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Jed! Look at my adorable cat! <3 Her name’s Angel [Though, the name isn’t fitting]

Not three seconds after I took the photos, she licked the phone.

She’s also shedding rn.

I hate to break it to ya but that ain't a cat. Tho it is cute, it's not a cat

[romiesays]

I’ve got a poem in here: “Death Opus” is nominated for a Rhysling Award in the long poem category. So are several poems which I didn’t write, but did publish as an editor at Strange Horizons.

The Rhysling is the most prestigious award for speculative poetry, and some years the only award, although that’s changing. You can’t tell from my photo how thick this book of nominated poems is; it’s substantial. And the quality of the poems nominated is high. I’d say the state of speculative poetry is strong, particularly compared to when I entered the field. I take some pride in my role helping make that happen.

I’m never wholly comfortable bragging about my nominations for awards I don’t expect to win, even though I’ll get starry-eyed over other peoples noms. Double standard, I guess. In the last few months, I’ve also reached (and stopped at) the semifinalist rounds for:

The National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center  (as the librettist of The Lady Takes the Mic)

The National Alliance for Musical Theater’s Festival of New Musicals (as the librettist of The Lady Takes the Mic)

The NYX Horror Collective’s Stowe Story Labs fellowship (as the screenwriter of the monster movie Radiance)

I’m proud to be at a level where I’m going up against the best. But also, oof. It sure would be nice to find a little pond to be a big fish in. I’ve heard about those. Still haven’t run across one.

[lunasong365]

“The Spark of Creation” from Children of Eden, Stephen Schwartz. Sung by Ashley Brown. Lyrics under cut.

Beyond, beyond It sounds full of wind and mist, doesn't it It means other things exist, doesn't it

Beyond, beyond It says Adam leave your list, doesn't it Father, why does my head feel this joy and this dread Since the moment I said

Beyond I've got an itching on the tips of my fingers I've got a boiling in the back of my brain I've got a hunger burning inside me, cannot be denied

I've got a feeling that the Father who made us When He was kindling the pulse in my veins He left a tiny spark of that fire smoldering inside

The spark of creation is flickering within me The spark of creation is blazing in my blood A bit of the fire that lit up the stars and breathed life into the mud The first inspiration, the spark of creation

I see a mountain and I want to climb it I see a river and I want to leave shore Where there was nothing, let there be something Something made by me

There's things waiting for me to invent them There's worlds waiting for me to explore I am an echo of the eternal cry of

Let there be The spark of creation burning bright within me The spark of creation won't let me rest at all Until I discover or build or uncover, a thing that I can call My celebration of the spark of creation

The spark of creation, may it burn forever The spark of creation, I am a keeper of the flame We think all we want is a lifetime of leisure Each perfect day the same, endless vacation

Well, that's alright if you're a kind of crustacean But when you're born with an imagination Sooner or later you're feeling the fire get hotter and higher The spark of creation

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the festival of new musicals is looking for volunteers! New York, Oct 25 and 26.

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Martin Sutherland: Why I am leaving Royal & Derngate and how the arts can save Northampton...

Martin Sutherland: Why I am leaving Royal & Derngate and how the arts can save Northampton…

Over the past year a regiment of big hitters has left Northampton: chief executives, head coaches, MPs and council leaders.

And just when you thought no more pieces could be up in the air Martin Sutherland, the Chief Executive of Royal & Derngate, announced he was leaving to lead Coventry’s City of Culture project.

It was another big moment for Northampton except the difference this time was that…

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Martin Sutherland: Why I am leaving Royal & Derngate and how the arts can save Northampton...

Martin Sutherland: Why I am leaving Royal & Derngate and how the arts can save Northampton…

Over the past year a regiment of big hitters has left Northampton: chief executives, head coaches, MPs and council leaders.

And just when you thought no more pieces could be up in the air Martin Sutherland, the Chief Executive of Royal & Derngate, announced he was leaving to lead Coventry’s City of Culture project.

It was another big moment for Northampton except the difference this time was that…

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Also on the docket for the 2016 festival are a bio-musical about the Russian emigre artist Tamara de Lempicka, written by one of the creators of Off Broadway’s “Invisible Thread”; a gay update of the Cinderella fairy tale by the same writers who composed the additional music for the “Mary Poppins” stage musical; and a new show by the cult-fave musical-theater duo of Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk.

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A Clip from the workshop version of Come From Away at NAMT 25th Anniversary Festival of New Musicals (x)

Come From Away tells the true story of when seven thousand people landed on the doorstep of Gander, Newfoundland… and the people of Gander “put the kettle on.” A rocking musical about when 38 planes from around the world were diverted to a small, Canadian community on September 11, 2001—doubling its population in an instant. While the world witnessed the worst acts of humankind, the stranded passengers had their faith in humanity restored by the spirited people who comforted those who had come from away.

Come From Away is a story of humanity set against the backdrop of tragedy. The committee was drawn by the power of the story of a little town caught up in a major world event. A terrific regional score drives this highly original and exciting new work.