America originally imported its monsters, bringing over vampires and werewolves as European moved here from the “Old World”. We didn’t really have any monsters of our own until H.P. Lovecraft gave us the product of a fevered imagination. Since then, we’ve gotten pretty good at generating creepies and crawlies but monsters of any magnitude seemed […]
There are some days when I can set the pace, tackle that which needs tackling immediately and that which can tended to as time permitted.Then there are the other kinds of days.Yesterday was one of those days where it left me breathless as a full day got fuller and things I intended to do, had […]
The Golden Compass was a trilogy I had wanted to read, especially prior to seeing the movie but time and a growing To Be Read stack prevented it. As a result, when we finally took in the film yesterday, I was going in with no preconceived notions. Deb had read it so I had someone […]
It’s been a quiet week so far. The best news is that I am two-thirds of the way through the desert book. Of all the non-fiction projects I’ve taken one, this may be the most boring subject. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with Earth’s deserts or their inhabitants, but they just don’t engage me the same […]
Numerous friends have talked about taking this quiz and being surprised with the results. So, I took it and guess what, was surprised with the results. Too bad I didn’t pay more attention to Chris Dodd’s campaign since he’s clearly my guy. Of course, it’s too late for him but one can hope he’ll wind […]
Now I know what my next writing assignment will be.Just received a call this morning from Marco Palmieri, over at Pocket Books. Paramount has approved my outline for
Thanks to Nomi Burstein, I have now been syndicated via LiveJournal. I’m not sure if this is anything like being similar to Paul Harvey but it’s kinda neat to know this will be seen by lots of bored people.Deb thinks this will freak Katie out, but she has her own LJ space; it’s nice and […]
Glenn the wonder webmaster helped me fix a technical glitch which now allows me to proudly show off the cover to Hellboy II: The Golden Army which will be released May 28 with the movie to follow on July 11.
What do I do all day?A lot of it is currently spent on project management for stuff you’d be blissfully unaware of were I not involved. One has gone live and I refer you to the kick off site. I’m helping traffic the scripts and artwork for this daily webcomic strip, which will debut at […]
Long-time readers here know that for some fourteen months I was chairing a Special Committee that was looking at ways to help preserve our town’s historic character. In the end, we passed a Demolition Delay ordinance – not the strongest in the nation, but one that got the town started in the right direction.The law […]