Where to Find Your Inspiration
Okay, so where am I? I’m at the keyboard trying to put a dent in my sixth or seventh book. This could be either one since I have the “memoir’ book and the photography book in motion simultaneously. When I say “in motion” I really mean moving at a snail’s pace. Heck turtles move faster […]
The 43 Postcards Project: Montreal
I kicked off 2020, by adding intriguing visuals from my lifetime of travels around the world and called it the 43 Postcards Project. So far, my quest has taken me to places familiar and others remote, in 43 countries and counting, from the deep Pacific to the deserts of the Middle East to the snow-crusted landscapes of the Arctic […]
GREENLIT! A New Media Guy Book
Okay, so where am I? I am doing a little happy dance because I’ve been GREENLIT! Yes indeed, my little pitch about writing a book on the wacky, wild, and sometimes great Kontinental Hockey League has been accepted for a 2021 publish date by Penguin Random House Canada. I mean, who would have thought that […]
3H Grade Pencils and George Carlin lead to the Big Idea
Click to enlarge Okay, so where am I? I needed some 3H grade pencils since I am sketching out a new look for my man cave and wanted an accurate drawing of case I need to be built. Standard No. 2 pencils won’t cut the mustard. Why you ask? Well, H leads are tremendously smudge-proof […]
KELLOGG’S: You Should Have Called The Media Guy!
Surfing around Amazon today and I came across an oldie but a goodie written by yours truly: European and American Paintings and Sculptures 1870-1970, in the Australian National Gallery Hardcover – 1992. Yeah, you can buy the book on Amazon but the $1800 price tag might scare you aware from this out-of-print beauty. In a […]
Slow Down
How to slow down your life…right now…just as soon as I see what my Starbucks name is… In what is definitely solid proof that the Internet (and Starbucks for that matter) is a place of endless possibilities, some brilliant dude or dudette has created a name generator that simulates the experience of having your name […]
Writing Tips from the Master (Not Me!)
#5. “Never write more than two pages on any subject.” Many days it seems, I am asked how to be a good writer. To be sure, I don’t know why people come to me. Humbly I say, you either love my writing or you hate it (but geez, I hope more love it than hate […]
Don’t Sell Your Back Cover Short!
The number of self-published books has exploded, growing 287 percent since 2006, according to research by Bowker, the official ISBN agency for the United States. “In 2012, more than 235,000 print and e-books were self-published in the United States, up from 148,424 in 2011,” says award-winning marketing strategist Catherine Foster, executive publisher/CEO of BlueSky Publish
The Writer’s Office
The writer is a peculiar animal. And when the mechanics of crafting that perfect piece of literature, a script or speech for a local politician, it’s rarely a routine method. Each writer has his own panache, knack and tolerances. But if there’s one thing virtually any writer just can’t do without, it’s the writers’ room. […]
Not Approved
DENIED! Yep. This photo of Angelina Jolie was NOT approved for inclusion in my new book. Her peeps told me that “she didn’t sign the release to be in the book; only for newspapers, magazines and internet.” Maybe she’ll be in the movie.
