Adam Szymkowicz

Fanfuckingtastic. A novel about celebrity culture. highly readable. fascinating characters. And it's really well constructed, such that you get to the end and you see how all sort of innocuous seeming details added up to something more.

I highly recommend it.

new

Great post from Isaac on the NEA

http://parabasis.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/nea-funding-now.html

Apr 18, 2008

Last Night

Last night I read for 15 min or so from the novel that I am trying to write in fits and starts with long stops where I am interrupted by plays, a tv spec, a film script, etc. I do plan to finish one of these days. Except writing one novel is like writing 3 or 4 plays. It's hard to find the time. All of this is just to say that I really enjoyed reading my fiction in front of a crowd and that I thought it went well. I know I can write plays but the jury was still out on fiction. Last night was encouragement to go forward. Not sure when, but eventually. I also forgot how much I liked to perform. I used to act, yes but it made me anxious and it stopped being fun and so I went to writing instead. So I've been hiding behind actors. But when it comes down to it, acting is fun. Being up in front of people, feeling them facing you, responding in front of you, instead of around you. It's kind of a high. I forgot about that. Also, I'm good at reading my own stuff. I know how it's supposed to sound and I can often get near what I want it to be. I don't want to go back to acting or anything, but I hope I do get this book written and published just so that I can read in front of people. It was fucking fun.

nice post from melon

"Is it such a strange thing to believe that artists be paid for their job? It speaks to the entire question of the necessity of art. Try as people might to debate that question, it is fairly irrelevant, being that art does exist and has since the beginning of man, hence confirming that there is some innate need for it. Why we need it, is what makes it so damn interesting. Conversely, there is also an artist's need to do it. Doing great art is like doing crack. An addictive, supreme high. So you go searching for more." http://middleofthemelon.blogspot.com/2008/04/i-also-juggle.html

Apr 17, 2008

NYTW codes The Sound and the Fury

this is Elevator Repair Service who did Gatz as you will recall Tickets for all performances April 15 – May 18 are just $40 each (reg. $55). Use code SDFBLG7 when ordering. To purchase tickets, call (212) 947-8844 or visit http://www.broadwayoffers.com/ New York Theatre Workshop also offers both Student Tickets and CheapTix Sundays. CheapTix Sundays: All tickets for all Sunday evening performances at 7pm are just $20 each! Tickets are available in advance but must be purchased at the NYTW box office on a cash-only basis. Student Tickets: Full-time students with a valid student ID may purchase $20 tickets for all performances (subject to availability). Limit one ticket per ID. Tickets must be purchased in person and require an ID at the box office. The NYTW box office is located at 79 East 4th Street (between Second Avenue and Bowery) and is open Tuesday - Saturday from 1pm - 6pm.

Download a free ticket for the Women's Project's new play

For the preview period (April 11 through 19) of Women's Project's new show, Catherine Trieschmann's comedy crooked directed by Liz Diamond, 1000 free tickets will be downloaded from the Women's Project web site, www.WomensProject.org.

Matty F writes a new play

I'm going to go see When Is A Clock. Are you?

www.bluecoyote .org

Apr 16, 2008

f4f

more photos from the Albion college production of Food For Fish. photos by Robert Starko.

LA

So I'm back from my LA trip, spending the day recovering and trying to not be jetlagged. I had 20 meetings with TV folks while I was there. No, really. It was a culture shock but it was a lot of fun. I met some cool people. What else? Jeffrey Emerson took me to a rave or something like that. I saw a Circle X reading of Scarcity--I had missed the show in NYC and was glad to see it. It's a pretty terrific play. I'm pretty sure I saw a reading of it at MCC like 5 years ago. I also got to hang at SCR a bit. Saw the Kate Robin show which I really enjoyed. It was a lot about what it is to be an artist and brought up a lot of stuff I'm thinking about a lot right now. Met Kate, another playwright Sharr, hung out with Megan and my friend David from Columbia. Had some drinks with Mandi and Terry from Note. Spent a lot of time with Jen K and David V who I'm crazy about. They let me crash at their pad in echo park and David introduced me to some new comic books. What else? I don't like to drive, but I can do it. Flying is also not so much fun. There was a heat wave over the weekend. 90 or hotter in April. I wanted some of that moderate weather they are famous for. Ah well. next time I guess.

tomorrow, come see me read something

I'm planning to read from the beginning of my as yet unfinished novel.
swing by if you can.

Drunken! Careening! Writers!
Thursday, April 17, 7pm
KGB Bar
85 E. 4th St., NYC/www.kgbbar.com
FREE
“April Showers: It’s Raining Men! (Hallelujah)”
Andrew W.M. Beirle
Tim W. Brown
Paul McComas
Adam Szymkowicz
with your hostess, Kathleen Warnock


Drunken! Careening! Writers! is a reading series
dedicated to the proposition that readings should be:
excellent, well-read pieces that have at least one
thing in them that makes people laugh (nervous
laughter counts), and don't run more than 15 minutes
each.

For more information, or to be added to the mailing
list, email CareeningWriters at aol.com.

Apr 11, 2008

F4F in ND

http://www.dickinsonstate.com/digest.asp?ArticleID=2312

Apr 9, 2008

I'm

in LA, driving around all day from meeting to meeting. Getting
sunburned. See you when I return.

Apr 4, 2008

support flux

http://fluxtheatreensemble.blogspot.com/2008/03/support-flux-buy-raffle-ticket.html

Apr 3, 2008

I'm at work and I'm sick right now but read Matt's post.

http://matthewfreeman.blogspot.com/2008/04/building-and-dismantling.html

Apr 2, 2008

What I'm doing

Working late every day this week and much of the weekend at the day job. It's that time of year again where I have to work twelve hour days for three days in a row. Then I'm taking a plane to LA where I will spend a week and a half meeting with TV people and sleeping on couches. Somewhere in there, I hope to get some writing in too.