January 3, 2021July 14, 2021Essay Old Long Since In my New Year’s message last year, I mentioned not reading the news but creating stories instead. Little did we know […]
January 31, 2020July 14, 2021Essay The Shape of Stories Writing is tough, but what happens when it’s not? Say you’re working on the first draft of a story. You’re humming along […]
January 17, 2020July 14, 2021Essay RIP, Professor Last week, we lost Neil Peart, one of the best (if not the best) drummers in the world and the primary lyricist […]
January 10, 2020July 14, 2021Essay, Movies You Say Tomay-to, I Say Tomah-to I’ve been called a film snob so many times throughout my life, I’ve lost count. I used to tease people about their […]
January 3, 2020July 14, 2021Essay New Year, New Message Here we are at the dawn of a new decade. Troubling times. I try not to read the news too much these […]
September 4, 2018July 14, 2021Essay Storytellers Anonymous I’d been to industry trade shows before. Hotel ballrooms filled with crowds of people. The kind who steal a glance at your […]
August 7, 2018July 14, 2021Essay Movies Inside My Head: Superman The Movie A hero is reborn on the big screen In December 1978, the world saw the dawn of the big-budget superhero film with the […]
August 7, 2018July 14, 2021Essay The Mall Around The Corner I’ve been fascinated with shopping malls ever since my childhood. Before I could drive, I bugged my parents to take us to […]
August 7, 2018July 14, 2021Essay People Inside My Head: Joe Frank I can remember the first time I heard Joe Frank on the air. His wasn’t your standard public radio talk show or […]
August 7, 2018July 14, 2021Essay Memories of George Romero I was a kid growing up in Texas when I came across George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead for the first time. […]