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Blog roll, that is. I’ve added a few outside links to the site–most of them author hangouts, with a few buddy sites thrown in for good measure. They’re guaranteed fun for everyone, so check ’em out if you get the chance.
The list is pretty basic now, but I’m sure it’ll grow over time. If anybody has any cool sites to add, I’m like totally game, dude! Drop me a line or leave a comment, and we’ll ...
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It’s a given that lots of things seem like a good idea after you’ve had a few. That’s why most of your better tattoo parlors won’t ink you up when you’re three sheets to the wind, and how folks end up at Denny’s munching pancackes at three in the morning. There is another hidden danger, though, and you don’t even need your car keys land yourself in trouble.
That’s right. I’m talking about iTunes.
I found out the hard ...
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…but I like it.
All right, maybe like is too strong a word. Call it a strange fascination. Brain candy, if you will. A way to put the mind on cruise control for a while. Over the last few days it has become something of a habit–just me and my daughter Lexie, curled up on the couch, watching a roster of bizarre yet mesmerizing shows: That’s So Raven. Phil of the Future. Hannah Montana. And, of course, the incomparable Suite Life ...
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Since I come from a journalism background, I spent a lot of years getting pounded with warnings about plagiarism. It was, at least at the time, considered the cardinal sin of writing, one which would brand a scarlet “P” on your shirt and get your fanny tossed out of college without so much as a backward glance.
Flash forward a few years, and my how things have changed. The latest rage comes over the story of Kaavya Viswanathan, that ...
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It seems that Hollywood is traveling backward in time once again. No, I’m not talking about another Back to the Future–although you never know, given the sequel climate these days–but about another obvious attempt to get us Gen-Xers into theaters with a revival of one of our beloved early-80s teenage geekfests.
That’s right, baybee! Starblazers is getting the feature film treatment!
Yes, I know–it’s Space Cruiser Yamato to all you purists out there. A number of anime features were released in Japan years ...
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Last October, I was giving a speech at the St. Pete Times Festival of Reading when a person in the audience asked, “What is it that writers want the most?”
“That’s easy,” I replied. “Writers will tell you all they want is respect for their work. What they really want, though, is a movie deal.”
Well, I’m happy to announce that nearly a year after HAMMERJACK hit the book shelves, my tireless agents ...
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