There are just some maxims the Universe or God or Providence or whatever you happen to believe in should follow. At the top of that list should be “No Child Should Die Before Its Parent.” I doubt you’d find much argument on that one. Today is the five-year anniversary of losing our son, Brody, to […]
Today I am interviewing my own EDITOR for this blog post! (What was he thinking agreeing to this golden opportunity for ME? Wait a minute—what was I thinking? He could triple my rates!) In all seriousness, Russell Rowland is a successful, extremely talented writer as well as having one of the best eyes for “seeing” […]
In three words: Quiet. Solemn. Unforgettable. You see I started with the Russo family of the Italian Mafia when I was twenty-one. It wasn’t like I set out wanting to be one of them or even belong on the fringes. There are so many young men who emulate and idolize the Mafia as if they […]
I admit it, as far as Valentine’s Day goes, I’ve always been a pretty big cynic (not regarding love, of which I am an enormous admirer to say the least). This year I resolve to give the day its due, in word and deed at least. I have to say that a holiday celebrating love […]
I was talking briefly recently with a couple of authors about this story that is fact but sounded much more like a fiction book (or screenplay) written to produce over-dramatized terror for writers: underground legions of vicious, rabid “critics” on Goodreads that scoured the site blog feeds for any author who mentioned unseemly or complained about […]
Okay, I get it—we’re writers and we are putting our written words out there and no way is everyone going to love everything we write. It’s just not possible. Some of the writers history has deemed so worthy as to award Pulitzers and myriad other literary awards had their very skills disparaged by “legitimate” critics […]
The infamous (and despised) THEY say you need to take the highs with the lows. (I wonder if THEY had to actually go to night school to figure that one out?) Here’s what no one ever tells you about what I prefer thinking off as the Peaks and Valleys: Anyone who has ever summitted a […]
If I’m not THE biggest fan of John Hughes’ movies, I’m right up there on the list. Clint Eastwood is a genius in the art of creating fantastic cinematic masterpieces; Hughes was the genius of the 80’s version of teen angst (but even the current generation of teens relate to and quote his movies right […]
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