The best laid plans ... it's been over two months since my last entry! It's a reflection of just how crazy-busy life has been, with a range of deadlines, demands and distractions.
Where to start? Current projects - 'Solo Dramas' is in rehearsal, ready for presentation by local young adult actors at the first-ever Manly Writers Festival, called Writers on the Rooftop. A date for the diary - Sunday 23 September.
I'm also writing 'Choir Boy', a play involving a young genius, a wanna-be human robot and a secret organisation.
This week I'm also giving author talks at Manly West Public School and at the Bookfeast at Fairfield.
Mental Illness Education ACT have asked me to write the foreword for a collection of fiction about body image by young writers - it's an honour! I'm reading the manuscript now and am blown away by it. MIEACT also commissioned me to write a script concept for The Messengers, a group of performers who are developing a production on the writing contained in two volumes of such fiction.
today I was also took part in a practice session to be part of an online literature festival http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=35846 My session is scheduled for 18 September. It's a great way to reach people.
Which reminds me, I do appreciate the emails from people performing or studying my plays - keep 'em coming! I do try to reply to them all.
So all in all, I'm busy. I've also been working with some senior Drama students recently, as they prepared and presented their practical work for their final exams. Hello to all at Freshwater Senior Campus!
And yesterday I managed to drag out the wetsuit, hose off the spiders nesting in it, and head down to Manly beach for the first snorkel of the season. Spring has sprung!
