Podcast Easy Does It CH 21pt 1

Grrrrrr. Can't figure out how to post things longer than 7 minutes. Oh, cruel technology. I need a techno hero. Until then...Chapter 21 is split in two. Here's the first part:

Easy Does It CH 21 Pt1

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Announcing...for one week....daily posts of EASY DOES IT Podcast!!! Woooot!

Why? Because this is one of my favorite parts of the book.

Julie (dressed as a vixen and trying to be sexy) and Dan (trying to channel the testosterone of Captain Picard, James Bond, and any male he can think of) finally, FINALLY, have their date. And it's really awkward and horrible and sexy and all based on field research.

If you like this, hell, even if you hate this....Post a comment so I know you're out there.

Love and kisses,

Tanya

Click on title below to listen:

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Blunder Woman to be Published in July 2010

It’s finally happened. And dreams do come true. I’m pleased to say that the stars have aligned and “Blunder Woman” is going to be a real, live book…in July 2010, published by Champagne Books. Thank you all for reading and stopping by the site. I’ll keep posting podcasts of “Easy Does It”, orginal radio plays by me and Keeley Geary, and updates on “Blunder Woman”. And…I may even post some of the new MYSTERY I’m working on. Yes. Mystery. But with plenty of humor, cause, you know death is so hysterical.

Hmmm. Might need to keep working on it a bit before I post.

At any rate, let me know what you think of all this stuff…and as always, if you want to help out, just spread the word. Dana H. is convincing friends to start a book club with “Easy Does It”. And I now owe her a dollar. And a drink. And possibly my soul. Spread the word and I’ll give you a little of my soul too. Or at least a backrub.

Lots of love and appropriately comfortable kisses,

Tanya

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Podcast Easy Does It Chapter 03

Re-post of Chapter 3. Click on title below:

Easy Does It Chapter 03

Podcast Easy Does It Chapter 02

Re-post of Chapter 2. Click on title below or download from iTunes:

Easy Does It Chapter 02

Podcast Easy Does It Ch 1

I'm reposting the first three chapters of Easy Does It because, well, I think when I was first learning this I fubbed it up. So. If you're wondering how the whole thing started here you go. Click on the title below.

Easy Does It Chapter 01

Promo for "Boy Models: I Want My Dream!"

Here's the promo for "Boy Models: I want My Dream" a cautionary tale by Keeley Geary and Tanya Eby. We'll be performing at Dog Story on October 19th, 8pm with a fantastic cast. I'll post their names and roles soon. Until then, here's a teaser: (Click on 'Boy Model Promo' and a media player will pop up.)

Boy Model Promo

Easy Does It Chapter 15 (narration/podcast)

Click below to listen to the next installment of "Easy Does It"...

Easy Does It 15

Easy Does It Ch 13 & 14 (narration)

After a little break (while I got my professional life together) I'm back. And happy to post the next installments of "Easy Does It". A big thanks to Ralph who said A) He was actually listening to these posts and B) He liked them and C) Wanted to know where the hell the other ones were? He wants to see Easy Lady meet Dan the Man. It will happen. In another few chapters.

Listen. Enjoy. Post a comment if you can. And look for two more radio plays coming soon, all with fantastic actors.

Click on the title below to make it play, or download from iTunes.

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Dog Story Theater Monday Sept 21 8PM

Local writers Keeley Geary and Tanya Eby present a double feature for your listening (and watching) pleasure. Enjoy two good-old-fashioned radio dramas with thoroughly modern wit. Radio plays in production: Rex Alter: Space Explorer and Ladies' Man, Pierced Hearts: Love Stories of the Medical Community, Boy Models: I want My Dream, and Hot Summer Cool Breeze: a takeoff on 1950's melodrama in technicolor. Watch as a cast reads the radio dramas for you complete with someone doing the sound effects. At the end of the performance, you can also give suggestions for shows you want to hear in the future.

This Monday's Details:

I know, I know, I keep going on and on about my radio plays....but they are so much fun! And with a writing partner like Keeley Geary for the medical comedy-drama "Pierced Hearts", how could it be bad? Oh, it's bad, but in a good way. There's Dr. Pierce, as arrogant as he is masculine: which means a lot. There's Mrs. Hathaway who knows every secret. A random old woman in the cafeteria with a soft soul. And plain Nurse Darla who burns with a mild case of love for Dr. Pierce. Trixie, the buxom candystriper, with dreams of Hollywood. Mr. Corn, who serves up wisdom along with salisbury steak. And poor little Timmy. What can we say about little Timmy? He gives everything to the medical community of St. Mary Paul John Ignatius Bartholomew Medical Center. And we mean EVERYTHING.

