by Sarah Michelle Brown | May 29, 2013 | Behind-the-Scenes, First Hand Woman, Sarah Michelle Brown
About two years ago, I was feeling frustrated at all the rejection letters piling up around me in my efforts of getting funding for my play First Hand Woman. I had dreams of bringing the show to New York City, but looking at my bank account, I had no clue of how I...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | May 22, 2013 | Behind-the-Scenes, Facing Fears, First Hand Woman, NYC, Sarah Michelle Brown
Do your hopes and dreams bring you fear? As I put my producing hat back on for First Hand Woman’s NYC debut, I have been reminded daily about one thing: FEAR. Yep, big, honking, fear. You know what I’m talking about. Not a monster in the closet, not the...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | May 21, 2013 | Behind-the-Scenes, First Hand Woman, NYC, Sarah Michelle Brown
First read-through with my NYC-bound FIRST HAND WOMAN cast! I printed up seven copies of my script, threw them in my basket, hopped on my bicycle and zoomed over. I can’t tell you how scary and exciting it was for me to hear it read out loud again. It’s been four...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Apr 14, 2012 | Behind-the-Scenes, First Hand Woman, Sarah Michelle Brown
Er, well, it was a different kind of love. What I’m talking about is the time that I’ve taken to hone First Hand Woman. Yes, my journey is a steamy, 8-year, on-again, off-again romance with a laptop. 🙂 Here are 5 tidbits you might not know about my 8-year...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Mar 15, 2011 | Creativity, Facing Fears, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
Every good journey needs a variety of things. First of all, you’ve got to start with an AWESOME heroine/hero… Now, let’s say that awesome person is YOU! In order to begin what in creative terms is deemed as a “good story”, you need to start off with a few simple...
by Sarah Michelle Brown | Feb 20, 2011 | Facing Fears, First Hand Woman, Inspiration, Sarah Michelle Brown
I hope that this note finds you fabulously well and happily pursuing your dreams. 🙂 Since my last entry I’ve had a whirlwind journey in my life. In the two years since our debut, I had a few giant possibilities come my way for FIRST HAND WOMAN but they vanished into...
