I invited Jacquetta Szathmari to be a regular Guest Writer, contributing monthly. Her journey with the Hollywood Fringe Festival and marketing while across the country should interest many! Jacuetta’s original Guest Post and bio can be found here. She wrote this at the beginning of her process, so soon we’ll hear about her progress. Enjoy! …
Tag Archive: Social Networking
Sep
07
It's Fringe, not The Ring Cycle
Guest Blog by Jacquetta Szathmari I asked Jacquetta about her experience with the Hollywood Fringe Festival last June, bringing her short stories to the L.A. stage. Despite not being able to get arrested in the NYC comedy scene, I decided to debut my one-woman show 3000 miles from home, in a brand new festival, in …
Aug
03
Username burnout
It’s probably a vast understatement to say that I have many interests. Strange times are afoot, when my previous obsessions (theatre) fade into the background and newer (neighborhood council) or latent interests (writing) prevail. Unintended consequence (my new favorite phrase)? Username burnout. Account schizophrenia. You know what I mean and it’s horribly embarassing. Your very …
Jul
22
Writing from Directors Lab West workshop
In 2008, I had the pleasure of attending the Directors Lab West, a series of workshops, talks, field trips and amazing cups of coffee with colleagues. Although more poetic to say that it’s hard to explain exactly how the Lab helped me and my career, that it just not the case. I can directly trace …
Jul
14
Bringing art & community to people
When people ask me what I’ve been doing lately, we always come back to it. Yes, I’ve been writing. Yes, I’m teaching and coaching more and loving it. Outreach is what I am most interested in pursuing, though. While trying to explain how my work on the Atwater Village Neighborhood Council is a natural outgrowth …
Jun
13
Fail Whale has a cult following? and other things to ignore on Twitter
After experiencing a slow connection and more than my share of downright outages (how dare my third hour of #litchat be interrupted?), I learned the term “Fail Whale”. It sounded a little cute. The whale held in ropes towed by the twitter birds looks downright darling, and so I got bored tonight and looked him …
