tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50533834388023047022024-03-13T20:12:31.204-07:00Kate DanleyKate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.comBlogger420125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-16800763283533530732022-05-15T12:46:00.003-07:002022-05-15T12:46:20.465-07:00Working for Crumbs CANCELLED<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Mcyz8osKATrjOs_fDEwiA8Edld5DAqNN-PQ4dWEcAAZzL3i19Ckk50O6DMiExfuiLBK5yJd8XaenjmNYzNEwkZN-41ebFrA6uc-xc6mIkXAammxQ6LvOqzzOxPPqlFa2xVkobH6wVYqd7tCzLSO8_eg7JacxmXUwHYRASPA4yKZbsmWbsN_6HnVK/s1403/281347442_398829785587942_1976659138098516823_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1403" data-original-width="1281" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Mcyz8osKATrjOs_fDEwiA8Edld5DAqNN-PQ4dWEcAAZzL3i19Ckk50O6DMiExfuiLBK5yJd8XaenjmNYzNEwkZN-41ebFrA6uc-xc6mIkXAammxQ6LvOqzzOxPPqlFa2xVkobH6wVYqd7tCzLSO8_eg7JacxmXUwHYRASPA4yKZbsmWbsN_6HnVK/w584-h640/281347442_398829785587942_1976659138098516823_n.jpg" width="584" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, that's the way the cookie crumbles, as it were. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm afraid that one of the cast members had a potential Covid exposure, so the show has been postponed until July 22nd. More details to come.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But in the meantime, we wish the cast and crew health! And apologies to anyone planning to come out. It will live again, but not for a couple more months.</div><br /> <p></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-86432462859370314792022-05-04T21:35:00.002-07:002022-05-04T21:35:17.851-07:00Working for Crumbs LIVES!<p> February 2020, I had a dream. </p><p>I had this play called <a href="https://www.workingforcrumbsplay.com/" target="_blank">BureauCRAZY</a>, which I had written to showcase the funniest women I knew, and it was getting raves wherever it took the stage. It got a a world premiere up at <a href="https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/opinion/columnists/grande-prairie-live-theatre-brings-new-comedy-to-life" target="_blank">Grande Prairie Live</a> in Canada! It had readings at the <a href="https://www.womenstheatrefestival.com/" target="_blank">Women's Theatre Festival</a> in North Carolina! It had a reading at the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma with <a href="https://www.ignitionarts.org/">Ignition Arts!</a> It had a place of honor at the <a href="https://www.projectlafemme.com/page-to-stage" target="_blank">Page to Stage Project LaFemme</a> festival and was licensed on the spot for TWO productions.</p><p>And I thought, "Self? You've been training in Broadway producing... I wonder what would happen if I took this show to New York..." So, I did! I flew out friends from Los Angeles and joined with friends in New York and we put on a reading...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21IeCxBf9j4FaLPK0qEvAFLnUpVG1V_BMW9iniiP4NV-Rn8mL_Saoh4HtLtuq4PqWKQFTRYeKuMMVo0XPEND9-GTvZyE1sE_TzTzSHJaNJe33TlAJ2kYzXMDD1d93ZsxcCxMQ9iIh0W4mho217Ti94kyw6gfVnIzoTzffAqUOIEo2vtRgztJccumN/s1561/20200227_174322%20crop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1561" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21IeCxBf9j4FaLPK0qEvAFLnUpVG1V_BMW9iniiP4NV-Rn8mL_Saoh4HtLtuq4PqWKQFTRYeKuMMVo0XPEND9-GTvZyE1sE_TzTzSHJaNJe33TlAJ2kYzXMDD1d93ZsxcCxMQ9iIh0W4mho217Ti94kyw6gfVnIzoTzffAqUOIEo2vtRgztJccumN/s320/20200227_174322%20crop.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebQE-wUUjP692iAc6sojURelfXxW133iZOVuZ33vz3JFVNS4RVFV9dQvxqbr-wfW-4amkaO79AwvbStUwey8R7yn8f6vV3zH3OHXwkFTZpzNEH-OBpYFH-np-SodTfSXZ8hrZwiL99FuHRhY8KVclYhMim7263IZS9d49Eo4cLbi11vtkUNp_ZvX6/s4032/20200227_174944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebQE-wUUjP692iAc6sojURelfXxW133iZOVuZ33vz3JFVNS4RVFV9dQvxqbr-wfW-4amkaO79AwvbStUwey8R7yn8f6vV3zH3OHXwkFTZpzNEH-OBpYFH-np-SodTfSXZ8hrZwiL99FuHRhY8KVclYhMim7263IZS9d49Eo4cLbi11vtkUNp_ZvX6/s320/20200227_174944.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1eNd-eGtqPfg-vvUCeQTeUC0IuWbd5zUWJ0-WKvlWAo_Fwru6Xeq00FQ0MykS4JP8jfnK2xfnm4avH0GAtyvcnT8V_EZVvlPQNjuVRvxEq1ZMjqmAkHUDphGTW6PXotAGo2CtL0tDCubeeGIft2Oz_LnOMq6UlffUOHU9o3yJDrQJnEDrXpArMmx/s480/unnamed%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS1eNd-eGtqPfg-vvUCeQTeUC0IuWbd5zUWJ0-WKvlWAo_Fwru6Xeq00FQ0MykS4JP8jfnK2xfnm4avH0GAtyvcnT8V_EZVvlPQNjuVRvxEq1ZMjqmAkHUDphGTW6PXotAGo2CtL0tDCubeeGIft2Oz_LnOMq6UlffUOHU9o3yJDrQJnEDrXpArMmx/s320/unnamed%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>And after a lunch at Sardi's with some producers (<a href="https://www.ladieswholaunchtheatricals.com/" target="_blank">who would soon become fast friends</a>), things were in the works to return in just a few short weeks to put on a backer's audition (that's where folks show up with their checkbooks)...<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCRFpjl3uAjeJTF8gk8R5EW4FgRomHsPDr3i_wK040WEoqiDtE490vnNg1OiWosz_xyzuIXMe-KXPWSuYSHaZmue9XlEg0MXIA9A_zIgc8MDxLe__FTkCro4hB5JVDajkyFaHNVIYBh-Djdy7jPok9yvBM-HNleAXeQxZ7SuQm-ihZtq6Q-oHbp-f/s3024/20200627_092948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCRFpjl3uAjeJTF8gk8R5EW4FgRomHsPDr3i_wK040WEoqiDtE490vnNg1OiWosz_xyzuIXMe-KXPWSuYSHaZmue9XlEg0MXIA9A_zIgc8MDxLe__FTkCro4hB5JVDajkyFaHNVIYBh-Djdy7jPok9yvBM-HNleAXeQxZ7SuQm-ihZtq6Q-oHbp-f/s320/20200627_092948.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And a week later, the world closed.</div><div><br /></div><div>When we talk about what Covid stole from us, this was it for me.</div><div><br /></div><div>But from the oatmeal raisin cookie crumbs, the phoenix rises. For BureauCRAZY has been renamed <a href="https://workingforcrumbsplay.com/" target="_blank">Working for Crumbs</a>, and IT LIVES!!</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.vashonrepertorytheatre.org/" target="_blank">Vashon Repertory Theatre</a> has opened their heart and their home to my little play. They paired me up with an incredible director named <a href="https://christopherkehoe.com/" target="_blank">Christopher Kehoe</a>, who happens to have an MFA in physical theatre from Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre (which, if you ever caught Working for Crumbs is ALL about the physical comedy.) I mean... this is like a dream come true!! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzFQii-CWC9etJMbp5cq-S7Lj-G3bTlAfWPhAeSCYce2BwvMS3E73ynJJ_PwVjx4LrrZ1jMai2vune902a7JyfG2r7JNNwTLGO1Bv2ru8Jv0-weosNkkZDRMrLbW8t_70RwJFyWeiMSusooSpAOhu50HTov7pR1_XFcnpp8pxMIwS636Bp6fBmXfa/s1160/crumbs-poster-7-web-FINAL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="750" height="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNzFQii-CWC9etJMbp5cq-S7Lj-G3bTlAfWPhAeSCYce2BwvMS3E73ynJJ_PwVjx4LrrZ1jMai2vune902a7JyfG2r7JNNwTLGO1Bv2ru8Jv0-weosNkkZDRMrLbW8t_70RwJFyWeiMSusooSpAOhu50HTov7pR1_XFcnpp8pxMIwS636Bp6fBmXfa/w530-h819/crumbs-poster-7-web-FINAL.jpg" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you're around the Seattle area on May 16 at 7:00 PM, hop on that ferry to Vashon Island and head on over to <a href="https://www.vashonrepertorytheatre.org/incubator" target="_blank">Vashon Repertory Theatre for a reading of Working for Crumbs</a>! Tickets are $10 and it should be a ton of fun! I'll be there!</div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-38099802029597799632022-04-02T21:53:00.004-07:002022-04-02T21:53:43.819-07:00London Independent Film Festival<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnq0srebS3gPlZglnvWehYzpvCxY8MS2FhHZtPMZnNmorgPL23M7449vIasIMo4kJdTB48mQNpRZEwrIeXFdbU3_EVz2pq9dB6Lck1q1pqRMEyfQ4g7j_d9lAO2Mx-1ZCdKi9nQlDlSd3SPs1up_GU_44n1pP9Bg5UdhrS8OZoaH75eQrYyOCP_5BX/s248/cropped-LIFF-weblogo-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="248" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnq0srebS3gPlZglnvWehYzpvCxY8MS2FhHZtPMZnNmorgPL23M7449vIasIMo4kJdTB48mQNpRZEwrIeXFdbU3_EVz2pq9dB6Lck1q1pqRMEyfQ4g7j_d9lAO2Mx-1ZCdKi9nQlDlSd3SPs1up_GU_44n1pP9Bg5UdhrS8OZoaH75eQrYyOCP_5BX/s1600/cropped-LIFF-weblogo-2.png" width="248" /></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: proxima-nova; font-size: 25px; letter-spacing: 0.05em; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.liff.org/" style="background: transparent; color: #39793d; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">LONDON INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL</a></h2><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Are you in London and looking for something to do this Sunday, <a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=26656400" style="background: transparent; color: #39793d; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">April 3, 7:00 PM</a>? Head on over to the <a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=26656400">London Independent Film Festival</a> and grab a ticket for <a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=26656400">Short Block 4</a>, featuring my short, <a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=26656400" target="_blank">Stay Outta Sight</a>!</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-top: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Starring: Anya Sayadian & Liam Scarth</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Directed by Simon Fisher</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Written By Kate Danley, Mitch Day, Carol Cooper</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Photography/Editor: Andrew McDermott</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Produced By Simon Fisher & Heather Ward</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Associate producer: Anya Sayadian</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=26656400" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEn5elfyIsjC85NInoq6lgTlONRXkTrcRWl-MFi-RGHDitoaZhjwLORJPgXffaZbUmeH2qbPOBCd03xbLc5Tef2-V1f9LwHpc1Km2IWg0rmmmaDOW4XNsOgTVXq8mtT1aTadhsOfMRfBJoeMOeJVnA-w6kapmkzWs-p5jar-zSUnilNoF-7E6z8jR0/w504-h640/FN_-6CXWUAcg36G.jpg" width="504" /></a></span></div><a href="https://genesiscinema.co.uk/GenesisCinema.dll/WhatsOn?f=26656400" target="_blank"><br /></a><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-49183143391901153732022-03-29T16:56:00.005-07:002022-03-29T16:56:31.087-07:00Stay Outta Sight - First-Time Filmmaker Sessions <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://checkout.liftoff.network/p3-ft-sessions-march-2022/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="600" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdBktTfdxxZGZYgPZ6NZL5ilKiwvOCBoMlzI3lErxnF7i2ngDirC7yuI-ANLQ27tVVdffBa00WuOu4bE5XgIUqZ2RbuTg8QpeGT_7WzLeLSjsm4eAGSnBwumQeNV7i2BtNkx42uhdhAk3jcd7K7gw3_xQCTu_FN8eMhpYgKTQo6OQjPj-PXE2CWeRV/w640-h214/FOdvImAXEAMSkuK2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><em style="color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">SOS - Stay Outta Sight</em><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">, co-written by yours truly, Mitch Day, and Carol Cooper, and produced by Simon Fisher & Heather Ward through </span><a href="https://directorscuttheatre.co.uk/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #39793d; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Directors Cut</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> film making club is LIVE on the </span><a href="https://filmfreeway.com/FirstTimeFilmmakerSessionsByLiftOff" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #39793d; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">First-Time Filmmaker Sessions by Lift-Off Global Network</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> at </span><a href="https://pinewoodgroup.com/studios/pinewood-studios" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #39793d; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Pinewood Studios</a><span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">You can support independent film makers and watch <strong style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">100+</strong> short indie films (including ours!) for a small fee of around $12. (Yes, for $12, you get a pass to see almost 150 short films from new filmmakers.)</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">And YOU, yes, YOU! get to vote for your top two films to move on to the next round! (You will be sent two separate emails, one to login and watch and one to vote!)