Category Archives: characters

‘Lost in the Light’ of Friendship

Posted on September 29, 2012 by jkmahal

I first met Mary Castillo in Mrs. Hunt’s drama class, my senior year of high school. We shared the same space, but we lived in different worlds for most of that year. She was the beautiful, talented, film-loving director who I was sure would take the world by storm some day. Continue reading →

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Of Difficult Characters and Conferences

Posted on October 15, 2008 by jkmahal

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The Not-So-Wicked Stepmother

Posted on December 10, 2007 by jkmahal

a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://www.availableimages.com/images/previews/Stepmom%20%281998%29.jpg”img style=”margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;” src=”http://www.availableimages.com/images/previews/Stepmom%20%281998%29.jpg” alt=”” border=”0″ //aspan style=”font-size:180%;”span style=”font-weight: bold;”I/span/span was in a store Friday getting a photo album made when I mentioned to the clerk … Continue reading →

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