Well, we’re a week into the new season and we’ve welcomed back older favorites and sampled some of the new shows, with others yet to debut.Among the new shows, we really liked Flash Forward. It barely resembles Robert J. Sawyer’s novel (which is a fun read) but dramatically demonstrates the global chaos the 2:17 blackout […]
Last night I had a great time on Destinies, chatting for about 40 minutes. The host, Howard Margolin, reminded me that I was his very first guest so it’s nice to be back there and with luck we’ll chatting again in April when the Wonder Woman book comes out.Meantime, for those interested, the chat is […]
I enjoy supporting local efforts, as a result I was among the first guests to appear at Stony Brook’s I-Con and to grace the airwaves of Destinies, the science fiction talk show hosted by Dr. Howard Margolin. Every few years, Howard invites me back to talk about stuff and tomorrow night, I make my return […]
I find myself in an unusual place, professionally. Any minute now, the phone will ring, and the green light will be given on the DC project I’ve been tinkering with since the late spring. Until then, I am in limbo.This morning, I delivered to Chris Cerasi the final files with updated information and corrections for […]
Deb and I somehow managed to stay current with prime time programming throughout the summer and even wound up with a fairly empty DVR now and then. So, curious, we sampled the first season of Bones, a show we thought we’d like and had been recommended by several friends.We borrowed the DVDs from Bob Rozakis […]
The best thing for a freelancer is the phone ringing offering work. Possibly the second best thing for a freelancer is the arrival of the printed work (or the check, depending on your circumstances).Someone asked on one of the message boards recently if it ever gets old receiving the first copy of your latest book. […]
Freelancers love it when the phone rings and an unexpected offer comes through. Such was the case in early July, when Chris Cerasi called to offer me Wonder Woman: Amazon. Hero. Icon.Apparently, the project had been assigned to a poet, Jeff Oaks, and as occasionally happens, a change needed to be made so I got […]
I had no inkling that going to DC Comics for meetings today would prove a stroke of lucky timing. While meeting with Chris Cerasi on a project we’ll talk about in a day or two, I received a call from DC’s President and Publisher Paul Levitz. He heard I was around and could I stop […]
This morning, we concluded our visit to Atlanta by having breakfast with David Klarman, our old college pal, and got a chance to meet his wife Wendy. It was nice to catch up plus get to know his mate. From there, we traveled to the airport, got through security and had a relaxed trip home.Our […]
Saturday was an interesting day at the convention as Deb and I largely followed different paths. I tried to attend one panel, only to discover it had been moved to Monday so we wound up checking out the dealer’s rooms together for a bit.I managed to meet up with Brandie Tarvin, one of my fellow […]
Welcome from Atlanta.Amazingly, our trip down from Connecticut was incredibly ordinary. No traffic to the airport, flight on time, MARTA to downtown was smooth, etc.One nice touch, an old college buddy, Dave Klarman, works in the area and met us downtown to escort us to the hotel and to say hi since we couldn’t get […]