E. Christopher Clark - Author and All-Around Geek http://www.echristopherclark.com/ News about and work from E. Christopher Clark, a New England-based author and all-around geek. en chris@clarkwoods.com Copyright 2012 2012-05-12T19:33:14+00:00 RIVER MUSE Book Release Event is June 8, 2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/river_muse_book_release_event_is_june_8_2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/river_muse_book_release_event_is_june_8_2012#When:19:33:14Z River Muse: Tales of Lowell and the Merrimack Valley, a new anthology from Sons of Liberty Publishing, LLC featuring a new short story by me (“Hard to Find”) as well as previously unpublished work by Jack Kerouac (On the Road) and Andre Dubus III (The House of Sand and Fog), will be launched at a book release event at the UMass-Lowell Inn & Conference Center (50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA) on June 8, 2012 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Many of the authors being published in the anthology, including yours truly, will be there to sign copies of the book.

The event is free and open to the public, and I’d love to see you all there to celebrate this amazing milestone in my writing career. Profits from sales of the book will go to veterans charities including the Wounded Warriors Project.

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]]> 2012-05-12T19:33:14+00:00 Two Plays Being Performed at the Players’ Ring in Portsmouth, NH This Summer http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/two_plays_being_performed_at_the_players_ring_in_portsmouth_nh_this_summer http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/two_plays_being_performed_at_the_players_ring_in_portsmouth_nh_this_summer#When:19:14:11Z I’m proud to announce that two of my plays will be staged this summer at the Players’ Ring in Portsmouth, New Hampshire as part of their late night summer series.

The first is Crossroads (or The Piano of Death), the play that Astolat Arts premiered this past February at the West End Studio Theater in Portsmouth and at the Democracy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. I’m very excited to be bring this one to life again. It’ll run on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. from June 22 through July 1.

The second is a short play, as yet untitled, that I am writing for An Evening of Grand Guignol, which runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings at 10 p.m. from July 6 through July 15. The evening will also feature plays by John Herman and by Bryan White of Cinema Suicide. And if you don’t know what Grand Guignol is, you should. Check out the Wikipedia entry or GrandGuignol.com.

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]]> Plays, 2012-05-12T19:14:11+00:00 The Site to Come http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/the_site_to_come http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/the_site_to_come#When:18:12:17Z Over the past few months, I have been a man without a blog. And, for all intents and purposes, I have been a man without a Website. The front page of echristopherclark.com has been updated here and there with news on upcoming performances and publications, but those updates have been cold and half-hearted. 

Part of the reason I closed Geek Force Five down and decided to go sans blog for the first time since 1999 was to explore the possibilities of what my online presence could be. If I wanted to become known as a writer of fiction and drama, rather than a pop culture blogger, what did that look like? 

The truth is that there isn’t much out there in the way of a model. Many author Websites look just like echristopherclark.com looks like right now. They announce events, they link to places where you can buy the author’s work, and they might contain a representative story or two. But there is little life to them. They blind you with the gloss of traditional publishing’s marketing juggernauts or, if they happen to be author-run, they reek of the seeming disdain that legitimate, serious writers too often have for the big, bad Internet. 

The question I’ve been asking myself is why a storyteller’s Website can’t be as exciting to visit as that of a musician, or a filmmaker. And the answer, I think, is that it can be. 

That’s what I’m working on right now, an online presence that honors the type of creator that I think I am, but that keeps intact the fun of the sites that I’ve built before. 

Stay tuned. 

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]]> Site Announcements, 2012-04-04T18:12:17+00:00 LOVE GONE BAD Returns to Studio 99 in Nashua http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/love_gone_bad_returns_to_studio_99_in_nashua http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/love_gone_bad_returns_to_studio_99_in_nashua#When:16:14:22Z On Sunday, February 12, 2012, I will be co-hosting “Love Gone Bad,” a special edition of Word@99. the spoken word series I occasionally host at Studio 99 in Nashua, New Hampshire. It’s an open mic, so please feel free to bring your own tales, songs, poems, and essays of breakups and heartbreak.

