Here’s a photo of our table at the Books & Cooks event last night at the Madison Library along with the author of the hour. Girls Gone Great was one of the big sellers and made Carolyn a “best selling author” at least for this event. Congratulations to her. We met a lot of other … Read More
There is artistic talent all around us much of it never gets recognized. Imagine my surprise when I saw this drawing on a friend’s bulletin board in his office. It was drawn by his daughter while she waited for her dad to come back from the shop. A wonderful piece of art, if you ask … Read More
What a remarkable 12 days of films, shorts, features, documentaries, animated films from over 60 different countries giving us here in Cleveland a glimpse into a world most of us will never see otherwise and certainly have a better appreciation for their culture. Best part of it all is you can spend days dashing from … Read More
The festival is over, the theaters quiet, and most everyone has gone home. The short films have announced their winners, Oscar contenders now Live Action Short and Animated Shorts. “For The Birds”, an awesome live action short that really deserves Oscar consideration. One of my favorite shorts was called “The Way It Used To Be” … Read More
Last week I attended the opening night gala for the 38th Cleveland International Film Festival. Coincidentally the opening night film was about a writer who is a sudden success and then gets stuck with writer’s block trying to finish the second book of her two book deal. What could be more fitting? Since I’ve never … Read More
If this were the Arctic there would be polar bears strolling across the ice. It isn’t, it is Lake Erie in March. Really, what is going on? Old Man Winter is paying us back for a couple of years of wimpy winters and reminding us that while he may have been on vacation he hasn’t … Read More
A few months back I volunteered to be on the Short Films Selection Committee for the Cleveland International Film Festival. It seemed like a simple task: watch short films and score them. They were to be graded as an A, B, or C. Which to me translated to “must be in the Festival,” “could be … Read More
Last year we sort of missed Winter. It was such a weak excuse for winter that some people bemoaned the fact that we didn’t get a real winter. Well, we’re getting one now. We’ve hit negative 10 a few times, had inches on inches of snow, and cold, icy days strung together one after the … Read More
Well, I did it. An hour talking about books, my books, other books, how to market Indie publications, some interesting perspectives on writing, all hosted by Anna Renault. She is good at what she does. I’d recommend any other author who gets the chance to be on her show grab it. If you missed the … Read More
Yes, I’m going to do a radio interview. If all goes well, I’ll be on Anna Renault’s radio-blog show on Monday, 1/27/14 beginning at 7 PM. The link to tune in is at the bottom so feel free to listen in or, since the shows are recorded, you can hear it later by going to … Read More