So this is my first report since my trip and it's really been a good week. Ever since I got the second place prize in the Fringe Festival new play contest, I have been getting many congratulations and that has been wonderful (Thanks everyone). Other writers that I know have been the most warming in their thoughts and their optimism for my writing future. One said that getting a prize in that contest would really take me places like past people. Another writer just told me to stop slouching when I told people about it and to be proud and stand straight.

More than anything, the award has been giving me newfound confidence and putting future perspectives into my head. I have been researching more theatres for possible productions and getting myself prepared to make more copies. I have been writing with a vengeance, getting ready to type up a play that I finished just before my trip and getting the first act done of my new play called The Two Misters (and hopefully the entire play done in March). I have also been developing ideas for future plays and really looking for provocative stories to research and tell.

Oh it's great to be creative. :)

Books I've Read (An Extended Edition):
1)The Rise Of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris - a thoroughly intoxicating account of the man before he became president. It's absolutely no wonder why he got the Pulitzer for this.

2)Misquoting Jesus by Bart D. Ehrman - A good read about the many mistakes made in translating the Bible through the centuries. A little winded, but a good surface view if you are into how the religious content changed and why.

3)The Featherbed by John Miller - A great novel that I can say that a friend wrote. A story about a mother's journey in becoming the best mother she could be and one heck of a story it is.