I write things and talk about stuff. Sometimes I swim.
The popularity cycle is the shortest it has ever been. Pop culture used to live according to The Five Stages of Life As An Actor, credited to Hugh O’Brian. (1) “Who is Hugh O’Brian?”(2) “Get me Hugh O’Brian!”(3) “Get me a Hugh O’Brian type.”(4) “Get me a young Hugh O’Brian.”(5) “Who is Hugh O’Brian?” And […]
I was listening to The Writers’ Almanac for February 20, and Garrison Keillor noted it was the birthday of Richard Matheson. He passed away in June 2013. Matheson is a writer I’ve known and admired for many years, but the show caused me to dig into his work a little. I soon discovered he was […]
No matter where you travel, you will always bump into someone from astonishingly close to home.-Green’s First Rule of Travel Rare indeed has been the trip where The First Rule never came into play. But on a recent trip to Arizona I mentally lifted the rule because: a) I was attending a University of Iowa […]
Amazon achieves a 66.667% success rate in suggestions of books I might like by The Writing Lads. Not sure who this Denman fellow is, but there is no way he is as cool as Lennox Randon.
The first stage role I ever played was in “Oliver!” when I was twelve. As such, the songs from that production are burned into my mind like a permanent brand. So, there’s this jazz standard that I always thought sounded like “Food, Glorious Food” from that musical. You’ve probably heard it. It’s “On Green Dolphin […]
I wax eloquent about the universe of Traveler, as well as the process of writing, on a guest post on the cool blog of David Adam Suski. Check out his archive of interesting stuff, as well as his book, The Wired Man.
Several readers have asked about the music of Traveler. Some of the songs referenced in the book are pretty well known, others less so. For your listening pleasure (perhaps while reading the book!), here is a YouTube playlist of some of Trav’s favorite tunes. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PiaDbi_hJY?list=PLJbfUmuNOHFdR0S-vOSl5n1TaS6fWGW25&w=560&h=315]
Recently, while digging through some old files, I turned up this story I wrote way back in 1992. Reprinted here with only grammar and typo fixes, the tech shows its age, but the sentiment brings a smile to my face at this time of year. I post it here as a little holiday thank-you to […]
Two recent reviews say some nice things about Traveler: “a fun novel that fans of either sci-fi crime fiction or can see themselves shifting into.” “Overall, Traveler is a strong first novel. The traveling between parallel universes is neatly explained and the plot draws you in. Mystery lovers and science fiction fans should get a kick out of […]