I've ben awknowledged on the internet!

Silly how something like this can make me grin, but there you go. I sent a question in to Ken Levine, who's blog I read regularly. He's a television writer, and it's fun to hear about his insider stuff, as well as his reminisces of his own childhood. He also does baseball stuff, but that doesn't interest me as much. Anyway, I asked a question, and he answered. I thought I'd share it with you all:

And finally, Carol needs help (and a Valium):

I somehow volunteered to write some 'skits' for this fundraiser my theatre (Dead Playwrights Repertory - shameless plug!) is doing, and now I'm panicking. They will be Shakespeare related, and hopefully funny. Can you give me some calming words of writerly wisdom to help get me started? (or a rich Hollywood patron to support us so I don't have to do this?)

I’m still looking for a rich Hollywood patron to support me. First, off, relax. Once you finally finish you will realize the task wasn’t as daunting as you thought.

My advice would be to get something down on paper fairly quickly. Even if it’s very rough. But it’s always so much easier to fix when you have something already on paper.

So dive in. And try to fool yourself into thinking this will be fun and liberating. Good luck with it.

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In just 45 minutes I will be dropping Charlie off at the school cafeteria to get ready for his 8th Grade graduation ceremony.