</p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://checkout.liftoff.network/p3-ft-sessions-march-2022/" target="_blank">Stay Outta Sight</a> is film 111, program 3. </p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">Please watch and vote for us! </p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;">And as you get the chance to vote for two films, please also consider 'Strange Waters' (which features several of my friends from Director’s Cut.) </p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://checkout.liftoff.network/p3-ft-sessions-march-2022/" target="_blank">Click here to support indie filmmaking!</a></p><p class="" style="background-color: white; color: rgba(19, 2, 2, 0.7); font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p class="" data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Starring: Anya Sayadian & Liam Scarth</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Directed by Simon Fisher</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Written By Kate Danley, Mitch Day, Carol Cooper</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Director of Photography/Editor: Andrew McDermott</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Produced By Simon Fisher & Heather Ward</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Associate producer: Anya Sayadian</p><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_7lzlGf-yJVlOOq46wzM0dWidk6KqPWL3s6V3ntCLdosVSdjzsKds6rPPxy2ppHxPBIGvSZHquxW5BeeND2OfZuuID42kN3DzyfLYombiwZ97XUYK2ftoefajH95-pmygZlgHoeBE8B8RDE1a7D9RR7MwPN_SgeTyxiAawt1xjmdEmhSJNBDtie9/s634/FN_-6CXWUAcg36G.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3_7lzlGf-yJVlOOq46wzM0dWidk6KqPWL3s6V3ntCLdosVSdjzsKds6rPPxy2ppHxPBIGvSZHquxW5BeeND2OfZuuID42kN3DzyfLYombiwZ97XUYK2ftoefajH95-pmygZlgHoeBE8B8RDE1a7D9RR7MwPN_SgeTyxiAawt1xjmdEmhSJNBDtie9/w504-h640/FN_-6CXWUAcg36G.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-34263888010020331792022-02-24T10:51:00.000-08:002022-02-24T10:51:40.419-08:00Show at the Southwark Playhouse<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5_7WtXSq8EWvOTbVe01zQw1PBksj7EUHLs80sMOqjtBjPYZrYMMNhS79Buq4TkVWuUcC3WXC6VcEt0tVpYKzl06fJbeiI_sJuc-iNmvayy-0ifD6QukzolvK87-FjjanypFuxM3nhjDviM9XlJZh6g7wrZ0w6q0QQFxUEqle0tTFBf_5Dv0N2o47k=s2560" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="2222" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg5_7WtXSq8EWvOTbVe01zQw1PBksj7EUHLs80sMOqjtBjPYZrYMMNhS79Buq4TkVWuUcC3WXC6VcEt0tVpYKzl06fJbeiI_sJuc-iNmvayy-0ifD6QukzolvK87-FjjanypFuxM3nhjDviM9XlJZh6g7wrZ0w6q0QQFxUEqle0tTFBf_5Dv0N2o47k=w556-h640" width="556" /></a></div><br /><h2 data-pm-slice="1 1 []" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Join <a href="https://directorscuttheatre.co.uk">The Director’s Cut Theatre Company</a> Monday, February 28, 2022 at 19:00 (7:oo PM) at the <a href="https://www.southwarkplayhouse.co.uk">Southwark Playhouse</a> in London for <a href="https://directorscuttheatre.co.uk/whats-on/events/write-to-right/">Write to Right</a>. </span></span></h2><h2 style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They will be reading 10-minute selections from two of my pieces, <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/381251/spirited-manor-penny-dreadful"><em>A Spirited Manor</em></a><em> </em>and <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/343151/grand-delusion"><em>The Grand Delusion</em></a><i>, </i>as well as an evening of other playwrights' work in development.</span></span></h2><h2 style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Your feedback will help shape the forward movement of my plays and help this writer to get it right!</span></span></h2>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-19286542247122488032022-02-13T10:37:00.002-08:002022-02-13T10:39:08.506-08:00A look at the history of the O'Hare House Mysteries<p>I hope all of you have picked up your copy of <a href="https://books2read.com/u/bP1PAr" target="_blank">The O'Hare House Mysteries</a> (did I mention you can now get the WHOLE SERIES for only 99-cents!) and are currently having a grand ol' time pouring through the pages! </p><p>I thought it might be fun to share with you the evolution of the covers over time. Tastes change, graphic design has evolved, budgets got bigger, genre standards have shifted, and branding was brought to the industry. (Can you believe that when I first wrote the <a href="https://books2read.com/u/bP1PAr" target="_blank">O'Hare House Mysteries</a>, even the term penny dreadful was new to the zeitgeist? Folks were VERY confused!) But it is really fun to see how things have evolved. These are presented in no particular order. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hope those gave you a smile and (in some cases) a laugh. Oh that <i>Spirit of Denial </i>blue dress one is a treat... Some of these I'm still quite fond of, though. However, they all led to the evolution of where we are now. And where is that you ask? Well, take a look at these branded beauties!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD5T-7hZyc06qEK-3-YkG5d2qNsH59Jlu1aYwJh27z_UpA7jxVzCjJTLxMfZdigDn1GvI7HKT2_Ud7vHdBBat-iDwLmY4c1mGmLIhPZZicPTuP6xZlfCKdyqOOONIB3-QQnlcsx1_JiyV7pUzojOVwUdR2f5mYYebwRFz2Qio-bUUU2JkO6remoNOc=s784" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="295" data-original-width="784" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgD5T-7hZyc06qEK-3-YkG5d2qNsH59Jlu1aYwJh27z_UpA7jxVzCjJTLxMfZdigDn1GvI7HKT2_Ud7vHdBBat-iDwLmY4c1mGmLIhPZZicPTuP6xZlfCKdyqOOONIB3-QQnlcsx1_JiyV7pUzojOVwUdR2f5mYYebwRFz2Qio-bUUU2JkO6remoNOc=s16000" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To check out the whole series, hop on over to my <a href="https://www.katedanley.com/ohare" target="_blank">O'Hare House Mysteries page on my website</a>!</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-28840612537623079262022-02-11T09:59:00.003-08:002022-02-11T09:59:46.852-08:00O'Hare House Mysteries 99-cent Sale!<p> For the first time ever, you can get the <a href="http://books2read.com/u/bP1PAr" target="_blank">ENTIRE O'Hare House Mystery series for only <b>99-cents</b></a>! That's right! THE WHOLE ENTIRE SERIES! The shebang! The enchilada? You get all of it! Not just a piece of the pie, the WHOLE pie. Grab it today!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtKjoB_a6VNNDuo4jJwVL4RSPWMI3DJeM9wSVGCnP2vgirFfhNJb3HuO_wbY6rrS04MWKLmPMWNulpT0a3Oaxxde-Db7VuGGWhWRFfsFpi0JlChu3sFO6yw8cuGAIe68vRbkDztghqCTyDUzksasxSc6mNwp8X07VFLfSD4LypF6lX2yE91hCszaZs=s1200" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtKjoB_a6VNNDuo4jJwVL4RSPWMI3DJeM9wSVGCnP2vgirFfhNJb3HuO_wbY6rrS04MWKLmPMWNulpT0a3Oaxxde-Db7VuGGWhWRFfsFpi0JlChu3sFO6yw8cuGAIe68vRbkDztghqCTyDUzksasxSc6mNwp8X07VFLfSD4LypF6lX2yE91hCszaZs=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><a href="http://geo.itunes.apple.com/book/id1245528502" id="yui_3_17_2_1_1644601827876_386" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nook</a></li><li><a href="http://books2read.com/u/bP1PAr" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">All Others</a></li></ul><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-43159969365439441912022-01-09T10:42:00.004-08:002022-01-09T10:42:59.806-08:00Week in review<p> The busy-ness of life came to a screeching halt as piles of snow dumped on our region. The weather is pretty mild, but we usually get about a week of snow. Our area doesn't really deal with it. Figures it will be gone in a week so.... * shrug *</p><p>But that meant plenty of time to settle in with my lapdesk and knock out a couple projects. Why a lapdesk? Well, I managed to break my foot and am doing my best Jimmy Stewart in <i>Rear Window </i>impersonation. In other news, take care of your bodies and take care of those bones, kids. Because when they break, it is a real bummer.</p><p>So, the New Year's resolutions was to see what life was like without sugar or flour (it's pretty good, I gotta say), unplug from social media (still rough, but working on it. I highly recommend the Freedom app if you need a hard intervention), unplug from the news cycle (my favorite form of procrastination), and rediscover the joys of writing.</p><p>Part of this was stepping back from the pressures of playwriting. If you could see the number of rejection letters in my inbox right now... And I know that part of it has to do with my writing being very physical and with large casts. They just aren't feasible in the world as it currently is. But the rejection letters still bite. So, am putting all that on the backburner.</p><p>And, instead, I'm focusing on the page. This week, I wrote a short story of an upcoming fairytale anthology. And I gave myself the freedom to dive into the more poetic side of the written word. There is this... high?... that comes digging through a thesaurus and finding a word that is just so much more than the word your brain would normally have chosen. Perhaps the closest analogy is putting together a puzzle and finding the bits that fits.</p><p>I'm also playing around a bit with suspense writing. It's still in its infancy but, again, it is fun to create something for the sheer fun of trying something new.</p><p>But in the midst of this, I got an idea for a new <i>Maggie </i>short story, so I'll be spending the week getting that onto the page.</p><p>Snowed in with nothing to do but write, I also spent some time vegging out, and my weekly show recommendations are: <i>The Great Interior Design Challenge</i> (think The Great British Bake Off, but with furniture. I loved how sweet it was and how they really wanted people to do well) and <i>Miss Scarlet and the Duke</i> (Victorian detective show with some really great acting turns).</p><p>Onward into the new week! </p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-51822600756528963412022-01-03T12:28:00.000-08:002022-01-03T12:28:02.513-08:00Limited Time Sale - Maggie MacKay Holiday Specials<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhZNHRo2LQn8OBj-R2x5illJ8t_eyP3-QW1atKz2HDKdbbDhISy-JAQIqZZ4skLiH38FlXxzsJxSHCjthjFG-MUWxVeBCO1gCVyf5EX4O_gRh_UsbaqhztmSQqyJG1JbAhWoAXTCipHQIsC_AOozzgyCtQjKsL3bygXDO6y-UvU0R-J179jxE8klI22=w640-h334" style="color: #0000ee; text-align: center;" width="640" /></p></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>One of my New Year's resolutions was to spend less time doom scrolling and more time flipping through the pages of a story.</div><p>Now, if you're like me, getting ye olde attention span into working order is a bit of mountain to climb. But like getting into shape for a marathon, you gotta train up to it. And if you're hoping to train up to longer stretches of focus, I'm here for you!</p><p>For a limited time, every single one of the Maggie MacKay Holiday Specials are on sale for 99-cents. These are bite-sized Maggie adventures and can be devoured no matter where you are in the series (although if you haven't read book one, yet, <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/maggie-mackay-magical-tracker-series" target="_blank">you can get it for free</a>.)</p><p><a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/holiday-specials">https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/holiday-specials</a></p><p>There is no higher purposes for these books other than to be fluffy and fun. If you want to hang out with any of your favorite characters, this is the place to do it. And be on the lookout... there might be another one coming to you soon... very soon...</p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-13794642501988918532022-01-01T12:12:00.005-08:002022-01-01T12:12:39.884-08:002022 Blog Challenge<p> Back in the day, this used to be an active blog with lots of stories about life and adventures. And then Tumblr happened... and Facebook... and Twitter... and... and...</p><p>But I woke up this cold and wintry morning, January 1, 2022, and went, "I think I'm tired of social media companies forcing content I don't want into my brain." </p><p>I remember hearing a scientist talking about how we are all becoming cyborgs. We have these boxes we hold in our hand that contain information we rely on so that we don't have to hold it in our head. And we, ourselves, are signing up to be processors. Information scrolls past our eyes, chosen by computer algorithms to engage us in order to charge companies advertising money. What a racket!