Moon Mami Writes

Man, oh man! Time is flying and it is less than a month until my second play debuts. I am more than thrilled, definitely anxious, nervous and every other feeling in between. The ladies and I have a few more rehearsals until the shows run July 20-25 and there is still so much left to do! You can buy tickets to the play now by checking out the play's website at http://www.amokrunning.wordpress.com/ and then clicking on the BUY TICKETS link or clicking on the link below. Thank you soooo much in advance for checking out the play:-) The soundtrack to the play Running: AMOK will be on sale this coming Friday, July 9 on Bandcamp.com. You can listen NOW to sample tracks from the soundtrack on http://www.liberatedmuse.com/ . The songs "LeShell's Song", "Something Else" and "I Wanna Be You" are uploaded on http://www.liberatedmuse.com/ for a listen and were recently performed at the teaser show for the play that was held on June 24 at Annie's Art...

This past week was one of my best weeks ever creativity-wise. Ever. I worked with the kids at the elementary I've been working at this past week continuing the arts literacy series I'm facilitating on music, did a booksigning and writing workshop for students at Southeast Ministry and attended the 2010 Reader's With Attitude Author's Pavillion in Richmond, VA. At the Author's Pavillion, I hosted the Author's Speak at the Authors Pavillion and was so thrilled to so see many of the members of my online network www.LiberatedMuse.com. Some of them, I met for the first time in person! Here are some of the photos from this past week.  ( In photo: My 6 year-old took this photo of me with the ladies of the RWA Book Club, the group that put together the Author's Pavillion on Saturday where I hosted the Author's Speak.)  ( In photo: My honey took this photo of me with R.J. Johnson, Mahoganee and Serena Wills, three members from my network www.LiberatedMuse.c...

So, I'm excited about some upcoming events on my calendar. I will be back at Southeast Ministry on April 16 doing a writing playcation next weej and signing copies of Liberated Muse Volume I: How I Freed My Soul which is still on sale. I also will be attending the Readers with Attitude (RWA) Author's Pavillion which is on April 17 in Richmond, VA. RWA is a popular book club that is hosting this event for the first time in a mall in Richmond with a partnership with Barnes and Nobles. How awesome is that-- readers producing events to support the books they like? I think its awesome. I will be hosting their Author Speak segment where authors throughout the day will be able to do little blurbs of their books and mini-readings. I will be selling copies of Liberated Muse Volume I :How I Freed My Soul and one of the contributors, to the anthology, Serena Wills, will be on hand selling her work and reading her piece from the anthology. The anthology features writings...

Today, I took my daughter with me today to participate in Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC. We spoke with Ward 7 council member Yvette Alexander's chief of staff for quite a length of time about our ideas on arts legislation and funding. It was a wonderful dialogue and inspired my business partner and I to pursue meetings with other council members who chair committees and have actual decision making power. The share of government, foundation and corporate funding being directed to the arts in DC is in an unmistakable decline. Between 1998 and 2007, the percentage of foundation funding directed to the arts decreased from 14.8 to 10.6 percent. The corporate giving share to the arts decreased from 10.3 to 4.6 percent during the same period. Read More HERE After advocating for the arts, my mini me and I did the tour of DC, walking along the numbered blocks taking in the architecture as we made our way to the Smithsonian museums. Today was a great day!

Happy Valentine's Day! Today, my sweetie made us breakfast and he and I are going to the movies later today as our Valentine's day date. I love Valentine's day, but, then again, I love all opportunities I have to hang with him and my daughter. It sounds really weird, but though I'm a performer, I very much prefer to be homebound and holed up with those two. Speaking of performing, one of the gigs that was to have taken place this past Friday was the Haiti benefit concert I'm producing called "To Haiti, With Love". The snow made it just impossible to hold the event because, though the snow had ended, the roads in DC made it very difficult to find parking. The event has been postponed to Feb. 26. We got great coverage for the event and the work I do with Liberated Muse by a local reporter, Wendy Coakley-Thompson. The article showcased our event which will benefit the organization YeleHAITI. You can read the article HERE. I was thrilled this year to include L...