I Killed Sheherazade
I hope you’ve had a chance to page through a copy of I Killed Scheherazade: Confessions of an Angry Arab Woman (from Lawrence Hill Books available at amazon.com) by award-winning Lebanese journalist Joumana Haddad. Dubbed “the Carrie Bradshaw of Beirut” by the Sunday Telegraph, she’s leading the charge with a spirited call to Arab women […]
Flying the Friendly Skies
Ok. I can admit it. The end of the world freaked me out. That outdated Mayan calendar threw everything out of whack for the Media Guy. I mean who didn’t have December 21st circled on their calendar? Yes, I was afraid. Words no longer flowed freely from my fingertips. Writing was at a standstill. The […]
An Open Letter to Taco Bell
An open letter to Greg Creed, Chief Executive Officer and President of Taco Bell: What the hell happened to you on your way to the Pantheon of Advertising? I just can’t keep quiet anymore. Their latest spots practically made me throw up in my mouth. Have you seen the latest in a long string of […]
Plagiarism: Stopping word thieves
This past Sunday, October 21, 2012, CBS Morning News aired a brilliant segment on plagiarism. Here’s an excerpt: Accusations of plagiarism have plagued writers for centuries. Shakespeare was accused of it; so was Oscar Wilde. T.S. Elliot famously stated, “Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.” The Beatles’ George Harrison was sued for lifting the m
The Handwriting Sensei: PART TWO
OK. Here comes the shameless plug. The new book is coming soon. Landscapes of Life: behind the lens. The photographs in it are an embodiment of me and the words I am creating are from my soul. My fourth book is about Crazy Experiences and that’s how I met Theresa Ortega, The Handwriting Sensei. In […]
Comic Books Have Finally Graduated
The Media Guy loves comics as much as the next guy. Last year I even counted the days down to National Comics Day. Comics rule the movies and produce large numbers now in publishing. But, comic books as a legitimate form of American art and literature? I guess their time has come. On Oct. 10, […]
The Handwriting Sensei: PART ONE
ALERT: This entry of the Media Guy Struggles is an unreserved exchange that intermittently touches on mature subjects and language. Let’s just say this: I have too many books in the works. The photography book. The Media Memoirs book. The English Diplomat Book. And…the Crazy Experiences book. For the Crazy Experiences book, I wanted sent […]
Are Books Doomed to Extinction?
We all know that the Media Guy loves his books. You remember books, right? Those heavy bound things with lots of paper for people with an attention span… What is happening in the industry is as saddening as it is maddening. How do we change it all? I recently ran into Michael Levin, founder and CEO […]
Tangentmakers and the Dreaded Key Card
Okay, so where am I? As always, my client looked a little cross-eyed after five-and-a-half hours of SEO, PPC and CRM Who knows what evil lurks inside the plastic hell? talk. Marketing buzz words layered with endless rationale will do that. Shoot, hearing about website analytics will bore the best of us, but this is […]
Setting Up Shop in Paradise
From the forthcoming book: Landscapes of Life. I love my work, but I’d wager a lot that this Media Guy has said, “I need a vacation…STAT!” more often than I care to admit. Last week I recalled the last time I was at the Aruba airport. I took an Insta-Poll with a throng of tourists […]