</p><p>So, part of my 2022 New Year's Resolutions is to detach from the input and focus on output. I'm saying out loud so I can be held accountable to blog at least once a week. And it'll probably be about dumb stuff and random musings. But, hey, we are all more than a thumbs up or a little heart emoji. </p><p>I have 26 letters and 10 numbers on this keyboard, and in 2022, I hope to rearrange them all in different ways.</p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-13477761054535802682021-12-28T13:27:00.002-08:002021-12-28T13:27:22.258-08:00Tinsel Tides<p> As some of you know (or don't), I write cozy mysteries under the pen name of <a href="https://agathaball.com/" target="_blank">Agatha Ball</a>. If you follow my Paige Comber Mystery series, I just released a new book called <a href="https://books2read.com/u/b5o5gk" target="_blank">Tinsel Tides</a>!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/b5o5gk" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrNctXYuZrfJV9_Q59MRkgBuzTZUVAUWVoIJOBacnfH4rjaBbt91YhDm4RRylT2SjgL2uXwAq8YFrXkV-g60kT78UJd3rmBPMs8TF0I5IBpaTo4zqEl9-WzsuRm0ftviuxDnvAjOw5sXZ_DTdqSl6k2TkqpcC4GhTfQfhBS-0THe8YbST3YTS8dtHo=w640-h334" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Paige, Johnny, Nate, Lottie, and all your favorite characters are back to find out who has gotten onto The Not Nice list.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now, you may be wondering to yourself, "Kate? Why do you have a holiday themed book coming out after the holidays...?"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, as the old saying goes, "Man makes plans and God laughs at those plans."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhvbBSx0AfmlpzfJVBKry5Sv94ZlUvMSypQCYhnAv2i0w37oKRQf320B0l4pHs-dv7K8-S5kttCzBBwzvrGc9yW16x04CpJHtfHTqG8Ilsryj7gcy15en9Kpz58aTevVEySNPklXrC_VxPd3UOwti_JAp8XdP7cpeBgpBcM1jWKEvr45ce5hZII4Z9=s715" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="454" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhvbBSx0AfmlpzfJVBKry5Sv94ZlUvMSypQCYhnAv2i0w37oKRQf320B0l4pHs-dv7K8-S5kttCzBBwzvrGc9yW16x04CpJHtfHTqG8Ilsryj7gcy15en9Kpz58aTevVEySNPklXrC_VxPd3UOwti_JAp8XdP7cpeBgpBcM1jWKEvr45ce5hZII4Z9=s320" width="203" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Merry Thanksgiving-Christmas-New-Years to me! Santa brought me a broken foot! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But seeing as how the <a href="https://agathaball.com/books" target="_blank">Paige Comber Mystery series</a> is a year on Seaside, month by month, you'll not feel it is out of step (so to speak) with the season.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And if you haven't read the Paige Comber series yet, you can get book one, <a href="https://books2read.com/u/bMGkev" target="_blank">The Secret of Seaside, for FREE</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bMGkev" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjiRaPU-ishvUR70_bZWZDORg1hF5Hvd0pPD_A55e8URRbi-dBxakIiAceUwthZaiQfl9ipuglWioxl751aSwY98JvYuq4GRgORp_lE2xHy1cJQiCfQaNN6vbphp-loV2Z1K8dFIoNBBiOJFEPG17GtfK7Y2JMd8-NgVY_Oe5vHr4nc61MMhR2ABm_3=w640-h320" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Thank you for supporting my writing during this difficult time. And if you like these books, please tell your friends! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">From the bottom of my broken sole, know that it means more than you can imagine.</div>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-1461873848989495152021-11-01T21:47:00.000-07:002021-11-01T21:47:33.685-07:00Auntie Mags - Book Twelve<p>Have you been waiting with bated breath for the arrival of <i>Auntie Mags</i>? Well, the wait is now over! Presenting book twelve in the <i>Maggie MacKay: Magical Tracker </i>series! Huzzah!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bzgBrD" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="572" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOnBUz_cz-U7UhZXwHYikDMQFs_5ZYVS5-c6T5ZXL0mRhTh8kG554PxBs1GuXJigRK1m7JqYBb-SAcggfq36iCLhfetimx4mlcQkEUO471a5DpdFa42pP2osdvGHJqovqDZcfOHOIUei44IYn409JnOjUcdlmdtQfXNEPlyFL2V6USM81EFNESr3bI=w400-h336" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Maggie's a now an auntie and ready to show this new nugget all the awesomeness of being a World Walker. But when the child is kidnapped as part of an ancient prophecy, Maggie and Killian must save the kid before nap time means a permanent sleep. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The creatures of the Other Side are about to get a hands-on lesson in why you don't mess with the MacKay girls.</span></div><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>Just so you know what's up, this book is a little more intense than the other books, and that's because it is the second to last in the series. </p><p>I KNOW! I'm sorry!! Please don't throw things at me!</p><p>But I promise it isn't the last of Maggie and Killian, just a wrap-up of this story arc. There's several cameos for <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/other-side-hospitality" target="_blank">a planned spin off</a>, this kid is going to grow up eventually, Maggie and Killian will have to continue <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/holiday-specials" target="_blank">celebrating all the holidays</a>... But I'm sure many of you are wondering if the Big Bad will ever be defeated. And I'm happy to tell you that with the next book... well. You'll find out. 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background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;">KIND</a><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08QLL4NM8?tag=beakmaniaswor-20" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="">LE UK</a></span></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B08QLL4NM8?tag=beakmaniaswor-20" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;" target=""><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KINDLE CA</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08QLL4NM8?tag=beakmaniaswor-20" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;" target=""><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KINDLE AU</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/auntie-mags" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">KOBO</span></a></li><li><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/auntie-mags-kate-danley/1138451477" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">NOOK</span></a></li><li><a href="https://books2read.com/u/bzgBrD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: futura-pt; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">OTHER RETAILERS</span></a></li></ul><p><br /></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-7986097958698185142021-05-20T11:25:00.000-07:002021-05-20T11:25:01.797-07:00Presenting GEORGE!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAn7EbQ6KWU/YKaj65oSfUI/AAAAAAAAPEU/EbZRcQinAycfKTvRYEhgW9XciRCUOL2qACLcBGAsYHQ/s1024/stencil.twitter-ad-sponsored-tweet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HAn7EbQ6KWU/YKaj65oSfUI/AAAAAAAAPEU/EbZRcQinAycfKTvRYEhgW9XciRCUOL2qACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h320/stencil.twitter-ad-sponsored-tweet.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few years ago, I got this idea for this book called <i>George. </i>I can carbon date the first cover I bought for it to 2016.<i> </i>But for various and sundry reasons, George took a backburner as other projects elbowed their way forward (see: <i>Olde Robin Hood, </i>Maggie, all my Agatha ball books, all my plays...) Listen, I don't have a say in these things. The characters show up and I just take dictation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But year after year, writing <i>George</i> would keep popping up on my annual goals. And year after year, I'd get to December 31 and go, "Crap. We'll try again next year, George..." </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, that year FINALLY ARRIVED! GEORGE IS HERE! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a funny, floofy, goofy story about knights and castles and dragons and all the things that shape us as humans. It's a riff on <i>George and the Dragon. </i>But mostly, it's just fun because, I don't know about you, but I'm ready for some smiles. Hope is <i>totally</i> punk rock in 2021.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, get your joy on and grab a copy of <i>George </i>today! And if you love it? Spread the love! Tell your friends and leave a kind review!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.katedanley.com/george" target="_blank">GEORGE</a></div><p></p><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1567707302" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"></a><ul style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1567707302" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"></a><li><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1567707302" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;"></a><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1567707302" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Apple Books</a></li><li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=8KUuEAAAQBAJ" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Google Play</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094Z8SGW2?tag=beakmaniaswor-20" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kindle</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/george-41" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kobo</a></li><li><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/george-kate-danley/1128547373" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Nook</a></li><li><a href="https://books2read.com/u/38QlQO" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #6c2871; font-family: adobe-garamond-pro; font-size: 18px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other Stores</a></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><p></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-3859651750678466372020-12-14T15:47:00.000-08:002020-12-14T15:47:03.244-08:00The Woodcutter - Only 99-cents<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/1aIyvPj" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2OvS46rQekI/X9f4TdSXxpI/AAAAAAAAOx8/HGbJXV0OUCsqO5tjydyD7jQjXdlEL8gBQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/617946_SocMed_Woodcutter_V3_010820.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stumped for the perfect gift? Have I got your back, my friends! My publishers at 47North are currently running a 99-cent sale on the Kindle version of <a href="http://amzn.to/1aIyvPj" target="_blank">The Woodcutter</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Want to know something cool? You can also purchase said book for 99-cents and gift it! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IsfFjLmSMWY/X9f5DyKFf0I/AAAAAAAAOyI/j7AZR683yNEDhlF06ht8aYUTvEn8NMg2gCLcBGAsYHQ/s549/buy%2Bfor%2Bothers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="393" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IsfFjLmSMWY/X9f5DyKFf0I/AAAAAAAAOyI/j7AZR683yNEDhlF06ht8aYUTvEn8NMg2gCLcBGAsYHQ/w286-h400/buy%2Bfor%2Bothers.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Click "Buy for others", enter their email address, and you'll have the opportunity to write a lovely card and choose the day you want the ebook to be delivered to them. It is an easy way to send a gift to folks far away! AND for less than $1!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-10092616744495091192020-10-29T11:43:00.002-07:002020-10-29T11:43:31.643-07:00Haunting at High Tide<p>As some of you may (or may not) know, in addition to writing fantasy, I write cozy mysteries under the pen name <a href="www.agathaball.com" target="_blank">Agatha Ball</a>. Sometimes you just need a mental vacation to the beach, and I refer to these books as "feel good murders." They're like the <a href="https://thegreatbritishbakeoff.co.uk/" target="_blank">Great British Bake Off</a> of crime.</p><p>Well, after long last, I'm proud to announce that book five, <a href="https://books2read.com/u/boEQwa" target="_blank">Haunting at High Tide</a>, is now available!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hvFV5ZlBu1o/X5sLtU0Pl-I/AAAAAAAAOsg/lDK-8Ahz0sUAxZ2xp0iCnI2ymu0v9qzowCLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/stencil.facebook-link-post.