Our delightful daughter has returned to home soil. Her flight from Cairo to Jordan to NYC went without a hitch. When we collected her at JFK, she was bright eyed, chipper and ready for some family.After all the counting down in anticipation of her return, it feels just a tad off to have her suddenly […]
No sooner did the five major networks complete their upfront presentations than the promos began hitting during prime time. I noticed this trend a year or two back, as they rushed to show viewers in May a glimpse of two of their new series, to start making impressions of the titles to make it easier […]
Over on Smallville, everyone thinks Chloe Sullivan is dead. Well, we know better. She
Glenn tells me we’re live to those interested. The comments section works and all those wishing to chat have to register with TypeKey. It’s a necessary evil but after some horrendous experiences over at Peter’s board, it’s safer this way.
With all the talk of my freelance life and conventional life,I haven’t had much time to talk about domestic life. And there have been thingsgoing on since school ended in early June. First, we finally acted on our desire to fill the gap left in our lives when Ginger died last August. We had discussed […]
It remains interesting to see how the life of the freelance writer also works in ebbs and flows.Even though I am thoroughly ensconced working on the Project that Still can’t be Named, other stuff keeps popping up. I had to drop everything to proofread the Predator galleys and while I was away, finally got my […]
Shore Leave 41 was a great experience but I was left withregrets which is not how things usually shake out. First of all, the con was fun and despite more than a few ofthe regulars being absent for one reason or another, it was good to be there. As I discussed last week, we moved […]
Balticon came and went and a fine time was had by all.Robbie, interestingly, had the best time of the three of us. He met up with a peer group, some he knew from other cons, most he met for the first time. They were all in synch and spent much of the con in a […]
Thirty years ago, I was completing my freshman year at college. I had just been named Arts & Leisure editor and was sifting through the promotional material we received from publishers and movie studios. One item caught my eye, roughly 17” x 11” in size, it was a glossy color brochure about a new movie […]
As you know, I have been spent much of my writing time thelast year or so on the 100 Greatest Moments series for Chartwell Books, adivision of Quarto. I have been deeply gratified by the largely positive responsethey have received from reviewers and readers. The sales were better than Quarto anticipated so after thefirst three […]