Nostalgia Goggles 

“Back in the day.This was a phrase the older generation used to let us know how different times had become. An all encompassing method to show either disdain for the new normal or a non cynical approval of it. As time stops for no one, it is now time for the millennials to coin it, but before you zoomers and alphas push our other foot into the grave, let’s set a scene.

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An Actor's Journal - Auditions

Ah yes, the audition; the thing that will make or break your career. Getting your foot in the door in the most literal sense. Your chance to show the people on the other side what you’ve believed for years, you’re the person you want for this role, you’ve prepared, you’re friends tell you, you look like so and so….well.

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An Actor's Journal - Back(then)ground Work

When you first get to Hollywood if you planned properly like everyone told you, then you have about a year’s worth of rent saved up. If your transmission dies on you within the first 24 hours of arriving from a cross country trip then you can reduce that savings down to about 8 months of rent. Take out first and last and that’s about then you’re at 6 months. At some point during those 6 months you hear someone mention Central Casting

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A Sea of Stars - Reedsy writing competition

Weightlessness. Melissa’s body floated in the warm shallow water of a calm sea. The waves rocked her awake as she started to focus on what was above her. The moon peeked through dark grey clouds as her vision cleared. The smell of salty sea air along with the rolling water running onto land, and then back out to her, pulling her closer. Each time the waves rocked her, more of the feeling started returning to her body.

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Reginald Span