Post Laurels

Well, over a year has passed since the closing of The Poptimists.

I still get an occasional compliment about the show ... even from people not associated with it.

And the show did win a regional media award: Standout New Works 2009-2010.

Not exactly a residual check, but a nice little honor and remembrance, nonetheless.

Now I have a March 1st deadline to rewrite the book of the show to reveal the darker side of the goody-goody, clean-cut kids. That's the deadline for entering the Noel Coward Awards, given to individuals who solely write the book, lyrics and music for a show.

If I win, I get a little money and The Poptimists gets read in New York. That'd be nice. I've never been there, and I only have a few decades left at most.

[insert cricket sounds]

Oh, by the way, I did find an almost full-time job. Or rather it found me. An incredibly big thanks. You know who you are.