Elaine Smith Writes
Among Other Things
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(Not a book)
My peacock bookends
In memory of my grandparents
and the peacocks on their farm.
and the peacocks on their farm.
Angels and Ministers of Grace
Current crises. Buried secrets.
Even the angels can't keep all hell from breaking loose.
Even the angels can't keep all hell from breaking loose.
Full-length play: 2 Women, 2 Men
Best Drama -- Broadway World Awards
Best New Work -- Broadway World Awards
Semi-Finalist -- The O'Neill
Semi-Finalist -- Seven Devils
Best New Work -- Broadway World Awards
Semi-Finalist -- The O'Neill
Semi-Finalist -- Seven Devils
Ten Minute Life
It only takes 10 minutes for your whole life to change.
10 Minute Play: 2 characters -- any race, any gender, any age
Picture Perfect
Remember where you came from. It won't last forever.
10 Minute Play: 2 Women
Liars' Poker
Marriage is a gamble--even after 30 years.
10 Minute Play: 1 Woman, 1 Man
Finalist -- Heideman Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville
How to Be a Failed Actor
Lessons from the Audition Room
How to Be a Failed Actor
Lessons from the Audition Room
The Family Tree
& Other Stories
& Other Stories
Bite-size fiction
(The literary equivalent of the ten minute play.)
(The literary equivalent of the ten minute play.)
Don't Look Down
Walk the high wire between earning a living and being creative, and don't ever, ever, ever look down.
Allie can't decide:
Is the bigger mystery what happened
to Niall Carrick Cullen?
Or what happened to her muse?
A novel about love, loss and writer's block.
Allie can't decide:
Is the bigger mystery what happened
to Niall Carrick Cullen?
Or what happened to her muse?
A novel about love, loss and writer's block.
Aunt E's Bookshelf
Stories for the Kid in Everyone
(Not a book)
My peacock bookends
In memory of my grandparents
and the peacocks on their farm.
and the peacocks on their farm.
The Accidental Playwright
Life upon the wicked stage--and behind it.
Lope de Vega, the great Spanish poet and playwright, said that all that theatre requires is a platform to
stand on and an evocative script ('two boards and a passion'). The passion is easy to find; the boards...not so much.
Write Track, Inc.
From survival job to small business owner.
Every actor needs a money job. Some wait tables. Some take temp jobs. Those of us who could type got in on the ground floor of some early computer training.
And some of us turned it into a very nice gig, indeed.
Casa Lagarto
My newest adventure--home ownership!
Now the proud (and sometimes dismayed) owner of a lovely waterfront "mansion," some of
my creative energy is directed toward remodeling, repairing, rueing and rejoicing over the total change in our lives.
