Tag Archive: fantasy

May
17

Stepping Away With THE CAR PLAYS

carplaysareback

I had the privilege of being invited to submit for Moving Arts‘ next series of CAR PLAYS, which is part of the RADAR LA International Festival at CalArts REDCAT this June. Get all that? I’ll explain below. The very cool part, though, is that Moving Arts asked me, I submitted a total of three plays, …

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Apr
03

The Ursula Complex

Ashley creates a map of the world | The Indy Convergence | MYTHistory workshop

I hereby declare a definition. It may, in fact, qualify as a decree. You know that icky feeling, the deep down in your gut stomach dry heaves as you grasp the pages hot off the Kinko’s* copiers, in that empty and rawest of moments before you hand your pages over for the first read. You …

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Feb
20

MYTHistory: the mythology of history

I have a lot of writing projects in the hopper, and many of them are in that phase when they need a little more articulation. By writing about them here, I’m hoping to get some feedback and possibly meet new collaborators. This first one will be incredibly interactive soon, so I look forward to exploring …

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Jan
25

Valdrada Sketches

Dan and I hashed out the basic story to Valdrada recently, and with a few redactments, here are my notes:

Dec
28

Valdrada Writing

One of my projects is a short screenplay inspired by an Italo Calvino story within Invisible Cities*. If you have not read this book, please shut down whatever device allows you to read this blog, and run to a bookstore or library. You won’t be disappointed. [patiently waiting] Okay, thanks for returning here! The beginning …

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Nov
21

Sagradia Familia, or how I lost my entire first draft of my WIP

Sagrada Familia, Gaudi cathedral in Barcelona

Above is the Sagrada Famlia. National Geographic introduced me to this giant temple designed by Antonio Gaudi. All design elements inspired by shapes in nature, this building deserves an entire post of its own. It’s been under construction since 1882. We in Los Angeles are used to construction projects being infinite, but over one hundred …

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Oct
11

Inspiration from the Scribe Shop

I am pretty deep into finishing the first draft of (working title) X: The Song of Isadora, so lengthy blog entries aren’t my priority at the moment. I do want to share some images of inspiration since I first started swirling this story around my head, back in 2007. It’s been too long for me …

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