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Dan's Literature Page
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Welcome!
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Recent Published Writings
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Welcome to Dan's Literature Page. I haven't really updated it since September 2003 and I don't intend to anytime soon, because managing a website sucks and it's incredibly time-consuming.
Please, partake of my blog, "A Little Piece of Daniel," at
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Yours truly, Daniel Reed, has gotten published not once - but twice in the Washington Post for reviews of local high school plays. First, there was my review of Seneca Valley High School's production of "Our Town," published December 19, 2002 (Page 8, Montgomery Extra section). Now, my review of Thomas S. Wootton High School's "Les Miserables," was published last Thursday, March 27, 2003 (Pages 6 & 7). My review: Seven thumbs up.
Also, last Monday, March 24, 2003, my short play, The Courtyard, was formally read by the National Players, a traveling theatre group, at the Olney Theatre in Olney, Maryland, about twenty minutes from my home. I'll be sure to either post or upload the most recent draft of it on this site in a few days . . . or weeks . . . whichever.
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Dan's Websites
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Prodigy
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I was inspired to write this book after watching the 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie "Genius," starring Trevor Morgan. The movie is about a child genius who lives a double life in college and junior high school. After throwing ideas around for a few months, I began writing a book. While they share some similarities, Prodigy is a much deeper story. It's about a teenager who has a very cynical view on life and throughout the book he leads several "lives," as the different types of people you might expect to find in a normal suburban high school. I never really finished it but I'm still brainstorming. It's been my life's dream to write a book and I hope to accomplish it.
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"Dreams of the Suburbs"
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When I was young I lived in an apartment just outside of Washington, DC and my biggest dream was to live in the suburbs. To live in a big house with a two-car garage on a cul-de-sac and to play outside with the neighborhood kids. To walk to the neighborhood school and to have a membership at the neighborhood pool. Just like my classmates did and just like on TV. When I was ten we moved to the suburbs. There were big houses and neighborhood kids but both were foreign to me as I lived in a townhouse. I was looked down upon by the neighborhood kids because of that and they would make fun of me as I walked home every day from the bus stop. One year we had to walk home during an ice storm. I slipped in the middle of the road and could not get back up. The neighborhood kids walked right past me, not even giving me a passing glance.
Not long after we moved again. This time, however, it was to a big house with a two-car garage and a school and a pool nearby. There were plenty of kids, and every evening after their parents came home they would spill out onto the streets. We would play games in our postage-stamp-sized yards and went exploring in the forest and the creek behind our neighborhood. There were birthday parties and afternoons lying in the grass looking at clouds. Just like on TV. As time went on, the neighborhood started to change. Kids joined clubs and teams, and suddenly they weren't around anymore. One house was trashed and that family moved away. Another family moved away, and another, and another. They're building the new neighborhood right next to ours. Our bus stop is right next to the sign advertising it. "Marlow Farm - From the $270's," it said. Then "From the $300's." Now it's "From the | ||||||||||||||