New movie on this new cool site

So there's this website that lets you make 3D animated movies with some (currently very limited) templates: two actors, one set, one musical track if you want it. It's very, very cool and, given the limitations, is probably of particular interest to playwrights.

Here's the prologue from 2034: Basket Full of Books.

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090416010742604

Guest post for Chris Leyva & brief update

I wrote a guest blog post at Chris Leyva's blog about writers and the waiting game, which quotes my favorite scene from "American Patriot," my comedy about the Iran-Contra scandal… a trunk play I'm waiting to figure out what to do with.

http://web.me.com/chrisleyva/Chris_Leyva/Blog/Entries/2009/4/1_Thoughts_on_%E2%80%9CThe_Waiting_Game%E2%80%9D_by_Greg_Machlin.html

I saw a play by a family friend, Richard Sewell, out in Pasadena, called "The Ruckus at Machias," a week ago. If you're looking for a really good revolutionary war play about the first British ship captured during the war, this is the one. Maine pride! (actually, "family friend" is a bit of an understatement--my parents are best friends w/ Kim and Dick, I'm best friends with their son Gavin, and my sister's best friends with their daughter, Bryn.)

Iowa ratified gay marriage. Iowa pride!

More updates later. My new novel's coming along well (knock on wood), but I can't talk about it yet. (The first rule of novel club is: you do NOT TALK about novel. The second rule of novel club: you do NOT TALK about novel.)