first produced in 1960, and ran for 42 years off-Broadway. No, that […]
March 31, 2016
Tuning… or spooning?
You know I’ve waited too long to blog when I have to sign back in to my dash. *sigh* Sorry for that. I got caught up in… you don’t want excuses, do you? No. Moving on. A painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze came across my path this week and it brought back a fun memory from […]
March 16, 2016
Sonata in A Major
Can revisiting the past set us on a course for our future? What if our future is firmly entrenched in our past? How do you unwind the mess of the past to clearly see your future? For Emmett and Toby, the answer is always in the music: “I want to make music with you, that’s […]
March 4, 2016
Glitter and Be Gay
Who doesn’t love a diva? Hrm, upon further reflection, don’t answer that. Divas can be complicated. Demanding. Impatient. Intolerant. Belligerent. Frankly, we can be a downright pain in the ass. I don’t hold the ‘diva’ title too often anymore–although I would appreciate it if you did not ask my husband for verification on this fact–but […]
March 2, 2016
Manuscripting
After some digging around … [Tobias] found what he was looking for: a spiral-bound pad of manuscript paper. Its pages were yellowed and curled at the corners from years of being shoved into backpacks and messenger bags. The metal spine hung loose from nights of raking a pencil up and down its coiled edge in […]
