Today, we have another Wednesday Women blog by fellow Eternal Press author B. Lynn Goodwin who introduces Sandee Mason from her novel Talent. Thanks B. Lynn & Sandee for visiting!
B. Lynn Goodwin
@Lgood67334
Role
Reversal:
A
Brief Interview with TALENTs Sandee Mason
“Sandee Mason? I’m
Peter Donovan from the Wolf Print.”
As if everybody
didn’t already know him. His picture is in every issue.
“Do you have a
couple minutes?”
I set down my
phone. Diego just texted: The band got a
gig at a birthday party. Can’t do set workday. He can wait a few
minutes.
I figure Peter
wants a quote for an article about my brother, who disappeared eight months ago
while serving in Afghanistan, but he surprises me. “Can I ask you a few
questions about Oklahoma?”
I don’t want to
talk about the show. All I ever do is dumb stuff like sweep the stage and call
people up if they miss rehearsal. The real stage manager is Rob. I’m just his
assistant, and believe me he lets me know it. “What do you want to know?”
“I got the facts
from you drama teacher, so I guess I want a more personal angle. Why did you
get involved?”
“I wanted to be an
actor, but in some ways being Assistant Stage Manager is better. I guess.”
“How is it
better?”
“I … uhh … I get
to fill in when anybody who doesn’t have an understudy is absent.”
He stares at me.
I’m not going to tell him I like hanging out with Rob Cooper. I’m not even sure
that I do, but he’s a senior, and he and Bri used to play on the same Little
League team, and having him around is a little like having Bri back. Peter is
still staring.
“Umm. Is that
enough?”
“What else do you
like?”
“Getting props?” I
see his face drop. “Boring, I know.”
“So you like
filling in on stage. Which role did you want?”
“Ado Annie. I love
her. She’s such a flirt and she gets in a fight and everything. But that role
went to Nicole Lorca.”
He rolls his eyes.
What’s up with that? Everybody does it, and I have no idea why.
“Why did the
school pick Oklahoma when we live in
California?”
“Good question.” I
start to laugh. “No one has ever asked that before. Why do you work on the
school paper?”
“Excuse me. Who’s
interviewing who?
His eyebrows shoot
up and he stares for a minute. Then he starts laughing. “Rob was right about
you.”
“What did he say?”
“He said there’s
nobody quite like you. So tell me everything. Which actors are the ones to
watch?” He leans towards me. For the first time I notice that he has incredible
blue eyes. And freckles. But not so many that his skin looks splotchy. “Who
misses rehearsal? Who is a ham? Are you just doing this cause it will look good
on your college application or is it actually worth your time?”
He really wants to
know. “It’s worth my time.” I say slowly. I know he’s going to ask why, and I
don’t know how to answer. Time to improvise, I tell myself. I stall by taking a
long drink from my water bottle. “Lots of reasons,” I say with a smile. “Why do
you think I like it?”
It’s fun throwing
questions back at him. If things don’t work out for me in theatre, maybe I’ll
become a reporter.
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TALENT is about Sandee Mason, who wants to
find her talent, get her license, and stop living in the shadow of her big brother,
Bri, who disappeared while serving in Afghanistan. You’ll find all about her
adventures with Diego, Rob, Nicole, and the others in TALENT, which is
available on Amazon at Talent.
(cut & paste) http://www.amazon.com/Talent-B-Lynn-Goodwin/dp/1629293350?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_pap_swatch_0&sr=
Author B. Lynn Goodwin owns Writer Advice,
www.writeradvice.com. She's written You
Want Me to Do WHAT? Journaling for Caregivers (Tate Publishing) as well as Talent (Eternal Press). Goodwin’s work has appeared in Voices of
Caregivers; Hip Mama; Small Press Review; Dramatics Magazine; The Sun; Good
Housekeeping.com and most recently in Purple Clover. She is working on a memoir
about getting married for the first time at 62 to a 2-time widower, seeking his
third wife, that she met on … gulp … Craigslist.
Sandee Mason loves being interviewed. She loves the spotlight, which always seems to elude her. Find out what her story is in this interview.
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