The April 2010 production of FRED & FRIEDA at the Greenbelt Arts Center was a glorious success thanks to fabulous, sold-out audiences. Watch for news here on its next production.

A new anthology from the British Association of Adoption and Fostering called Chosen - Living with Adoption will launch this Friday, November 16, 2012, in the UK. Fifty contributors include comedian Joy Carter, award-winning writer Catherine Chanter, novelist and short-story writer Venessa Gebbie, singer-songwriter Zara Phillips, and yours truly. I'll post a link for ordering after the launch.

Apippa Publishing Company published its second title this week. It's an extraordinary war novel, BLOOD CHIT, by Grady Smith. I'm so proud to publish this moving work. The host of WPFW's Raucous Caucus calls the book  "incredible" and "definitive." You can listen to an interview with Grady Smith discussing combat PTSD, the Afganistan and Vietnam wars, and his new novel about war, BLOOD CHIT. Find the podcast of the WPFW-FM, Raucous Caucus, Tues. August 14, 2012.
http://www.wpfwfm.org/programming/archived-shows.html
Read the first three chapters of BLOOD CHIT at www.gradysmithbooks.com

Join me for the first full reading of Swimming Up the Sun - The Adoption Play at the Kennedy Center, Sat. Sept. 1 at 1:00 PM in the North Atrium Foyer. The reading is free, part of the Page to Stage Festival that runs all weekend. Our cast includes Zara Phillips, Bret Goldstein, Kathleeen Alvania, Kurt Elftmann, Carol Mermey, Susan Harper, and Al Twanmo. We'd love your comments!  GWU Blue/Orange Metro and walk to KenCen or free shuttle from Metro.