Tooth Sized Hole has its 60-pager. I've finished a complete rewrite for The Mimic's Riddle. It wound up being 80 pages, I think there were only 5 pages worth of original material. It was tough to murder more than a few darlings, but it turned out better than I feared.
I'll be taking a break from playwriting for a little bit, perhaps a month or so. I realized when I was near the end of this most recent draft that my poor husband and family were getting the crappy end of the stick with me having to shut myself away in my little room and write, leaving little opportunity to give them all a fun summer. As I said to a former student while sitting on the edge of a beach late last week, "If my kids knew what other kids do in summer, they'd be so mad."
I'm looking forward to reading (works both academic and fluffy), preparing to direct Noises Off, and having some fun with the kids before school starts. Not looking so forward to finishing up my deep house cleaning, but eagerly anticipating the results.
I'm currently up north in Dawson Creek visiting family. It's been our only road trip since the one we took in late July to Cedar City. On Sunday, we'll be on the road once more, returning to my favourite place on earth.