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hvFV5ZlBu1o/X5sLtU0Pl-I/AAAAAAAAOsg/lDK-8Ahz0sUAxZ2xp0iCnI2ymu0v9qzowCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h334/stencil.facebook-link-post.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;"><i>Seaside is gearing up for its Halloween festival, but strange things start happening. Is it merely pranks between two rival ghost hunting teams trying to drum up business or something more sinister? Join Paige, Nate, and Johnny for a hauntingly good time at high tide!</i></span></div><div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1532286376">Apple Books</a> </li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3ozNrMd" target="_blank">Amazon</a> </li><li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ohAFEAAAQBAJ">Google Play</a> </li><li><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/haunting-at-high-tide" target="_blank">Kobo</a> </li><li><a href="https://books2read.com/u/boEQwa" target="_blank">Other Stores</a> </li></ul></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Don't know the Paige Comber Mysteries? Well, diver right in! THE SECRET OF SEASIDE, book one, is FREE! https://books2read.com/u/bMGkev</div><div><br /></div><div>What's the deal with Nook? As you may or may not be aware, B&N was hit by a hacker attack a couple weeks ago and they are still getting back on their feet. Will let you know the moment HAUNTING AT HIGH TIDE goes live!</div><p><br /></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-80931529741689986012020-09-12T10:14:00.001-07:002020-09-12T10:14:27.244-07:00Moons Over My Maggie - Part I<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Twoq9oY-GB8/Xv41k3VMtVI/AAAAAAAAOc8/9_48IRikgiUUU_FetQgTOl8PBghF2uKHwCPcBGAYYCw/s2240/Moons%2BOver%2BMy%2BMaggie%2B%25281%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="281" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Twoq9oY-GB8/Xv41k3VMtVI/AAAAAAAAOc8/9_48IRikgiUUU_FetQgTOl8PBghF2uKHwCPcBGAYYCw/w500-h281/Moons%2BOver%2BMy%2BMaggie%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books2read.com/u/4DWlpd" target="_blank">Moons Over My Maggie</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After long last, <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4DWlpd" target="_blank">Moons Over My Maggie</a>, book eleven in the <a href="http://www.maggieforhire.com" target="_blank">Maggie MacKay: Magical Tracker</a> series has arrived!</div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 14px;">Maggie and Killian are on the run and trying to keep their heads low. But when a SoCal tiki convention starts serving up zombies (and not the the kind you drink) the M-Team is on the job. But could it be this curse is the work of greater forces? Hold onto your coconuts! It's gonna be one volcanic eruption of awesome! Join Maggie and Killian on an urban fantasy adventure through California kitsch in <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4DWlpd" target="_blank">Moons Over My Maggie</a>!</span></p></blockquote><p><b>BUY NOW!</b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://books.apple.com/us/book/moons-over-my-maggie/id1517473295?ign-mpt=uo%3D4&mt=11" target="_blank">Apple Books</a></li><li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=8gn5DwAAQBAJ" target="_blank">Google Play</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/34Luf6I" target="_blank">Kindle US</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08GL4T87X" target="_blank">Kindle UK</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08GL4T87X" target="_blank">Kindle CA</a></li><li><a href="https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/moons-over-my-maggie" target="_blank">Kobo</a></li><li><a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moons-over-my-maggie-kate-danley/1137152709" target="_blank">Nook</a></li><li><a href="https://amzn.to/3joLzCL" target="_blank">Paperback</a></li><li><a href="https://books2read.com/u/4DWlpd" target="_blank">Other Stores</a></li></ul><p></p><p>But the whole point in you showing up to my blog is to get some behind the scene insights, right? My travels through California inspire these books and <a href="https://books2read.com/u/4DWlpd" target="_blank">Moons Over My Maggie</a> is no exception. No spoilers, but plenty of pictures.</p><p>First off, in one of the scenes, Maggie and Killian head to a place called Milton's Cafetorium. It's loosely based on a Los Angeles landmark called <a href="https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/eat-drink/cliftons-republic-the-story-of-an-la-icon" target="_blank">Clifton's Cafeteria</a>. </p><p>I can carbon date my discover of Clifton's to twelve years ago when I attended my first comic book convention (thanks Ryan Winn, Giddy Girlie, and Adam Jackman!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WkFoBgZKNZE/X1zrrov-5mI/AAAAAAAAOmo/16SUdG_0Yds1bJZnz6M3zOEo-C4BYNW5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s800/2335948167_a3e9ae3958_c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WkFoBgZKNZE/X1zrrov-5mI/AAAAAAAAOmo/16SUdG_0Yds1bJZnz6M3zOEo-C4BYNW5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/2335948167_a3e9ae3958_c.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Downtown Los Angeles was once the happening spot to be. It has a mile of historic theaters that would make you weep with their beauty, from the old <a href="https://laorpheum.com/gallery/" target="_blank">Orpheum</a> to the abandoned <a href="http://btgla.com/gallery/tower-theatre" target="_blank">Tower</a>. And one of the treasures was Clifton's Cafeteria.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DlT4YchES4Y/X1zocR0AtfI/AAAAAAAAOk4/BQOVlaEOW8EtOmr4jV6V4N2OL_cM7ul-ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1944/IMG_20160209_231755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DlT4YchES4Y/X1zocR0AtfI/AAAAAAAAOk4/BQOVlaEOW8EtOmr4jV6V4N2OL_cM7ul-ACLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h500/IMG_20160209_231755.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Behold it in miniature glory! Because it is too big for my camera.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oKOlwkU-4Mc/X1zoalNzQ9I/AAAAAAAAOkk/lpjnk2VmMtUYcqWtHecLgP6qGZ1UYvkLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1944/IMG_20160209_211201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oKOlwkU-4Mc/X1zoalNzQ9I/AAAAAAAAOkk/lpjnk2VmMtUYcqWtHecLgP6qGZ1UYvkLQCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h500/IMG_20160209_211201.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jl7h8W3NS-0/X1zreFBmYPI/AAAAAAAAOlo/SLt3sruOuJoEGgqEc4JWZOuYtdgpkBZfgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/best-in-the-west_2338193493_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jl7h8W3NS-0/X1zreFBmYPI/AAAAAAAAOlo/SLt3sruOuJoEGgqEc4JWZOuYtdgpkBZfgCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/best-in-the-west_2338193493_o.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The first time I went, it still had its old cafeteria line and trays.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OCLzA9d0V4s/X1zrfIqH2PI/AAAAAAAAOl0/YeMZ5weKhUAGP6BdGi-q0swyaCj9o6TLQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/dscn0329_2338214663_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OCLzA9d0V4s/X1zrfIqH2PI/AAAAAAAAOl0/YeMZ5weKhUAGP6BdGi-q0swyaCj9o6TLQCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/dscn0329_2338214663_o.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The fancy upstairs tea room</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lyytuurMQG0/X1zrfTwruVI/AAAAAAAAOl4/BqV2ShK7KAkd043PZZvw2xvLmQc4cv5lQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/duck_2338210723_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="375" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lyytuurMQG0/X1zrfTwruVI/AAAAAAAAOl4/BqV2ShK7KAkd043PZZvw2xvLmQc4cv5lQCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h375/duck_2338210723_o.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Faux waterfalls with plastic plants.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7vzuy3PJAts/X1zrguyQwGI/AAAAAAAAOmI/SshVfv9bQ1wDe20uSbYnDIHI3ECQoOKnwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/looking-down-upon-the-forest-floor_2339030022_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7vzuy3PJAts/X1zrguyQwGI/AAAAAAAAOmI/SshVfv9bQ1wDe20uSbYnDIHI3ECQoOKnwCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h469/looking-down-upon-the-forest-floor_2339030022_o.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Moose Over My Maggie</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--BXqCJNXAkI/X1zrhgBhvDI/AAAAAAAAOmU/W2JAay5wqmc4xdocyeGtRyBNI5yjgbP2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/old-marketing_2338236849_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--BXqCJNXAkI/X1zrhgBhvDI/AAAAAAAAOmU/W2JAay5wqmc4xdocyeGtRyBNI5yjgbP2ACLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h469/old-marketing_2338236849_o.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zY8Dxh7VcvY/X1zrhzn8OHI/AAAAAAAAOmY/cQLDLDT85u05fSumBHfQ5uH8Ihg6zN_OwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/the-lodge_2338194659_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="469" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zY8Dxh7VcvY/X1zrhzn8OHI/AAAAAAAAOmY/cQLDLDT85u05fSumBHfQ5uH8Ihg6zN_OwCLcBGAsYHQ/w625-h469/the-lodge_2338194659_o.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Upstairs (the wooden railings have since been replaced with glass)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xY7Q8ZG3zE/X1zw6lVlMgI/AAAAAAAAOnM/rU1GGt6iOBcsZEVZ2c0Wfa3_oTYYgI9GgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/treasures_2339051036_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8xY7Q8ZG3zE/X1zw6lVlMgI/AAAAAAAAOnM/rU1GGt6iOBcsZEVZ2c0Wfa3_oTYYgI9GgCLcBGAsYHQ/w375-h500/treasures_2339051036_o.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Though it survived the Great Depression, offering "pay what you can" to any hungry souls, the poor old place was going under during the Great Recession. Fortunately, a group of folks stepped forward to and, honoring its historic roots, saved it from being turned into downtown condos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mH1PkyrTbjE/X1zoaokbqpI/AAAAAAAAOkg/cgzsW5ztApEp921DW9gHPp4IICebVf5dwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1944/IMG_20160209_211803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mH1PkyrTbjE/X1zoaokbqpI/AAAAAAAAOkg/cgzsW5ztApEp921DW9gHPp4IICebVf5dwCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h500/IMG_20160209_211803.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgqCIjdYyrU/X1zoanFKx4I/AAAAAAAAOko/DBZP66n9tZsr7Tfnt6T80Ia4VDy6OeyRQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1944/IMG_20160209_213223.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lgqCIjdYyrU/X1zoanFKx4I/AAAAAAAAOko/DBZP66n9tZsr7Tfnt6T80Ia4VDy6OeyRQCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h500/IMG_20160209_213223.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tJdK3gE9M0g/X1zocU_ZboI/AAAAAAAAOk0/mvg2EkocG2YnE-5DmEi16JYPXMQtBxduQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1944/IMG_20160209_220253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1944" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tJdK3gE9M0g/X1zocU_ZboI/AAAAAAAAOk0/mvg2EkocG2YnE-5DmEi16JYPXMQtBxduQCLcBGAsYHQ/w500-h500/IMG_20160209_220253.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(And yes, the burlesque is real.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, yes, they have a <a href="https://la.eater.com/2016/10/4/13162930/the-pacific-seas-cliftons-cafeteria-tiki-bar-photos-inside" target="_blank">tiki bar</a>! (And some <a href="https://theneverlands.com/product-category/tokens-trophies/" target="_blank">gorgeous tiki mugs</a> available online.) If you're in Los Angeles, the whole entire place is worth the trip and I am ever so grateful for the inspiration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's enough for this post! More to come!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-79758287424055829222020-09-11T21:59:00.005-07:002020-09-11T22:00:03.877-07:00Sometimes we need a hero...<p> Bring <i><a href="http://amzn.to/1aIyvPj" target="_blank">The Woodcutter</a> </i>home with you today for only 99-cents on Kindle until September 14!