Whether you've been writing forever, or are new to it, whether you're published or hope to be, join us at the Writer's Cafe at the Westport Arts center. Sympathy, support, new ideas and time to connect with other writers. We'll bring the coffee, you bring your sandwich. For more details, please visit www.westportartscenter.org and www.mousemuse.com.
Whether you've been writing forever, or are new to it, whether you're published or hope to be, join us at the Writer's Cafe at the Westport Arts center. Sympathy, support, new ideas and time to connect with other writers. We'll bring the coffee, you bring your sandwich. For more details, please visit www.westportartscenter.org and www.mousemuse.com.
Audiences loved last season in Fairfield. Finally, Westport! The Tuesday evening series that launches on January 25th at the Westport Arts is in the casting phases.If you have a a good story on the following theme, email: ina@mousemuse.com or call 203 247 3346. If you're selected, we will work with you to get that story […]
Have you ever wondered who is that person everyone is crowded around at a party? That's the best storyteller, or the richest man in the room who is looking for a wife, or, Lady Gaga dressed for the best of show. But you don't have to have diamonds and coinage in your pocket, or be […]
On Wednesday, November 17 at the Writer's Cafe, I gave my favorite exercise to the women and men in the group, "Nine Things I Don't Remember" and "Nine Things I Do." This extraordinary writing prompt was given to me by Abigail Thomas, whose memoir writing and instruction can be easily found on http://www.abigailthomas.net/. I promised […]
If you attended the Westport Arts Center's November 11, 2010 performance and readings of memoir contest works about war, I could tell you that all of these works in the original written form didn't have the dramatic core well integrated into the medium—which is often just a difference in writing a 1500 essay for print […]
Finally! The Tuesday evening series that launches on January 25th at the Westport Arts is in the casting phases.If you have a a good story on the following theme, email: ina@mousemuse.com or call 203 247 3346. If you're selected, we will work with you to get that story into a dazzler, under 10 minutes no […]
Staged Readings a Tremendous Success for Writers The winning entries are appearing on WAC website now. First Place We Saw the Sea, by Katharine Weber Second Place Learning to Lie, by Margaret Rumford Third-Place-Tie Loving Lydia, by Marcelle M. Soviero Crosswords, by Leslie Chess Feller Honored Writers (alphabetical) Connecticut Sopranos, by Liz Beeby The Prom Dress […]
Okay, so last night at the Garden Cinema where I dragged myself after an exhausting day, and later from a rather large martini at Meigas restaurant on Wall Street in Norwalk (always great food!), I had an artist's epiphany. The art of short film-making is highly specific, and I am not a fan of that […]
Writers Artists Collaborative Wednesdays from 12:30-1:30pm Wednesday, April 15 Free & Open to the Public RSVP here Hemingway and Fitzgerald and all of the expat writers living in Paris had one unifying force besides liquor and deadlines, they met regularly at cafes and just talked, either about themselves, or the process of writing, or the […]
The mouse goes out and nibbles around in the theater. Latest post to westportnow.com. If you are headed to the Westport Country Playhouse at any time in the near future, not just for the stellar new production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” but for any production, I advise you to sit far away from […]
Awake After Dark (but home early enough in the suburbs). JANUARY 25, 2011. Theme: End of Innocence. (Read "recent posts" for more info) Doors open at 7:00. Bar and Small Plates Show starts at 7:30. Run time 80 minutes with intermission. Turn off the six-o-clock news! Treat yourself to a weeknight evening that doesn’t end […]
