GRANDPA JIM IS DEAD… in Utah, courtesy of Tabiona High School, Tabiona. The Booth/Paslawski juggernaut keeps rumbling along.

https://www.hitplays.com/default.aspx?pg..=sd&st=GRANDPA+JIM+IS+DEAD

According to my records this will be the play’s 30th known production overall, and my 2nd in Utah. The grand total is now set at 645.

Speaking of Heuer, had a great talk with Steve the owner/publisher today about where Heuer is heading, filming stuff, and their brand new printer, which means they will now be offering do-it-yourself choose-and-pick anthologies — which also means (at least) more unit royalty sales for moi as well. They will be offering standard anthologies as well, and I have to admit I am excited to find out which plays get into how many.

Check ‘em out over at my MySpace and Facebook accounts.

We’re both back home safe and sound from Springfield — more later, but we’d both like to thank David Stanfield and his top notch staff for  such a wonderful good time!

Now to crash.

My editor at Heuer has informed me that MARRIAGE… AFTER DEATH by Abbey Ferrier and myself, a zombie-themed one-act comedy, will be published in the following months after RODRIGO… The play is Abbey’s first to be published, my 49th.

MARRIAGE… AFTER DEATH was first performed at The Cabin in Bemidji, MN on November 2, 2009. The original cast and crew were as follows:

Director: Roy C. Booth
Stage Manager: Howard Preston
Set Designer: Roy C. Booth
Lights & Sound: Jake Baggenstoss
House Manager: Neomi Ayelsworth

LENORE: Cynthia Booth
VINCENT: Andor Lofthus
JEZEBEL: Erica Johnson

Congratulations to Brandon Deadwiler of James Logan HS for taking 4th place out of a field of 75 for Humorous Interpretation at the James Logan MLK Invitational, Union City, CA by using a scene from BEANIE AND THE BAMBOOZLING BOOK MACHINE.

http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/4494

Getting things set up for the Cowboys/Vikings game — SKOL!!!

We’re 50 pages now into Tales of Anduale: Book One, Decatia — first draft is at 254 pages.

Local newspaper article about Cynthia and myself and our upcoming cons:

http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/event/article/id/100014984/

Visioncon’s program will feature a snippet from my horror novel/novella, OH, BABY, a collaboration in progress with NYC filmmaker R. Saltzman, along with a snippet from Cynthia’s (and mine) horror short story, Trespassers.

Pretty exciting stuff, Maynard.

www.visioncon.org

Wrapped up Chapter Two of DECATIA, and having a blast with that as well.

As conducted by Steve Wedel (thanks, Steve!):

http://www.horrorworld.org/interviews.htm

Talk about a great way to ring in the New Year!

And… as you can see we’re back online — took the site down to update and move over and… the place to move it over to wasn’t ready.

So we waited.

We’re still waiting, but… well, here we are again.