</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nLHfVfQVCSo" width="560"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"Five Stars - I had a glorious time reading this book. I truly couldn’t put it down. The climax of this story was truly heart-stopping" - </span><a href="http://akamaireader.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/the-woodcutter/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Akamai Reader<br /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"Five Stars - </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">The Woodcutter </span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">is a must read for both the lover of fantasy and mystery." - </span><a href="http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewDanleyTheWoodcutter.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Marissa </span></a><a href="http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewDanleyTheWoodcutter.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Libbit, </span></a><a href="http://www.readerviews.com/ReviewDanleyTheWoodcutter.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i><span style="line-height: 17px;">Reader Views<br /><br /></span></i></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"It felt like the continuation of fairy tales with the right suspense, drama and action to keep my adult side hooked while my inner child re-visited fairyland." - </span><a href="http://blog.susanviolante.com/2011/10/23/the-woodcutter-by-kate-danley---a-book-review.aspx" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Susan Violente, </span></a><a href="http://blog.susanviolante.com/2011/10/23/the-woodcutter-by-kate-danley---a-book-review.aspx" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i><span style="line-height: 17px;">I </span></i></a><a href="http://blog.susanviolante.com/2011/10/23/the-woodcutter-by-kate-danley---a-book-review.aspx" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><i><span style="line-height: 17px;">Have Something to Say<br /><br /></span></i></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"This is a great fantasy read that weaves together all of your favorite fairytales in a really ingenious way. The author creates a world where these stories make sense coexisting together. I really loved this novel."<br />- </span><a href="http://thriftyebookreader.tumblr.com/post/13600065065/the-woodcutter" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Thrifty E-Book Reader<br /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"Danley weaves together fairy tales in a fascinating web, creating a whole new story with great depth and emotion. In many ways, her book is the opposite of Jasper Fforde’s Nursery Crime series. For Fforde, the nursery rhyme and fairy tale allusions are all there to provide tongue in cheek humor. For Danley, the shards of story are there to craft her own beautiful mosaic." - </span><a href="http://rosannelortz.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/the-woodcutter-by-kate-danley/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Rosanne E. Lortz, Read </span></a><a href="http://rosannelortz.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/the-woodcutter-by-kate-danley/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Room<br /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"The mystery and intrigue kept me guessing, and I'm already anxious to read more from Danley in the future if she continues to write books of this caliber." - </span><a href="http://abackwardsstory.blogspot.com/2013/04/review-woodcutter-by-kate-danley.html" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Bonnie Lynn Wagner, A Backwards Story<br /><br /></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">"Those of you familiar with more traditional fairytales will love the language of this novel. Kate Danley’s writing is beautiful. She is a master at words and I found myself reading and re-reading many lines throughout." </span><a href="http://bookstakeyouplaces.com/2013/08/13/review-the-woodcutter-by-kate-danley/" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank"><span style="line-height: 17px;">-Alyssa, Books Take you Places</span></a></div>Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-41289464201306379482020-07-02T12:31:00.001-07:002020-07-02T12:31:03.693-07:00Welcome Back, Maggie!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Twoq9oY-GB8/Xv41k3VMtVI/AAAAAAAAOc0/YRI9ncsByRkLh4VcK7cjWeaiYLJg8KfggCK4BGAsYHg/s2240/Moons%2BOver%2BMy%2BMaggie%2B%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="351" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Twoq9oY-GB8/Xv41k3VMtVI/AAAAAAAAOc0/YRI9ncsByRkLh4VcK7cjWeaiYLJg8KfggCK4BGAsYHg/w625-h351/Moons%2BOver%2BMy%2BMaggie%2B%25281%2529.jpg" width="625" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-6010647247233158443mlContentTable" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td class="m_-6010647247233158443spacingHeight-40" height="40" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; line-height: 40px; margin: 0px; min-height: 40px;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-6010647247233158443mlContentTable" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; color: #222222; direction: ltr; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; min-width: 640px; width: 640px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td align="center" class="m_-6010647247233158443mlContentOuter" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 40px;"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; direction: ltr; width: 100%px;"><tbody style="direction: ltr;"><tr style="direction: ltr;"><td id="m_-6010647247233158443bodyText-10" style="border-collapse: collapse; direction: ltr; font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px;"><p style="direction: ltr; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">It's been a long time coming, but the wait is almost over! 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I hopped on a plane from our wee little local airport...<br />
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(Hello, wee little airport! This is it. This is the entire airport. There's a gate behind me and a gate behind that wall aaaaaand... that's it. Isn't it cute?)<br />
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I jetted down the west coast. From the stormy, rainy days of the PNW, it was tough not to just "forget" to hop back on the plane when we landed in San Francisco. This is February, people! Look at those clear skies! </div>
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I had to keep reminding myself it is NOT okay to buy souvenirs to remember an airport layover. But they had a snowglobe with silver glitter fog and oh so many wonderful mugs... I love mugs... </div>
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And bread...</div>
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And a whole market filled with all the See's and Ghirardelli in one place...</div>
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Don't judge me.</div>
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Outpacing the sunset, I sped east, making sure to wave to Chicago as I sped by. Hello, Chicago! Hello! You are very pretty up close, but also from 30,000 feet!<br />
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Finally, I touched down in NYC. After a quick cab ride, I checked into my first hotel.<br />
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Thing about being on West Coast time was that though it was midnight in the Big Apple, my body was like, "Hey! It's 9:00!" So, I decided to take a stroll down to Times Square and stumbled upon an art installation. Every night at 11:57 PM, a graphic artist takes over all the billboards to present something profound for three minutes.</div>
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And then I headed to bed. The next days were <a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/about-the-guild/council-staff" target="_blank">Dramatists Guild</a> meetings at a Broadway theatre and strolling along the west river at night with a fellow rep and eating at 10:00 PM at a little restaurant that had an autographed picture of Fred Astaire just hanging on the wall, and tea at the Russian Tea Room.</div>
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So, that's all the exposition. I was there for business, but in looking at my life went, "Self? Remember those dreams you had? Maybe you should look at them again." So, I decided to do something to make a dream come true.</div>
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And that dream is providing roles for the really funny women I know. Women who SLAY, but are constantly shuffled off to the b-storyline in romantic comedies, paired up with the awkward dude as some sort of prize, or bit character roles where they come in and KILL IT with a line or two, and then we have to sit through another 90-minutes of some hapless young man trying to figure out what he's doing with his life.</div>
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So, I decided to put together a reading of my office, female-led farce, <a href="https://www.bureaucrazyplay.com/productions-2" target="_blank">Bureaucrazy</a>. </div>
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I hauled out funny ladies I knew from all corners of the globe. People like Sarah Jones Brinkworth, who now lives in Massachusetts, whom I met in Los Angeles nineteen years ago at a TOTAL "casting director workshop" scam where we paid something ridiculous like $1200 for a week of "auditioning" before the assistant to the assistant of a "casting director actively seeking out clients." It was so ridiculous. I began calling it a summer camp and in protest, started wearing macaroni necklaces and paper bag vests I made during evening "craft time" bitch sessions (it's so weird I never succeeded in Hollywood). But Sarah admired my skillz with the penne pasta and we became best friends. </div>
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I called in <a href="http://www.katiethompson.com/" target="_blank">Katie Thompson</a>, whom I met in 2002 when we were working at a terrible office job and both struggling in LA. She once hauled a piano up two flights of stairs to do a random show at a free theatre I had tracked down. And now she's in NYC and just made her Broadway debut.</div>
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(2002, in that random free theatre off La Brea)</div>
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My friend <a href="http://www.btolsen.com/" target="_blank">Brian Olsen</a> got roped in... erm... agreed to direct. We met in the basement of a random theatre off Christopher Street in the West Village back in 1997. </div>
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(circa 2002, sporting our matching vintage bowling shirts from Aardvarks on Melrose)</div>
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He's now doing comedy at UCB on the <a href="https://hellskitchen.ucbtheatre.com/performance/66982" target="_blank">Maude Team</a> "Afterschool Snack" and brought along his fellow UCB pal <a href="https://resumes.actorsaccess.com/DavidMcCall" target="_blank">David McCall</a> to play all the mens (who KILLED it and I will forever adore not just for his masterful ability to sexy spacework carrying heavy objects, but for being so method he actually carried all of the real heavy objects for me). </div>
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Not to get all deep, but Charles was family friends with Kitty Carlisle, and took me out to dinner with her after a show once. She asked me how my career was going, to which I could only shrug, and she oh so gently shared that she used to call 5:00 "The Suicide Hour" because that was the time the agents had gone home, and she knew she had not gotten the part. It was a kindness of spirit that will always stay with me. Charles and I spoke of it often. And Charles gave me moments like that all the time. He was so young and it made me realize how precious this time is. And it made me realize I have a duty to prevent "Suicide Hour" whenever I can. I have a duty to create the opportunities like Charles created for me. Knowing someone with that spirit who gave so much to you means you need to the same for someone else.</div>
