I've always thought I was a pretty good arranger and orchestrator although my insecurity kept me from pushing myself, unlike another on this site, but when I began work on the Packard Humanities Institute Musical Theatre Project in 2001, I had to write reports: status, critiques, discoveries, etc. Most of them dealt with Babes in Toyland, since that was the primary focus of work between 2003 and 2007. Suddenly, people of the project who were getting my reports began complimenting me on my writing. Coming from people whose writing I respected, like Robert Kimball, I was happily surprised.
During my time at Encores!, Joshie frequently told me I needed to write a book, so I started a desktop folder "Letters To Joshie," which contains comments on my family, paranormal experiences, things I've learned working on musical theatre reconstruction, opinions, etc. and that led to a memoir of my first 33 years, which a few people have read, but I wrote it during a lot of health and financial issues, 2016-2017, and it's very bitter and self-pitying. I consider it a good exercise, and no more.
