Time to time, we all need an attitude adjustment and this seemed like a good one to take to heart… “If you’re going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they’ll kill you.”~George Bernard Shaw
CASTING CALL: Give me your name! I’m the worst when it comes to creating characters names and I need names for the follow-up to Did Not Finish, the second in the Aidy Westlake mystery which’ll be out in 2012. I have a […]
I’m breaking with tradition for my Hump Day Post and posting something by the great John Cleese. I just wish I could be this funny. 🙂 ALERTS TO TERROR THREATS IN 2011 EUROPEBy John Cleese The English are feeling the pinch in […]
I’m going to go off course this week when it comes to all things We All Fall Down. Instead discussing the story’s background, I’m going with a “Behind the Music” kind of tale relating to the making of what is the most […]
For anyone heading to Vegas this weekend. “The real measure of our wealth is how much we’d be worth if we lost all our money.”~J. H. Jowett
I recorded a TV interview in Oregon last Saturday and it went pretty well, but it reminded of my first time on TV. Glamour is rarely that glamourous. THE GLAMOUR OF TV I was on the telly! A few weeks ago, I […]
I saw my author-friend, Tony Broadbent, not too long ago. We hail from the same hometown back in the old country. We got to chatting and he gave me a pat on the head and told me, “You’re like the Gary Oldman […]
Last year, my wife suffered a cancer scare that resulted a benign tumor being removed. In her honor, I’m riding in a 100-mile bike ride to raise money for two cancer clinics. I’ve raised over a $1100 so far. In addition to […]
The news is out that my story THE FRAME MAKER picked up an Anthony Award Nomination in the Best Short Story category. The winner will be announced at the World Mystery Convention (or Bouchercon) in September. Thanks to the nominators and Rick […]
It’s good to know these things when it comes to knowing what kinds of people you want to hang out with. “Rogues are preferable to imbeciles because they sometimes take a rest.” ~Alexandre Dumas