They say it takes a big man to admit his mistakes. Keep watching. I’m about to become huge. The other day, I received a FedEx package from Marvel Comics containing two copies of *The Essential Tomb of Dracula*, Volume 4. The book includes two stories I wrote for the black-and-white *Dracula Lives!* magazine, circa 1973. […]
Another plosive. For the past couple of years, “people sitting around singing ‘Kumbaya’” has been a snide conservative put-down of sensitive, feelgood, hopelessly naive, stuck-in-the-’60s liberals. I always hated the damn song, anyway, so the jokes didn’t really bother me. Still, “Kumbaya” is essentially a hymn, a prayer entreating the lord to “come by here,” […]
Write something about the linkage of authoritarianism to the spirituality fad to string theory to the willful delusion of individualism. Leak some information about Hard Time: Season 2. Ask self why, in a week when all the world is mourning the late pope, I’ve been missing Johnny Carson. It’s been another tiring day, and — […]
Trust me. They don’t go together like a horse and carriage. I’m continuing work on the third issue of *Hard Time: Season 2* tonight. Certain characters in the story are, fleetingly, reminiscent of someone whom I’d just as soon expunge from my memory forever. Should I be saying this publicly — even in terms so […]
…you might be interested in the Howard the Duck discussion group on Yahoo. Despite the name, the discussion isn’t limited to the duck. Members have also been known to expound on *Hard Time*, *Omega the Unknown*, *Defenders*, *Nevada*, and, now and then, a comic book series or story I can’t even remember having written. I […]
I haven’t been able to find a photo of the Xerox 850, but this is the model that succeeded it. It’s virtually identical in size and appearance. That’s the CPU, with its tw0 8″ floppy drives, standing to the right of the desk. If you’re interested, you can read more about the system here.
As you might surmise from “Link 2” and “Link 3″ above the masthead illustration, this blog is still, as they say, under construction. I’m at the low end of what looks from this vantage point to be a very steep learning curve as regards the technology of blogging. For the first time in more than […]
Just a short note this time. Spent all day Thursday with Mary Skrenes, my co-writer on *Hard Time*, rummaging around inside the mind of Ethan Harrow’s primary antagonist in the second season of the series. I’m exhausted. Making yourself think like a sociopath is very hard work.
Aside to Steven Grant: You’re right about my newfound technological illiteracy. In fact, I’m planning to write a post about it. But there is too an RSS feed on this page! Scroll down the right column and click or stomp or drag or spit, or whatever the hell it is you’re supposed to do, on […]
Do any of you watch Project Greenlight on Bravo (Thursday, 10pm e/p) ? Here’s the premise: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon sponsor an Internet contest in which writers submit screenplays and directors submit sample reels. Affleck, Damon, producer Chris Moore, and, this season, horror director Wes Craven pick one from Column A and one from […]