On Monday night, September 21, 8-9 PM, Dog Story Theater...you will hear their story.

AND THEN

(Because it's a double feature)

The Amazing Rex Alter and Cast of Thousands (er...6 or 7) returns in

Episode 2: Drippy and The Great Escape.

It's fun. It's cheap. It's real, home-cooked writing with rockstar actors.

Come and join in. You can even help out with the sound effects.

Cheers, Tanya

STARRING: Joe Anderson, Tanya Eby, Keeley Geary, Justin Kilduf, Todd Lewis, Ralph Lister, Janelle Mahlmann, Amy McFadden, Laural Merlington, Noddea Moore, Greg Rogers, and Calin Skidmore.

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Kevin Masters poses as Dan and sets Dan up with a for sure thing: Easy Lady. Dan would rather play with his cube. Rubick's Cube, that is. Click below:

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Meet Dan who really isn't The Man. He's more of a Star Trek geek who plays rubick's cube and pines for his ex girlfriend. Click on the title below to play it:

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Easy Does It Chapter 09

Chapter 09: "I Don't Want to Date Anyone Whose Name Rhymes". Julie, with a little nudging from Eve, decides to meet Dan the Man...but she'll go as 'Easy Lady'. Biiiiiiggggg mistake. Click below to listen:

Easy Does It Chapter 09

Easy Does It Chapter 08

Eve & Julie go through the stack of emails in response to Easy Lady's ad...and find some hilarious responses.

Listen to it by clicking below:

Easy Does It Chapter 08

Excuse Me While I Pontificate

My body hurts. I mean, seriously, all over, my body hurts. It aches. I can't turn my neck because there's pain. And my legs feel like they belong to an alien (District 9-like). Even my eyelids hurt. I know the trouble. I think it's a symptom of my heart. I mean that metaphorically. My cholesterol is pretty decent. I mean, I'm having trouble, still, with love. And the absence of it.

Now, yes, that's overly dramatic. I know that. I recognize it. BUT MY HEART HURTS!!

I very specifically have not written about this in my life. I'm teaching now and I'm divorcing and there's a whole host of other reasons. But because I'm not writing about this, I feel I can't write at all. Now, fuck it, it's time to put my cards on the table, lay it all on the line, dance the watusie so everyone can see my bad, terrible awkward moves.

Here's the thing: in May, I left my husband. There are a million reasons for this, but the biggest reason is simple: I wasn't happy. I wasn't honored. I wasn't cherished. And I believe that in a loving relationship, you should be loved, wholly, for who you are. I was not.

Since then, it's been wonderfulterrible. And now, with the paperwork filed and the custody with the kids worked out, I find that I am single again, and still, as I have been my whole life, in search of love. Now my ex is already in a fully-committed relationship. He met her June 4th and they're already talking marriage. Instant presto! Wife #3. I'm not bitter about that, exactly, just bitter that it was so easy for him. I have had two practice mini-relationships that have only bruised the outer edges of my heart. Why does it seem so much easier for men? Why can my ex simply sign in on Match and find another soul mate? Why can't I even get asked out on a proper date? Why, yet again in my life, have I heard the words: "You are an amazing person, Tanya, and if it were any other time in my life...."

Bollocks. That's what it is. It's all bollocks. (I use the English term here because they're so good at fun words that make you feel better.)

Love should be easy. It should be joyous. It should transport you out of your own life for a few moments into something magical. As each day passes, I remind myself that I'm doing good things. That who I am as a person doesn't need to be confirmed by someone else. Still, I want someone to look at me, only me, and be grateful I'm there. I want passion. I want conversations over dinner, nights at the movies or theater, I want someone to call me unexpectedly just because I am on their mind.

Maybe it's too early anyway. Maybe I just need to focus on my kids, my work, my life. Maybe I need to just watusi a little more in the privacy of my own home.

You can know what's good for you, but it doesn't make it any easier. Who really wants to eat Raw Food and drink kale smoothies simply because it's better for you. Being alone is probably a kale smoothie for me. Great for my heart. But what I want, what I really want right now is a donut. With frosting. And sprinkles. In short, I just want a little of everything. I don't think that's too much to ask.

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Okay. I took a break from posting this, but I'm committed again. In an institution. No, no. I'm only teasing. So click on the title to play EASY DOES IT CHAPTER 07 "Be Quiet Now, I've Got To Concentrate" OR you can download it on iTunes. Just search podcasts for "Blunder Woman"

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