After an extended caregiving period, I’m happy to be back with more energy than ever. First up for 2018? I finally completed my collection of short stories, which is entitled The Dangers of Helium. It contains magical realist and surrealist stories, plus a novella. The collection spotlights characters who struggle daily in varying degrees, yet still reach for hope, whether it is real or imagined. All of the stories were inspired by photographs of the unexpected curiosities that exist in our everyday world, from a woman selling iguanas in a Mexican marketplace to a clown wandering the streets of London. Now it’s down to the business of getting it published. Here’s to an empowering 2018 for us all!

We finally completed our short film In Freefall! Thank you again to all of our Indiegogo supporters. We couldn’t have done it without you. Stay tuned for upcoming screening news!

My dear friend and colleague, the director/screenwriter Matthew Jacobs, invited me to be a part of his venture Microbe Films. We offer consultations in a variety of areas, from script and short story writing to directing and producing. Here is the link to my page:

http://www.microbefilms.com/donna-laemmlen.html

Please check the website for additional consultants and information in the fields of transmedia and social media, as well as web series development.

http://www.microbefilms.com

Litseen was kind enough to re-post this reading with Molly Antopol, so I thought I’d share it, too. Enjoy!

Thank you to Jeff Bedrick for making this beautiful poster for our film In Freefall. Coming to our Indiegogo supporters soon!

I’m happy to report that our Indiegogo rewards are starting to come in and we couldn’t be happier with their quality. Thank you again to the artist, Roselyne Lougnon. We love the logo!

Here’s a preview of Popshot Magazine, which will include my short story “Photosynthesis,” due out October 1st. Please take a peek!

http://www.popshotpopshot.com/issue16