Act I, Scene 1: Meeting the ‘Margery’ characters
Reading Time: 6 minutes -WRITING LIFE- Creating a cast for a one-act play about the medium who baffled Houdini seemed simple–until research showed there was more to the story.
Act I: The curtain rises
Reading Time: 4 minutes — WRITING LIFE — Wanting to trod the boards with playwright Henry Fielding, I take my story about Houdini and Margery to my first playwriting class.
‘Are We There Yet?’
Reading Time: 6 minutes – FICTION – ‘It’s too far’ said the tiny voice in the back seat. ‘Yes,’ her dad responded, ‘But look how far we’ve come!’ From “He Said, She Said.” 1,500 words.
Harry Houdini and the Witch of Beacon Hill
Reading Time: 7 minutes – WRITING LIFE – A story with great characters, conflict, action, and humor dropped on my desk as an intern. What to do? Second in a series.
The Old Man and the Seed
Reading Time: 7 minutes – HUMOR – The old man and his wife moved to the country from the suburbs. And the squirrels moved with them. Illustrated and inspired by true events.