I have a blog?!

Me (the actress) and Me (the writer) are in a big fight. BIG. 

It has been going on all week.

I'm anxious to get my foot in the door with the local theatre scene here in FL, so I've been trying to focus on auditions here in between my travels and adventures. Being the 'new kid' in any theatre community can be tough - and there is no equivalent to a Laura Durant in the sunshine state - so it requires some extra vigilance and networking on my part. Something that my writer-self has no patience for.

I'm working on four projects right now. A novel, two plays, and a musical adaptation. Yes, I'm an unfocused Pisces and I overwhelm myself with many creative ventures at once. That's just how I roll. Two of my written projects are collaborations, which takes some pressure off. And all of them have a different feel, energy, content, etc... So it lends itself well to my daily moods. Feeling cheeky? We work on the comedy or the musical. Feeling research-y? We work on the historical piece. Feeling evasive and calculating? We work on the novel. It's not the best system in the world, but it works.

Both worlds collided when I started writing up my business plan and starter materials for TMC, LLC.

I'm not very good at mixing art with business. I'm the person that people hire when they need a creative, passionate, driven, hungry artist. People do not hire me for my business sense. I can crunch numbers when I have to, but it kills my soul little decimal points at a time.

Anyhow, all this business mumbo-jumbo has resulted in writer's block. Oh, and I forgot I had a blog.

To summarize the past two months, I did 'Death of a Salesman' out at Arkansas Rep. It was a great show with amazing artists and I had a blast! Came back to FL and did FPTAs (with a couple of my gal pals who flew/drove out for 'em) then flew back to AZ for my baby girl's graduation and am now back in FL, debating auditions in Ft. Myers & St. Pete's this month, callbacks in Orlando next month, and a possible trip back to NY for auditions in mid-July. (The writer within is railing against all this actor-y nonsense, claiming that we have too much work to do.)

In the meantime, Hello blog! It's nice to see you again! Hopefully my pansy, fragile little writer ego will settle its ass down and pop over once in a while to say 'hi'.

It's not you, it's me.