Category: General
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Miss Bennet Will Rise Again!
As many of you know, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley was a joy to work on, and I was justifiably proud of the product. Most of the magazines and family-friendly publications that covered it have been glowing in their reports. Unfortunately, the two major papers in town were not as liberal in their praise. [Everett…
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Thanksgiving Thoughts
I’m thankful to finally have a contractor who follows through on what is promised.
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Interview with Claire about Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly
“Anyone who is tired of Dickens…will find this a welcome alternative for the family at Christmas.
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Miss Bennet, Week 4-First Preview
“It is that ingredient (the audience), like yeast, that will make our work ‘rise’, and elevate the rehearsal process to live theatre.”
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Miss Bennet Rehearsals – Week 2
Skylar Sinclair, Brock Hatton, Heidi Hinkel, and Laura Kaldis on a break during rehearsal for Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
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SCBWI-Houston Conference 2017
Well, another great conference has come and gone. I splurged this year, as my schedule has been very hectic and promises to get worse. I took advantage of the special offer and booked myself into the Marriott Hotel where the conference was being held on the night before and stayed till Sunday. Very nice accommodations…
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We Are Not Ourselves
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas My rating: 3 of 5 stars The writing is vivid, beautiful, even nearly poetic at times. BUT it is all third-person, character point of view internal musings. There is little or no dialogue. There is a lot of telling and not enough showing in the character development. We…
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Post-Harvey
In the aftermath of the devastation that was Hurricane Harvey, and similar losses in Florida, it may be time to honestly assess what is important to us. Television streamed a 24-hr a day summary of disaster, seasoned with kindness. Those of us who waited and watched the water rise, resigned to possibly losing our homes…
Claire Hart-Palumbo 