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October. 7, 2010
Here’s my daily update on the progress on “Christchurch Bells,” my novel about a writer dying of a brain tumor, his ex-wife’s ghost, a dead cheerleader, the destruction of a town’s movie theater, and a...
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October 11, 2010
Here’s my daily update on the progress on “Christchurch Bells,” my novel about a writer dying of a brain tumor, his ex-wife’s ghost, a dead cheerleader, the destruction of a town’s movie theater, and a...
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Road Trip
They’ll be no word count update for today or yesterday because, well, no words were written as The Bride and I road-tripped out to Lexington, Ky. for an overnighter to see Citizen Cope in concert at...
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Peter Jackson, “The Hobbit” and why maybe this whole thing isn’t such a hot idea
The Lovely Bones The Bride and I caught “The Lovely Bones” on cable over the weekend, and it’s certainly not the disaster so many critics claimed it to be. Sure, it’s deeply imperfect, with a great...
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Family of Choice, or How a Little Dog Brought Us Together
The Bride holds him tightly, a 20-pound ball of course tan fur, some of it tan but a lot of it white. He’s wrapped in a polka dot blanket we bought years ago at a big box discount store, a blanket that...
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You know what I hate?
I hate people who start blogs and then just let them wither away to nothing. You know, really building that big head of steam and then POP, they’re gone. In other words, me. Check this space soon for...
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Movies You Haven’t Seen But Should: “Grace”
The Bride and I were discussing feminist horror the other day (doesn’t every couple), spurred by the DVD cover of the ”I Spit On Your Grave” remake. The remake’s cover offers a variation on the...
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Goldberg/Rabkin’s “The Dead Man: Face of Evil”
In the realm of publishing, if literary efforts by the likes of Irving and Franzen The Dead Man are what would be considered fine champagne, the “men’s adventure” novel is pop-tab beer, what you drink...
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Interview with “The Dead Man” Co-Creator Lee Goldberg
Lee Goldberg’s TV career dates back to the mid-80s, when he and writing partner William Rabkin sold their first spec script to “Spenser: For Hire.” The years subsequent have been both busy and...
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Why NaNoWriMo has this blog breathing again
I’m doing NaNoWriMo this year. This isn’t unusual; I’ve tried in years past and it’s been an epic fail on the level of Dane Cook stand up and the “Charlie’s Angels” remake. But I’m giving it another go...
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