occasional posts by risa aratyr
Yes, I am capable of writing a brief email in a short time. I can toss off something like this in a hot minute: Hi, all. Meeting tomorrow – Stage Management Seminar Friday 16 September 3:30-5p 254 Burbank See you then! –risa Sad to say, short and sweet missals are not my norm. I have … Read more Mincing Words
That “first foray into fiction” I mentioned at the end of “Tools of the Trade, part iii” didn’t start out in a literary vein. It started out as a daydream. People daydream about movie stars, about living the good life, about wreaking righteous vengeance on the neighbor’s yapping dog … My daydreams were initially extensions of my … Read more The First Foray
Well, I tried. Been trying since 6 July 2008, post #1. Tried again 11 January 2009, post #27, but, once again, the words I started with are gone, and new ones have taken their place. I’ve been thinking about my next post all week, as usual. As usual, I diddled around with the silly … Read more Unresolved
I just talked my way out of a job. A big job. A double-digit thousand dollar job. Dimiter and I met on a show about two years back. He’s a pretty extraordinary guy, a Bulgarian-born actor, director, acting coach, musician and gourmet chef, among other things. Dimiter has written a book; a dual-purpose “how-to” … Read more In Decline
The pressure is palpable–to make it good, to make it sing. To make it incisive. Profound. Droll. Relevant. Succinct. To make it personal, universal, and surprising. Expectations are running high. Writer + Blog = Something Worth Reading I can do the math. I just can’t reconcile the Blog half of the equation. So it’s not going to … Read more Great Expectations