I suppose every country has a food associated with it that defines its national identity. For the English, it’s fish & chips. For the Canadians, it’s bacon. But surprisingly, for the Americans, it’s not what you would think. No one may be […]
I’m terrible coming up with the names for the supporting cast in my books, so I tend to use the names of friends and family. For the current book I’m working on, a couple of friends asked if I could incorporate the […]
The world summed up in eleven words. “The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.” ―Oscar Wilde
There’s a lot of gloom and doom floating around these days when it comes to the future of the printed word. People are reading less and less. Publishers are consolidating both in numbers and in authors. Technology is changing the way books […]
We should all be this straightforward. “Be obscure clearly.” ~E. B. White
With my latest book deal, people have been saying I’m on my way to fame and fortune. I’m not so sure and here’s why: “Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.”~Billy Connolly
I get asked by a lot of people if I’ll ever leave the US. Well, I hope they are just asking and not hinting. Actually, I’m not sure whether I’ll leave the US, I never plan that far ahead, but that said, […]
I reached a landmark the other week. I filled the bookcase in my office. Not hard to do I hear you say and that’s true, but it’s filled with books I’ve written and magazines that feature articles and stories by me. It’s […]
It’s my birthday tomorrow so this is a reminder on how to live my life. “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ~Abraham Lincoln
Grr, patents make me angry. Well, not patents themselves, but how patents are portrayed in advertising. A lot of ads try to present patents as some form of government approval. Just because a product has a dozen patents doesn’t make it good. […]