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At his memorial, I met one of his best friends, <a href="https://www.amy-griffin.com/" target="_blank">Amy Griffin</a>, and was struck by her spirit and spunk and decided to call her in for this. Charles' ability to connect people lives on and we were talking after the show about how he was so present in all of this. </div>
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(Note: Everyone is skinnier than they appear. I had my phone on panorama, so they're all squished out like a flattened wad of silly putty. But this is the only picture I thought to snap so we're going for historical importance here.)</div>
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(If any of you have listened to David Sedaris' <i>Santaland Diaries</i>, this is where he worked! Not quite as flashy in the off-season, but Santa is busy in the North Pole making toys right now.)</div>
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When my grandmother died, she began... saying hello (for a lack of a better way to describe it) by dropping pennies from heaven. When I shared this with my mom, she said "OMG! I found a penny on the counter this morning!" And when I shared it with David as we gathered at call time, he said, "OMG! I'm so tall, I usually don't notice things below my knees, but I was sitting on the subway and there was a penny!" So hey, Grandma! Glad you were here to shine on our adventure!</div>
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There are moments in a career that feel like an out of body experience. Or maybe it's grace. Or a glimpse into the infinite. But that's what happened in my head. To come from a reading in Times Square, to turn a corner and find yourself having a theatre lunch with other professional theatre women... at SARDIS.</div>
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It was like an alternate dream world. I can't even begin to describe how wonderful that lunch was. To be surrounded by whipsmart women who were passionate about this theatre thing and understood that way it fills your heart. To have conversations about what thrilled us, about what was exciting, what was new, what steps to take next. It just... Theatre people are my people and I have missed them. </div>
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The second show went even better than the first. And I'm so excited to say that the wheels are in motion to bring this reading back to NYC in the next month or so. Please come! Come see all of the magic that is happening here. And if you're not on the east coast, come to <a href="https://stagesoc.org/season/" target="_blank">StagesOC</a> in June to catch a full production there. You can stay abreast of the awesomeness at <a href="http://bureaucrazyplay.com/">bureaucrazyplay.com</a> or by signing up for <a href="http://www.katedanley.com/subscribe.html" target="_blank">my newsletter</a>.</div>
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My heart is so full! My play, <i>Bureaucrazy,</i> is getting a full reading in Times Square February 27, 2020. This has been an enormous journey. In 2018, I submitted this play to over one-hundred theatres and no one would touch it. And then, in 2019, in the span of four weeks, I had requests for three readings and a world premiere, and then from one of those readings two theatres approached me to license it for full productions.</div>
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Every other month for the past two years, I've put on my playwriting pants and headed out into the world to see what I can do to make life better for the artists around me. Last summer, I had the honor of helping out with <a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/seattle-scratch" target="_blank">The Scratch</a>, a fantastic play series in the Pacific Northwest. I wrote an article for <a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/thedramatist/seattle-scratch" target="_blank">The Dramatists magazine</a>, which you can read by clicking on that little link, if you'd like to find out more!<br />
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<br />Kate Danleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09653558089480316387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5053383438802304702.post-89609057931861233702020-01-03T08:44:00.001-08:002020-01-14T13:58:17.801-08:00Dramatists Guild Holiday PartyWas one of your New Year's Resolutions to read more plays?<br />
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Well, the<a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/" target="_blank"> Dramatists Guild Seattle Region</a> has got your back!<br />
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In December, we hosted a Holiday Party Play Challenge. Playwrights were given a prompt of "snow" and "Seattle" and about 24-hours to write a three-page play for presentation before a live audience at the <a href="https://www.palaceartbar.com/" target="_blank">Palace Theatre and Art Bar</a>.<br />
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Some of those playwrights have chosen to share their plays on the <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/" target="_blank">New Play Exchange</a>, which is almost like indie publishing for playwrights. They upload their play; people who are interested can read it and review it; and directors, producers, and students can license directly from the playwright (an easy process where you just hit a button on the right that says, "Inquire About Rights.")<br />
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Check out the list of plays performed below! And we're going reverse alphabetical by first name because I read an article about how tough it is to be a "Z" in an "A to Z" world. Happy 2020, y'all!<br />
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<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/3374/thomas-pierce" target="_blank">Thomas Pierce</a> - It's the Most Wonderful Time of Year</li>
<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/37157/tammis-doyle" target="_blank">Tammi Doyle</a> - <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/628052/taking-time" target="_blank">Taking Time</a></li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about a couple getting ready for the day when snow threatens and they consult "Snow Binders"- but then remember last year's snowfall and their homebound lovemaking."</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/stephaniebrooks" target="_blank">Stephanie Brooks</a> - Warm Snow</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/sherrylreynolds" target="_blank">Sherry Penoyer</a> - That Snow Angel</li>
<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/33792/ryan-long" target="_blank">Ryan Long</a> - <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/628989/thermidor" target="_blank">Thermidor</a></li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about the umbrella store and the meet-cute with the two women."</li>
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<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/3415/robert-flor" target="_blank">Robert Flor</a> - A Christmas Passing</li>
<li>Robin Brooks - The Snowperson's Bill of Rights</li>
<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/15918/pamela-hobart-carter" target="_blank">Pamela Hobart Carter</a> - <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/629047/snowpocalypse-rendez-vous-taverna-seattle" target="_blank">Snowpocalypse Rendez-Vous</a></li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about a couple on a date at a snowed-in bar meeting a couple eager to make new friends."</li>
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<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/28755/margaret-odonnell" target="_blank">Margaret O'Donnell</a> - First Star</li>
<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/20368/maggie-lee" target="_blank">Maggie Lee</a> - Snow Woman</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/lauriespector" target="_blank">Laurie Spector</a> - Stuffed in Snowy Seattle</li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about Grandma and the family sausage recipe."</li>
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<li>Kathryn Jean Keller - Seattle Snow</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/jwmarshall" target="_blank">J.W. Marshall</a> - White with Whole Milk</li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about the Shoreline split-level residing couple where the wife is intent on taking her father his requested loaf of Orowheat White With Whole Milk bread, her mother/his wife having died semi-recently, and her husband is intent on her not going out owing to a sincere snow storm."</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/johndavenport" target="_blank">John C. Davenport</a> - White Center Christmas</li>
<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/johnallman" target="_blank">John Allman</a> - A Long Way to Purdy</li>
<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/5788/jessica-andrewartha" target="_blank">Jessica Andrewartha</a> - <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/627955/s-word" target="_blank">The 'S' Word</a></li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about a bored meteorologist and a vengeful intern."</li>
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<li>Eugenie Trow - See the Snow?</li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about one person glad to be over an affair and lost in the snow (parody of It Never Rains in Southern California), the other person trying to get back together (parody of By the Sea, By the Sea,By the Beautiful Sea)."</li>
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<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/23206/elena-naskova" target="_blank">Elena Naskora</a> - <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/629224/sugar-momma" target="_blank">Sugar Momma</a></li>
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<li>"Mine was the one about the Playwright and the Older woman making a pass on him:)"</li>
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<li>Cinda Robinson - Seattle Sleeps like Lenore</li>
<li><a href="https://newplayexchange.org/users/16605/christopher-kidder-mostrom" target="_blank">Christopher Kidder-Mostrom</a> - <a href="https://newplayexchange.org/plays/627905/snow-job" target="_blank">Snow Job</a></li>
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<li>"In Winter's corporate headquarters, Jack Frost and the Snow Queen try to devise a way to prevent loss of market share due to global warming."</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.dramatistsguild.com/members/ashleyarai" target="_blank">Ashley Arai</a> - Bob, Betty and Snow Boots</li>
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May I introduce... Miss Elle Spell, owner of the Know Spell Hotel in her debut book <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/other-side-hospitality/">Miss Spell's Hotel</a>!<br />
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If you're a <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/">Maggie</a> fan, you're going to want to pick this one up. It takes place on the Other Side a few years before Maggie's adventures, but several familiar faces show up. You'll get some insight into how the ball started rolling in the <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/books/">Magical Tracker</a> series...<br />
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So, I'm up to my neck finishing this manuscript, but one of the questions I'm frequently asked is how do I get my ideas for my stories.<br />
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This one I actually have a good answer for! <br />
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It was October and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was right around the corner. They say a picture is worth a thousand words (four pages, double spaced in Times New Roman) and this cover designer I follow was clearing out some premades. This one grabbed my attention and I couldn't let it go.<br />
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At the SAME time, it is funny how what we watch or read inspires our imagination. What's the old saying... our thoughts are 90% just repeating the things we've heard or seen?<br />
