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This is a blog about playwriting. But you know what? I have a really cute dog. So I've decided to introduce Laya to the world. Brief...
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thomasmmoran
- Apr 25
- 4 min
Forgive me blog, for I have sinned
It’s been over a year since my last entry. Why? Well, for starters, no one reads this blog, which is at least partly by design – I don’t...
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thomasmmoran
- Feb 4, 2022
- 2 min
Geegaw fail: the AlphaSmart 3000
I went overboard on the New Year's Resolutions this year. I actually made an itemized list of 4 of them, which in turn were sorted into...
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thomasmmoran
- Jan 4, 2022
- 2 min
Progress!
“Progress” is something that feels somewhat lacking in my life right now (thanks, COVID) but the name of this post is still appropriate...
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thomasmmoran
- Jul 26, 2021
- 2 min
A recipe for lethargy
Well, it's been a year. No, literally, it's been a year (and then some) since I wrote anything in this blog. Have things happened since...
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thomasmmoran
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
Zoom!
Like most of my white-collar brethren, I've spent the last two months becoming more acquainted with online conferencing, and specifically...
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thomasmmoran
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
COVID FTL
I had arguably my most successful day as a playwright at the end of February, when I had two plays accepted into play contests in one...
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thomasmmoran
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
UAF Winter Shorts
The UAF Student Drama Association's Winter Shorts always seem like kind of a scattershot affair, with content coming from who knows...
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thomasmmoran
- Feb 3, 2020
- 2 min
The Sign
Heartland Theater in Illinois has a long-running one-act festival that attracts a lot of interest, and I've tried to get in a few times...
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thomasmmoran
- Jan 27, 2020
- 2 min
Famous For Fifteen
The UAF Student Drama Association has an annual contest called "Famous for Fifteen," where they do readings of short plays. I think they...
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thomasmmoran
- Dec 8, 2019
- 2 min
Thoreau: The Musical
For the last (embarrassingly long length of time redacted) or so I've been poking around on a novel project: my first musical! (A...
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Tom Moran
- Dec 2, 2019
- 2 min
First base, and second base (or I'm in the Army Now)
On April 17, I received an email entitled "TA#19-066 BREAKOUT." The body of the email was: "Mr. Moran, Attached you will find a DA 3238...
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thomasmmoran
- Mar 17, 2019
- 2 min
One damn minute
The name says it all. Tomorrow and Monday is the 6th Alaska One-Minute Play Festival, and not only have I had plays in all six, I've...
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thomasmmoran
- Oct 1, 2018
- 3 min
Overnighters, redux
I've frankly been doing a pretty crap job of writing anything lately, which is why I'm glad the Alaska Overnighters came along again: no...
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thomasmmoran
- Jun 18, 2018
- 2 min
The Last Frontier Theatre Conference
I spent last week at the Valdez Last Frontier Theatre Conference in beautiful (and soggy) Valdez, Alaska. I've been coming to the...
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thomasmmoran
- May 29, 2018
- 2 min
8x10's
Once again, the 8x10s' were, well, the 8x10's. Some good, some bad, some ugly. I think my piece, "Further Reflection," acquitted itself...
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thomasmmoran
- Mar 19, 2018
- 2 min
The 8x10's, again
The first play I ever had read was for a contest called the Fairbanks Drama Association 8x10's: 8 plays, each (ostensibly) 10 minutes...
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thomasmmoran
- Mar 6, 2018
- 2 min
Another damn minute
Last month, I was invited once again to contribute a couple of plays to the Alaska One-Minute Play Festival, which includes pieces from...
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Tom Moran
- Feb 6, 2018
- 2 min
Alaska Overnighters
This is a playwriting site, so perhaps I'd better write a bit about drama, eh? A few weeks ago I traveled down to Anchorage to take place...
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Tom Moran
- Feb 6, 2018
- 1 min
Apparently I'm blogging now
Hello to everyone who may happen to be out there (but who probably aren't.) Just trying to get the hang of this whole blogging...
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