(Note: some possible spoilers) The critics have been harsh on the movie version of World War Z, but I’m going on the record as saying it’s as good a zombie flick as you’re going to see. Perfect? No. Entertaining? Oh yeah. Going in, I knew that it wasn’t a faithful depiction of the outstanding Max …
I’ve had a couple of requests lately about signing books. Actually, I’ve had a lot of complaints lately about not being able to sign e-books. Well, thanks to the miracle of the interwebs, now I can. The folks at Authorgraph have figured out a way to do this, via Amazon. There’s a quick explanation here, …
I don’t consider myself a horror fan by any definition. Yet, as I read through Entertainment Weekly’s “20 Scariest Movies of All Time,” I suddenly realized that I’d seen 18 of the 20. I was as surprised as I was when the creature appeared for the first time in Alien. The link above is worth …
Camaro rides a Harley, drinks beer, plays blackjack and isn’t afraid to go after a man she finds attractive. She’s also a stone-cold killer. That’s how Sam Hawken introduces us to Camaro Espinoza, a former Army medic and Iraq veteran who is now “a woman searching for a place in a world that looks entirely …
There is a magic to a river. Barrier to some, avenue to others, a river is both a destination and a channel. It is sanctuary and peril, serenity and unease. It is an economy, a hope, a livelihood and a danger. For those who are associated with the river, something is either “upriver” or “downriver.” …
The world’s favorite dingbat died yesterday. Jean Stapleton, forever known to Americans as Edith on the groundbreaking show, “All in the Family,” was 90. The news instantly transported me back to the early 1970s, when “All in the Family” was the most popular — and, by far, the most controversial — TV show in the …
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