Good News!

I thought it was going to be a perfectly ordinary Thursday morning...when what should I find in my inbox but an email from a dear old friend of mine, A.J. Werner!

Here's what A.J. had to say:


Hello, dear friend on the sidewalks of Life,

I hope this message finds you well. I am so sorry I've been out of touch. I've been traveling all over this great big country of ours absorbing new life experiences of which to write about. Mr. Bubbles, my kitty companion, is in good health and has helped me in many a writing project. My sister is still locked in jail, however. It's thoughts like those that make the tears of my heart pour fourth.

I understand my Sidewalk Monologues were of great help to you during your college career. A little bird told me the entire story and it has imspired me to take up the quill once again. I saw your bolg and I'm thinking of starting one myself. Any assistance would be appreciated. There's nothing more I desire than to be of some help to any people who are ever struggling in the dark parts of life. I will be in touch.

Yours for always and always,

A.J. Werner

P.S. Here’s the beginning of a new monologue I’m working on. Perhaps you could post it on your bolg and send me critiques.

I call it “By the Side of the Seaside”

Sally: I sell seashells by the seashore, but I’m almost never actually really there. I live in Minnesota where there is no seashore. There are some lakes here and there—they call us the Land of A Thousand Lakes, actually, and you’d be surprised at the sorts of things that wash up on the lake shore. Once, I was walking along the side of the lake when

That’s all I’ve written so far.

For those of you who don’t know about Ms. Werner, she was of great assistance to me during a particularly trying period while I was in an acting class at Everycity U. A ridiculous acting teacher (of the ilk that asks you to sizzle like bacon and “be more orange”) asked us to present monologues to the class so he could make them more surreal. With A.J.’s help, I found the perfect monologue.

Since then she’s been sort of latter-day Mary Poppins, who swoops in just when you need her to set things right. Those of you who have never met her are in for a real treat. I’ll keep you all posted on the status of her bolg.