Monthly Archives: August 2006

One of those weekends. We had to get up before 4 a.m. Saturday to take our daughter to the airport to return to university. I’m not the sort to go back to bed after being up and about for a … Continue reading →

I sent the sixth draft manuscript of Missing Persons to my agent yesterday, so I celebrated by taking the morning off. I have to get up really early tomorrow morning, so the extra two hours of sleep will probably do … Continue reading →

I’m getting near the end of this round of revisions. Forty manuscript pages left to reread. Silly me, I thought I’d do the final read-through in one weekend. (Actually, I thought I’d get it done in one day.) I’ve made … Continue reading →

I watched two movies this weekend. They were possibly as different as you could imagine, but I enjoyed them both. The first one was well-reviewed, the second panned. What can I say? I’m easily entertained. The first is Caché, a … Continue reading →

I received word today that I’ve been accepted into the Houston Police Department’s Citizen’s Police Academy, and I’m really looking forward to the experience. This is an 11-week program (one three-hour class per week, on Thursday evenings) where civilians get … Continue reading →

My new essay is up at Storytellers Unplugged, in which I ramble on about some of the best author readings I’ve attended. If you check out the comments section you’ll find a link to the Gary Braunbeck reading I mention … Continue reading →

Work proceeds apace on Missing Persons. After this morning’s session, I have only about sixty pages left to read through. That’s right on track to get to the point where I can print it out this weekend and do an … Continue reading →

Another weekend spent primarily tossing in the trash stuff that nearly two years ago I spent weeks writing. The great purge continues, and I’m now about 2/3 of the way through the manuscript. To date, nearly 11,000 words and 65 … Continue reading →

I talked with a couple of colleagues yesterday and I noticed a common theme among our discussions. The trepidation and anxiety that can be part and parcel of the entertainment business in general. Sometimes the stakes are really big (book … Continue reading →

For those book lovers and fans world-wide who could not attend the star-studded literary event at Radio City Music Hall last week, “AN EVENING WITH HARRY, CARRIE & GARP” will now be available to watch free of charge in its … Continue reading →