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So I'm binge watching <i>Twin Peaks</i> for the first time and <i>The Addams Family</i>, and they squish together like chocolate and peanut butter. <br />
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Add them to the mix of this cover image and the world of my <a href="http://www.maggieforhire.com/" target="_blank">Maggie MacKay series</a> and all the imagery of Halloween... and out comes <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/other-side-hospitality/" target="_blank">Miss Spell</a>!<br />
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If you'd like to check out <a href="https://www.maggiemackaymagicaltracker.com/other-side-hospitality/" target="_blank">Miss Spell</a>, she is available for <b>pre-order</b> on <b>Nook, Kobo</b>, and <b>iTunes</b>. (Amazon comes next week when she's live!)<br />
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But I still had one more day in Nottingham. My agenda included a visit to Nottingham Castle. This is the bailey and pretty much the only remnants of the structure that would have existed back in Robin Hood's day. </div>
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And there was a little homage to my hero.</div>
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Nottingham Castle was considered one of the finest castles back in the day. Built by Henry II, Richard the Lionheart would come hang out when he wasn't fighting in the Crusades, Prince John holed up here when he tried to overthrow King Richard, and the only time the castle walls were ever breached was when King Richard came back to claim it from his dumb brother. It has a darker history, too. King John hung twenty-four young Welsh hostages (aged 11 - 15) atop the wall to punish the Welsh chieftains for rising against him. Henry III (the reign in which I set my Robin Hood tale) turned it into a bit of a pleasure palace and would bring his friends out to hunt his deer (he would also make gifts of the trees in Sherwood Forest for said friends' fancy homes. Unfortunately, no trees for the poor people unless they bought the wood from a royally sanctioned woodcutter.)</div>
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Here's what Nottingham Castle <i>used</i> to look like: </div>
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Sadly, it feel into disrepair, and we have this quote:</div>
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When Charles I's head was lopped off, Oliver Cromwell demanded that the castle be destroyed so it wouldn't fall back into Royalist hands. And his minions set about doing it. But when Charles II was restored in 1661, the people who destroyed the castle were thrown in jail, and William Cavendish bought it in 1663. He hated the dusty, musty medieval vibe and decided to turn it into something more French. He tore down the turrets and the balustrades and replaced it with... a square. I mean, a highly decorated square, but the building was a brick.<br />
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I will say, it was an excellent museum. They had paintings that were some of the finest masterworks I've ever seen. Sadly, their display on Robin Hood was pretty much an exhibit in the basement aimed at kids. Really well done, informative, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! But not exactly what you'd expect. THAT said, they have announced a new project to build an exhibit that focuses on Robin Hood and I'm so excited! Here's a great little video that talks about the recent announcement and gives you a look inside: <a href="https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/nottingham-castle-close-when-reopen-1705457">https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/nottingham-castle-close-when-reopen-1705457</a></div>
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I apologize I was not able to get any pictures (museums and such), but I DID manage to hit up the gift shop and grabbed a Robin Hood lavender sachet with Nottingham lace and all sorts of books not available in the U.S.</div>
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The one thing that I was really interested in checking out was the caves. SO! Timeline - Edward the II got stabbed. Edward III was the king regent, but his mom Queen Isabella was having an affair with this guy named Mortimer. Edward III decided enough was enough and had Mortimer hauled out of his mom's bed, through the caves, and to the tower of London, where he was hung a month later. </div>
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Note: Brewhouse Yard Museum Caves and Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem Inn Caves. There will be a test later if you read the book.</div>
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I grabbed a bite to eat on the terrace (lovely ham and cheese sandwich, and a bit of Victoria sponge)</div>
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It was a dove cote! Back in the day, WiFi was pretty spotty, so instead, they had trained pigeons. Half of them knew how to fly to York, half of them knew how to fly to London, and they were dispatched from these little nooks whenever anyone needed to send a message. Like owl post! Except for real! And with doves and pigeons!</div>
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....Oh look! Right next to Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem!</div>
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Look at the tip top of the cliff edge and that's Nottingham Castle. Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem is to the left of where I'm standing.</div>
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You can see the outer castle wall. Now, imagine it's the medieval times and most houses are only one or two stories tall. I read that the castle wall actually extended 40-feet above this. Pretty snazzy.</div>
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Now, it says in the ballads that Robin Hood was captured in St. Mary's and then dragged across the street and thrown into an oubliette. This was generally considered just legend until recently when some archaeologists started digging around the Galleries of Justice (which are located <i>literally</i> across the street from St Mary's) and discovered a frickin' oubliette. Here's the video:</div>
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The tour guide mentioned that the <a href="http://www.nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk/" target="_blank">Galleries of Justice</a> (a.k.a. Nottingham Gaol, pronounced "jail") were open and they had a little display on Robin Hood, so I headed over.<br />
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Quick history lesson: King John was awful. The barons made him sign the Magna Carta, but when King John refused to honor it, the barons in England rose up against him in a civil war called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barons%27_War" target="_blank">First Barons War</a>. Peace was made, but King John was pissed that his people would fight against him, so he declared a bunch of them outlaws and banished them to Sherwood Forest (which is where the idea of the Merry Men may come from.) The French decided they needed to come be the parent and invaded England as a peacekeeping force.</div>
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It's kind of strange writing about these men, because we came across this scroll of our family genealogy and as Maury Povich would say, "SURPRISE! You're the great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather."</div>
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It is strange living, literally, half a world away and finding yourself standing in a place someone whose DNA created you once stood. To look at the same buildings he and she were looking at 1000-years ago. These aren't just stories. These are the stories of my family. These are the people who had to happen in order for me to exist.</div>
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The only reason we even have a clue about Robin Hood was because people told his story through whatever means they had available, and they did so because his story resonated with them. He was not a fancy man. No monks were illuminating his ballads in their monasteries. People shared his story verbally around fires and festivals because it meant something. And the couple that owned this museum? (I had a lovely chat with one of the owners in the gift shop) They loved Robin Hood and put this all together and ran this place (I think I was the only visitor) because they were passionate about it. I had been combing the city looking for information on the Nottinghams's most famous celebrity. I found tons about my royal relatives and clergy and lawmakers and "important" folks. But it was in this teeny, tiny little building hidden away from the bustling crowds, I found all of the information I was looking for. Just regular people, trying to tell a man's story.</div>
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I've been looking at this bulletin board for almost two years. I'll be taking it down as soon as I press publish on this post. It changed immensely from the inspirational images I had when I began to where I am now. I have my pennant from New York, a map of Nottingham and Sherwood, my sachet from Nottingham, a pressed penny and card from Sherwood Forest, a battered postcard from St. Mary's that I bought for a £1 donation at a little side table. I only have to sell four copies of <i>Olde Robin Hood</i> to cover the cost of that postcard! </div>
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Quite a ways from that first stroll through Chelsea where I got the spark of an idea to a journey that would lead me halfway around the globe to stand where my ancestors stood. </div>
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I find it sort of fitting that fancy people weren't interested in this story. I shopped this book around to agents and publishers and found, even with everything I've accomplished, the only doors open to me are those that involve me telling this story directly to you. </div>
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The next morning, I drove my wee little car through the streets of Nottingham to get to the historic district where I hoped to find Robin Hood. I wedged my Ford Focus in the world's smallest parking space and I wandered along the deserted streets. Nottingham is a modern, university town, but being August and sans students, it felt a little post-apocalyptic. Whole blocks where I was the only living soul... I was not eaten by zombies or raptured, however, on my way to meet up with my tour guide.</div>
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I had a bit of time, and so decided to duck into St. Mary's Church.</div>
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You got it! This church is the actual church mentioned in ballads! A chance to walk the actually space occupied by our hero!</div>
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Here's a picture of the exterior:</div>
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Sadly, time and acid rain has not been kind to the exterior of St. Mary's.</div>
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Now, when you read <i>Olde Robin Hood</i>, you may notice every single church is called St. Mary's. St. Mary's church in Nottingham (where Robin is captured), St. Mary's Abbey in York (where Sir Richard and Robin's crew confront the abbot), St. Mary's in Edwinstowe (where Robin and Marian get married)... It can get a bit confusing! </div>
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During the medieval period, people revered Mary, comparing the emotional suffering she experienced as a mom watching what went down with her son (an emotional crucifixion) to the physical suffering of Jesus's actual crucifixion (a.k.a. medieval clergy acknowledging that emotional wounds can hurt like the physical, and that your mom's pain as she watches what you're going through is as bad as what you're feeling. PSA: Call your mom.) </div>
