Monday, March 13, 2023

Send a Playwright to the Festival


Anyone who has been following my journey knows how hard I have been working. I do not want to pass this opportunity up. So, in an effort to get myself to this amazing event, I have created a Fundraiser through Gofundme. 

A pre-thank you to anyone who has a few extra dollars to spare towards my trip.

I have a few months to raise all the funds, though I am hoping to get the money for the plane ticket soon, so that I can confirm that I will be able to be in attendance. I broke down the basic costs needed, as well as what the Play Lab entails on the fundraising page itself:

Monday, March 6, 2023

Play Festival Acceptance

I had the best news today! A new play I submitted to a festival was accepted! The catch is that I have to pay my way there which is already tricky enough for a starving artist, but when it's on the other side of the country...?

It won't be the first opportunity I've had to turn down. But this was such a big deal for me that I am going to research what that cost would look like. I have a month to render a final yes or no.

But it is really cool that I got in. It was unexpected.

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

List of Publications as of the End of 2022

 


(All publications listed newest-oldest.)


PUBLISHED SHORT STORIES:

o   "Old Roots, New Soil," Once Upon an Ever After; Kaye Lynne Booth, Wordcrafter Press, August 2022.

o   Monologue from “Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Sing?”, 2022 Best Women's Monologues; Smith & Kraus, August 2022.

o   "Spinoza's Garden," Brave New Worlds; Zombies Need Brains, LLC, August 2022.

o   “The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari,” REPRINT, A Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy: Volume One; The Author's Hand, June 2022.

o   "When the Dust Settles," Unburied: A Collection of Queer Dark Fiction; Dark Ink Books, June 2021.

o   "When Apple Woke," Upon a Twice Time; Air & Nothingness Press, May 2021.

o   "Footsteps on the Floor," parABnormal Magazine, December 2020.

o   “The House on Blaubart Street,” Of Fae & Fate: Lesser Known Fairy Tales, Retold; Beth Buck, Immortal Works, September 2019.

o   “The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari,” On Fire; Transmundane Books, 2017.

o   "The Night the Stars Fell," Pantheon Magazine, May 2017.

o   "The Fragrant Feast," Dragons & Witches; CBAY Books, April 2017.

o   "The Keepers of Madleen," Dystopia Utopia; Flame Tree Publishing, September 2016.

o   "Jar of Pickles," One Thousand Words for War; CBAY Books, April 2016.

o   "Fire on the Mountain," Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America; Ice Cube Press, February 2016.

o   "Hold the Door," The Northlore Series, Volume 1: Folklore; Nordland Publishing, May 2015.

o   "The White Sisters," What Follows; Steenburgh & Lennox, Sep 2014.

o   "Of Roots and Rings," Elf Love; Pink Narcissus Press, February 2010.

PUBLISHED NON-FICTION ESSAYS:

o   COMING SOON: "From Fin to Feet."

o   “When Something Awful Happened,” Against Death: 35 Essays on Living [Non-fiction]; Elee Kraljii Gardiner, September 2019.

PLAYWRIGHT FESTIVALS WON:

o   (staged reading) “Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Cry?,” Playwright Festival winner, KNOW Theatre, 2020.

o   (staged reading) “Randall & Sons,” Playwright Festival winner, KNOW Theatre, 2019.

PLAYS PRODUCED:

o   Because Women Were Created to Carry Two Hearts, Performing Arts Company, SUNY Fredonia, November 1998.

Friday, December 30, 2022

Writer Stats at the End of 2022


I have been writing seriously, with sending out regular submissions since 2014. I keep track of my subs on a homemade Excel spreadsheet, that way I don't send the same story out to multiple publishers. It’s not glamorous but it’s fulfilling.

 

It’s a lot of talking out loud to hear how my words flow, playing with my Star Wars action figures when I hit writer’s block, and trying to remember to eat three meals a day when I am on deadlines. It’s been more difficult, since my accident, but I am still passionate about telling stories.

 

 

Stats 2014-2022

 

53 short stories finished

1 novella finished

11 one-act plays finished

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190 submissions sent out 

137 rejection letters received (not everyone sent them out)

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16 stories published in anthologies

2 essays published

2 one-act play festivals won

1 writer grant won

 


Monday, November 7, 2022

Non-Fiction Essay Sale for 2023 Publication


I have not signed the contract yet, but I was just offered a sale on an essay I wrote about reconnecting with my new legs after my accident. I am thrilled to be sharing this story next year! It is good to have things to look forward to, in order to keep motivation and momentum going.


Keep dreaming your dreams.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

My Author Copy of the Newest Anthology Arrived

I am so proud of the story in the anthology Once Upon an Ever After. "Old Roots, New Soil" was the first story of mine that was hand-selected, and not just a naked submission. That is just thrilling. 


Here is a link to purchase the book from:

https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-After-Lynne-Booth

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/once-upon-an-ever-after-kaye-lynne-booth




Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Winning Monologue Published

Happy Day!! My copy of Best Women's Stage Monologues 2022 arrived this afternoon!

I am thrilled to be part of this collection that Debbie Lamedman put together, with a monologue from my winning play Have You Ever Heard a Goldfinch Sing?, from KNOW Theatre's Playwright Festival 2020.

I am equally happy to be sharing the pages with work from my friend and playwright John Mabey, who was my co-winner in the same festival in 2019.




https://smithandkraus.com

https://www.amazon.com/Best-Womens-Stage-Monologues-2022