To revise and refine a collection of stories-Nightlight-and make an intense effort to have these stories published as individual pieces and as a collection.
A collection of linked stories titled The Last Days of Moon Lake set over the history of a small Midwest town from the initial removal of the Ojibwe tribe to present day.
To develop a feature-length dramatic screenplay and to work with a director of photography production manager and a sound designer to help realize a feature narrative film called Easy.
To complete and promote a recording of jazz interpretations of contemporary musical theater classical art songs original compositions and standard American song literature.
To continue shooting and complete a feature-length documentary about Al Milgrom--a photographer filmmaker and founder/director of the University Film Society and the Twin Cities International Film Festival.
To work on a nonfiction memoir and literary reportage about the intersection of man and nature, with particular attention paid to spirituality metaphysics and children.
To edit and revise a completed draft of Seven Acts of Mercy--a historical novel about the baroque painter Caravaggio--before sending it to a literary agent who has requested first look at the manuscript.
To revise her poetry manuscript, work with a mentor or editor, identify twenty small presses and/or first book contests, and to submit the manuscript for publication.
To complete a poetry manuscript--Odessa--for travel to the Minnesota prairie and to attend the 2010 Meningioma Awareneness Day conference sponsored by the Brain Science Foundation.
To increase her production value and create jobs by hiring crew for pre-production production and post production and distribution of a collection of short videos profiling the lives of five people who are living with the land in various ways.
To finish writing and rewriting Wary Dog Circling--a memoir that uses vivid imagery a solid writing voice and an intricate structure that mirrors memory--and then send it to agents and publishers.
To create perform and record an original composition integrating acoustic and electronic music for choreographer Uri Sand's first full evening work premiering in May 2010.