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Times were tough in the Dark Ages and this message resonated. Most of the churches at the time were renamed to honor Mary, the original ballads have Robin extremely devoted to her, and there is discussion that if Marian was not based upon one of the two recorded historic wives of Robin (either Matilde or Maud), she was created as part of this "<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/virg/hd_virg.htm" target="_blank">Cult of St. Mary</a>" (as historians have named it) to honor the Blessed Mother.</div>
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In the ballad <i><a href="http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/robin-hood-and-the-monk" target="_blank">Robin Hood and the Monk</a></i>, Robin and Little John have a fight. Robin goes into St. Mary's to pray. So, this is what the inside looks like today.</div>
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From the altar looking at the door.</div>
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Here's a little display they had on what it looked like over the years:</div>
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And if you'd really like to get into the nitty gritty, check out the <a href="https://www.stmarysnottingham.org/heritage/history/architectural-notes-on-the-church-of-st-mary-the-virgin-nottingham/" target="_blank">Architectural Notes</a> on the official St. Mary site. It's got a GREAT article with pictures from 1916 that is a pure delight.</div>
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There was a really great documentary on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Robin-Hood/dp/B0756PLK5S" target="_blank">The Mystery Files</a> that goes into the history of Robin Hood. In the Robin Hood episode, they explore St. Mary's. Evidently, there is a floor board which can be lifted to show the original foundations.</div>
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I had a little more time before my tour, so spent a ridiculous amount of time wandering the city and trying to decide where to eat. I tend to be a grab-and-go kind of gal, but I'm so happy I decided to indulge. I ended up going to a place called <a href="http://www.pitcherandpiano.com/where-are-we/nottingham" target="_blank">Pitcher & Piano</a>. Rather than allowing a gorgeous old church building fall to ruins, it was repurposed as a restaurant, preserving the art and architecture. </div>
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If you're ever in Nottingham, I HIGHLY recommend grabbing this tour. It is so funny how places will sometimes fight against that which makes them special. Nottingham is a really cool town in its own right and worth the trip just to see it, but it seems like they're a bit uncomfortable with their association with Robin Hood. There's this guy... a couple signs around the city... an exhibit in the basement of Nottingham Castle... a statue... and a little walk-thru museum.... And that's kind of it.</div>
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<li>An attempt by Nottinghamshire County Council to win £50m of funding to develop the Sherwood Forest visitor centre failed in 2007</li>
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So, a couple of fun facts I learned about Nottingham. It was originally called Snottingham. And during the industrial revolution, it was renown for its lace. In fact, I had been in the Lace District for most of my time. There was a specific "Nottingham Lace" pattern and on the roof off the <a href="http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/" target="_blank">Nottingham Contemporary Gallery</a>, they pressed the concrete with the pattern.<br />
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The skies opened up on us and rain dumped from the skies, but <a href="https://www.ezekialbone.com/" target="_blank">Ezekial</a> kept us distracted and entertained. Here we are, back at St. Mary's, but this time in the church yard.</div>
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Fun fact! That <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staffordshire_blue_brick" target="_blank">blue brick</a> is actually a trademark architectural detail in Nottingham, going back to the 18th century. (These are new, but I've got some pictures of the old later!)</div>
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Now, I had been ready after this tour to incorporate lace into <i>Olde Robin Hood</i>. In fact, I wrote one of the characters as a tatter (someone who tats, or crochets, lace.) But, doing some digging, lace wasn't really invented until the 1500s. And I've chosen to set my story in the 1200s. So, what was there before?</div>
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Nottingham was known for its wool.</div>
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The women who used to spin wool were called "spinsters." (Look at where we got that word!) Spinning wool was a cottage industry for unmarried women back in the day. Sheep were prevalent and some of the early poems about Robin Hood have cast him as a shepherd. Fulling is the process where women would put the wool into urine and walk on it to clean it. There is a Walker Street in Nottingham, and Walker Street was where all that walking was going down.</div>
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But back to the tour! This area at one point had been a gorgeous gardened spot, but when the industrial revolution brought lace making machines to town, it was turned into an industrial complex.</div>
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That blue building has been around since the 1600. It is a rather lovely pub called <a href="http://www.angelmicrobrewery.com/about.html" target="_blank">The Old Angel</a> and features sandstone caves in the shape of a cross beneath.</div>
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Were you aware that Nottingham is the City of Caves? This town is lousy with them. Ezekial took us to Ye ("Y" is pronounced "Th") Olde Salutation Inn. And, yes, dated 1240. And you can go get a beverage here to this day!</div>
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Why? Well, back in the day, there was no climate control. But Nottingham is built on sandstone. It is so soft, when you touch it, it just brushes away. So, the people dug tunnels through the town (<a href="https://www.visit-nottinghamshire.co.uk/things-to-do/city-of-caves-p354851" target="_blank">this site says there are over 500 caves</a>), and <a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/04/18/city-of-caves-beneath-nottingham-lies-a-massive-network-of-ancient-man-made-caves/" target="_blank">fermented their ale and beer</a> at a steady, cool temperature. And for any ladies reading this, women controlled the ale brewing market in the 1200s. It was respectable work and alewives (which included both married and unmarried women) owned their own businesses, often operating out of their own home.</div>
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The very kind owners at Ye Olde Salutation opened up their cavern cellars to <a href="https://www.ezekialbone.com/" target="_blank">Ezekial Bone</a> and let us go inside.</div>
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This statue was made in 1952, and evidently, the townspeople wanted a more manly looking statue, a.k.a. they wanted Errol Flynn. But the artist, James Woodford, wanted a statue that reflected how young Robin Hood probably was.</div>
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The founding fathers of America were in their late teens and early twenties when they organized the revolution that created the United States. And with the the average lifespan of people in the medieval times... Robin probably wasn't some old dude when everything went down. I've tried to incorporate that viewpoint into <i>Olde Robin Hood</i> and explore what might cause a person of that age to turn into an enemy of the state and a folk hero of the people whose story has resonated for over 800-years.</div>
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We finished up our tour at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Olde_Trip_to_Jerusalem" target="_blank">Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem</a>. It's a really cool place. Purported to be the oldest inn in England, it claims to have been a pub since 1189. It is built into castle rock. As in, behind it is a mountain, and there are caves that go from <a href="https://www.greeneking-pubs.co.uk/pubs/nottinghamshire/ye-olde-trip-to-jerusalem/" target="_blank">Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem</a> through the rock into the castle. Prior to it being a pub, it served as a brewhouse (a place where they made ale) and supplied the castle with their beverage needs, probably dating back to 1068. Some of its history appears to be Victorian revisionism, but the legend is that the soldiers on their way to the crusades would stop here for one last pint before heading out with Richard the Lionheart to fight in the Holy Lands.<br />
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Behind the tavern, castle rock is pocked with sandstone caves (the following day, I would exit out of that little metal gate, but more about that in the next installment.) People used to live in there, there were dove cotes where birds were kept to carry messages between York and London (the doves were each trained to fly one direction or the other.) Kind of an olde fashioned apartment complex.</div>
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Well, here's one of the pictures. My computer completely bricked out on me last October and I'm afraid my other pictures were victims of the crash. I'll keep looking for them and adding if I find them, but here's one of the rooms with one of the bars!</div>
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And here is a picture I did not take, but is from an article that says Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem closed for renovations, and has a bunch of pictures of what it used to be and a great video walk-thru. Check it out!</div>
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The legend says a crusader left that sword when he could not pay for his drink, telling the bartender that he'd be back to pay when he returned from the wars, but never returned. There is a kissing chair where if you sit on it, your fertility is threatened to go way up. And all of these little side rooms with tables and chairs. Historically, there is some record of a cockpit in the basement and (supposedly) tunnels that go all over town.</div>
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Part VII - <a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/09/castles-in-sky-part-vii.html" style="font-family: arial, tahoma, helvetica, freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px;" target="_blank">Castles in the Sky</a></div>
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Part I - <a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/08/my-secret.html" style="color: #771000;" target="_blank">My Secret</a></div>
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Part II - <a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/08/cleavage-and-turkey-legs-part-ii-of.html" style="color: #771000;" target="_blank">Cleavage and Turkey Legs</a></div>
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Part III - <a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/08/part-iii-v-stands-for-what.html" style="color: #771000;" target="_blank">The "V" Stands for WHAT??</a></div>
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Part IV - <a href="https://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/08/part-iv-into-dusty-tomes.html" style="color: #771000;" target="_blank">Into the Dusty Tomes</a></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Part V - </span></span><a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/09/into-woods-its-time-to-go-part-v.html" style="background-color: white; color: #771000;" target="_blank">Into The Woods - Sherwood Forest</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div>
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Part VI - <a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/09/part-vi-not-in-nottingham.html" target="_blank">Not in Snottingham</a></div>
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Part VII - <a href="http://katedanley.blogspot.com/2018/09/castles-in-sky-part-vii.html" target="_blank">Castles in the Sky</a></div>
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