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]]> Storytelling, 2012-01-18T16:14:22+00:00 APOCALYPSE ANONYMOUS — New Play to Be Performed as Part of An Evening of Apocalyptic Theater http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/apocalypse_anonymous_part_of_an_evening_of_apocalyptic_theater http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/apocalypse_anonymous_part_of_an_evening_of_apocalyptic_theater#When:15:45:42Z Another new play of mine, Apocalypse Anonymous, has been selected to be performed as part of An Evening of Apocalyptic Theater at the Players’ Ring in Portsmouth, New Hampshire this March. The show runs Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from March 9 through March 25. Apocalypse Anonymous will be directed by Jaqueline Martell. I’ll announce further details as they become available.

I should also note that I’ll be directing a play as part of that evening of theater. The play I’m in charge of is James Patrick Kelly’s “Bad Dogs.”

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]]> Plays, 2012-01-13T15:45:42+00:00 THE PIANO OF DEATH — New Play to Be Performed in Portsmouth, NH and Cambridge, MA in February 2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/the_piano_of_death_new_play_in_portsmouth_nh_and_cambridge_ma_february_2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/the_piano_of_death_new_play_in_portsmouth_nh_and_cambridge_ma_february_2012#When:16:15:28Z The Piano of Death, a new short play, will be performed twice in February 2012 to benefit the organization Astolat Arts. Astolat was founded by my fellow Bradford College survivor Crystal Lisbon, and I’m elated to be part of their debut. The performances will take place on February 4 at the West End Studio Theater in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and on February 19 at the Democracy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition to the play, there will be music by the fantastic Mary Casiello. Stay tuned for details on how to attend.

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]]> Plays, 2012-01-05T16:15:28+00:00 Talking About Do Overs at A Winter’s Tale on January 22 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/talking_about_do_overs_at_a_winters_tale_on_january_22 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/talking_about_do_overs_at_a_winters_tale_on_january_22#When:14:21:59Z I’m proud to announce that I’ll be one of several storytellers speaking on the theme of Do Overs as A Winter’s Tale returns to the Red Door in Portsmouth, New Hampshire on January 22, 2012. Stay tuned for details on how to attend.

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]]> Storytelling, 2012-01-05T14:21:59+00:00 Featured Reader at Primal Tongue—November 3, 2011 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/featured_reader_at_primal_tongue_november_3_2011 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/featured_reader_at_primal_tongue_november_3_2011#When:17:09:09Z I’m excited to announce that I’ll be the featured reader at Primal Tongue on Thursday, November 3, 2011. Primal Tongue is the only monthly prose reading night in the Seacoast region of New Hampshire, and it’s held at Adelle’s Coffeehouse in Dover.

Please come out and see me read if you’re in the area, then stick around for the open mic that follows.

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]]> Storytelling, 2011-10-27T17:09:09+00:00 New Story in RIVER MUSE: TALES OF LOWELL & THE MERRIMACK VALLEY in 2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_mill_city_stories_tales_of_lowell_the_merrimack_valley_in_2012 http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_mill_city_stories_tales_of_lowell_the_merrimack_valley_in_2012#When:15:05:59Z In the spring of 2012, a new story, “Hard to Find,” will appear in River Muse: Tales of Lowell & The Merrimack Valley, an anthology being published by Sons of Liberty Publishing. Stay tuned for details on how to get a copy.

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]]> Other Books, 2011-10-21T15:05:59+00:00 New Story in ENTELECHY INTERNATIONAL in Late Fall or Early Winter http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_entelechy_international_in_late_fall_or_early_winter http://www.echristopherclark.com/ecc/article/new_story_in_entelechy_international_in_late_fall_or_early_winter#When:12:57:08Z In late fall or early winter, Entelechy International: A Journal of Contemporary Ideas will publish a new short story of mine, “All The Roads, Well Traveled or Not.” Stay tuned for details on how to get a copy.

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]]> Down the Cape, 2011-08-02T12:57:08+00:00