There may be nothing more important as a town’s budget. There may be nothing more boring than town budget meetings.In Fairfield, once the budget is released, the Board of Finance and Board of Selectmen conduct joint hearings throughout the month of March where each and every department comes before the Board to justify their requests.The […]
Sometime in April, the actual 80th anniversary of Action Comics #1 will arrive but the celebration is already underway. Last night at the Library of Congress, the Washington Post’s David Bettencourt interviewed Paul Levitz and Dan Jurgens before a few hundred interested people. Since this was nearby, I was invited to hang out with the […]
Slowly but surely, I’ve been catching up on the prime time television Deb and stored on the good ol’ DVR.While watching Veronica Mars the other night, I laughed out loud as the geek explained he’d been to Comic-Con to hear Dave Gibbons talk about a graphic novel he had written and drawn before going in […]
I love baseball. I wish I could throw and therefore play the game, but I grew up watching the New York Mets with dad, being taken to Old Timer’s Day for my birthday, and enjoying the entire experience.Some thirty-two years ago, Bob Rozakis invited me to join his Federal League, in the early days of […]
The worst part for me as a freelancer is the waiting.I spend plenty of time working on the outline or actual prose, finally hit the send button and then have to display great patience. After all, the editor should be given plenty of time to carefully consider what you yourself have labored over.But you want […]
I have not planned to let so long pass without writing here.As usual, life gets in the way. Deb recently described me as having two jobs and I really never saw my freelance as a second job. While teaching, I always see it as a way to stay creatively engaged, stretching muscles I wouldn’t be […]
On various forums I visit, people continually wonder about the writing process so I thought I would take you along with me as I construct my story for Moonstone’s Avenger anthology.Shortly after being invited to join in the fun on February 17, I jumped on line to refresh myself on data regarding the character. Obviously, […]
Busy Busy BusyI know, sounds like Terry Thomas, doesn’t it?Anyway, work has been keeping me on the go. Lots of projects have picked up steam and I’ve been caught up in administrative tasks, most of which I truly enjoy doing (and miss from my previous time at DC).The projects are good to work on and […]
Hard to believe, but it’s already February which also means it’s time for Farpoint. It happens to be a little different this year, their 25th. First, they’ve relocated to the Marriott Hunt Valley Inn (no matter who owns it or what they call it, that’s how we all refer to the venue). Second, it’s a […]
Been a busy week and then we had server issues but now we’re back on track.So, what’s been going on? Monday and Tuesday was spent locked away, learning InDesign, which seems to be a far better program than Quark for designing publications. We’re a fine little black and white tabloid so there’s plenty InDesign can […]