Awake too late

SO after a busy week I fond myself falling asleep for most of the evening in front of the tv and then feeling wide awake when I should be in bed Grrrrr.  I think I need to try and get some sort of sleep pattern sorted out...anyway...

First set of full rehearsals with my Friday group and all went really well....the musical is decided and we have started full rehearsals with both of my plays...I just need to nail the venue and date and I will be happy.  I am feeling the frustration of being a small independent company and its resulting lack of impact or importance when trying to make bookings.  Never mind...I shall persevere with a smile on my face.  Had THE best week writing -wise....just really getting so much out of it and I hope the kids are too....it all seems to be going quite well at the moment.

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Back to School

Mrs Plug returns to School today, and as a result, I find myself at home alone far more.  Will I cope with the extended silence I wonder.  We did talk about it some time ago, and discussed whether I should get some sort of part time job so that I don't become a hermit.  I do wonder though, whether the silence might just be good for me...after all...if I want to chat I can pick up the phone!  I will be keeping an eye on it, and my general mental attitude.  It is very easy to prevaricate and find myself getting behind on everything.  I am going to wipe a PC and start again with it, but use it as a writing PC and almost certainly avoid any Internet access on it.  I think if I limit my blogging/tweeting/Facebooking etc to specific times that I might enjoy life a little more.

In other news, I now have an Equity card, which is rather fabulous...if for nothing else other than adding a little credibility to what I do to those who doubt...just search for crazymakers in this blog for details of such people.

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An arty day

I am very much looking forward to tomorrow, as we are off out for the day to London to visit some art gallery's and exhibitions.  In the evening we will travel back up to London to see Jim-Bob performing at the Bull and Gate in Kentish Town.  He's a bit of a legend in my eyes, and I am really excited about seeing him, and hopefully meeting him afterwards.  I look forward to reporting back with all the lovely things I have seen :-)

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Another day, another play

I received lovely emails today.  The first was the appraisal that my publisher undertook on my second play.  It contained much praise, and some useful constructive criticism.  The second was an email saying "Yes, we would like to publish it".  

Now as I have already had one published, you might think that this was a little less exciting for me, but I have to say that it is even better this time.  The first play was, let's say a little less confident than it could have been.  Perhaps I didn't believe that anyone would really like it?  When, to my surprise, it got accepted, I found that I was able to remove some of the shackles, and just write with a little more freedom.  Whilst I am not sure that the writing was any better for it, I certainly enjoyed the process more, and it actually felt like I was writing something worthwhile.  Both of the plays have been one-act, experimental plays for large, youth casts, and I am embarking on a couple of other plays now which are both already pencilled in for performance.  This sounds a little more impressive than it actually is, but I am then going to try my hand at writing something for the adult market, and something that we could call a little more edgy.  Whatever happens, I now have two emails saying, yes, we liked it, we would like to publish it, and that can never be taken away from me :-)

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Our MP has gone very quiet.

After today's ridiculous "Outing" of William Hague by Guido Fawkes, I fully expected my MP to come out screaming and shouting about privacy and rumour mongering.  She after all, was the "Victim" of such an attack.  She issued a writ against Damian McBride for his slanderous emails...I will not repeat the contents of them, as I do not wish to join in.  Guido Fawkes, or Paul Staines, is a political blogger with a big reputation.  Funny though that Dorries has kept quiet about it, considering that Staines delivered a writ to McBride on her behalf....I wonder if she would deliver a writ from Mr Hague to Staines?

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