Literary Classics International Book Awards, Rapid City, South Dakota announced The King of Average as a double GOLD award winner. It has been awarded two gold medals for Preteen and Middle Grade fiction. Children’s Literary Classics, an organization dedicated to furthering excellence in children’s literature, takes great pride in its role to help...
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FUN is FUN and Let’s Leave it at That As an expert in the field of Improvisational training, I want to express to all teachers, counselors and therapists how necessary FUN is in the process and how not to kill its value with “Lessons”. Children of the Night Workshop In 1989, I ran a workshop at Children of the Night Shelter, a most remarkable program in...
Read MoreMy own personal story was about surviving abuse by parents who struggled with mental illness and the cycle of their own abuse and the precarious way they clung to economic stability in the 1950s and 60s. It shaped my life and guided me toward entertainment and teaching. I feel proud that I’ve managed to marry both those goals in my book, The King of Average....
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Chapter 1
Los Angeles Herald Examiner – early edition: May 18, 1985 Beverly Hills, California
Three armed men robbed exclusive Peter DeMeo Jewelers yesterday, walking off with an estimated 20 million dollars in jewelry. The brazen 5pm heist is the largest robbery on record for Beverly Hills.
Police are reviewing videotape and interviewing staff in an effort to identify the thieves. No one was hurt during the robbery.
Management says the store will remain closed until a full inventory is completed.
Read MoreAlliteration aside, I was happy to see the successful translation of personality traits in Pixar’s Inside Out. It is a triumph of story, character and metaphor and a dazzling piece of animation. It tells the story of Riley, an eleven year old girl, whose early life makes here a well-adjusted, authentic child. But as she approaches the confusing, contradictions of...
Read MoreOne of my main missions in life has been to teach and share the work of my mentor Viola Spolin with the world. Now, as I move towards writing at this stage in life, I feel I should share tools I’ve picked up along the way. Viola Spolin was a genius. She was my friend and mentor and encountering her changed the course of my life. People are amazed that I bring that...
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