Jelly's on the mend and showing some improvement. As many of you will recall, two weeks ago the old gal could barely get around due to hip dysplasia and arthritic shoulders and elbows. Then, last week, she underwent a stem cell procedure that saw her own stem cells harvested from her belly fat, treated, then…
July 19, 2010: Masked hits the street! Last days of Atlantis! Mailbag!
Tomorrow's the day so you're going to want to head down to your local bookstore and camp out in order to make sure you get your copy of... Masked: An awe-inspiring anthology of all-original superhero fiction edited by Lou Anders! Publishers Weekly says: "Anders (Fast Forward) delivers an ambitious collection of superhero tales that provide…
July 10, 2010: Proper script planning! Out and around the office pics! Another Masked review! The Pineapple Diaries #2! Mailbag!
Time flies when you're having fun - or when you're not prepping that script until September, meaning you don't have to finish your first draft until well after your return from hiatus. On the bright side, I finished the Tease and it's a pretty damn good one, the kind the network loves: Jeopardy! Jeopardy! Jeopardy!…
July 6, 2010: Pics! Masked early reviews! News of note! Happy Birthday to Golden Boy Martin Gero! Mailbag!
Hey, what's happening on the Stargate front? Director Peter DeLuise on the set of his latest epic: Deliverance Sassy Coy Tired of having his picture taken. Actor Patrick Gilmore wonders whta the hell you were thinking. Presenting the comedy stylings of Gilmore and Kelamis! Two reviews of the upcoming superhero-themed anthology, Masked, I'd like to…
July 4, 2010: Happy 4th of July! Lou Diamond Phillips wants to hear from you! September’s Book of the Month Club pick! Mailbag!
Happy 4th of July to our southern neighbors! Enjoy your barbecue and fireworks, but please try to keep the noise down. Some of us have to wake up early tomorrow. Next - another big guest blogger announcement! Today, I start gathering questions for the one and only... Actor, foodie, twitterer, and occasional Iron Chef judge…
March 18, 2010: The mystery bag holds an unpleasant surprise! Peaceful Restaurant! Busy on the SGU front! With Great Power…
"You have to guess what it is,"said my dining companion as my hand probed the contents of the brown paper bag. Inspired by my recent blog posts about sampling new, exotic fruit, Denise had gone through the trouble of picking me up a couple of worthy candidates. I'd failed to guess the first one ,…
August 3, 2009: The Speed of Dark, by Elizabeth Moon
In the interest of full disclosure: This isn‘t my first time reading The Speed of Dark. It’s one of my favorite books and I have nothing but good things to say about it. Okay. Onto my review: Thirty-five year old Lou Arrendale is a bioinformatics specialist working for a pharmaceutical company in the…
August 2, 2009: Those Act II breaks are always in the last place you look. Some set pics. Book club reminder. My super, secret project revealed! Carl’s 3 Stages. Creepy ads, dogs, and the mailbag. Holy crap! This title is almost as long as the entry itself!
A great writing day. Granted, a better day for lazing about in the sun but, still, writers can’t be choosers. So after lying awake in bed last night working the story out in my head, I finally found my Act II break! (I’d left it in the garage behind the recycling bin.). Thus armed, I…
July 2, 2009: Oh, This and That.
Arlighty. I’m almost packed and almost ready to go. I’m going to Montreal for a week and, since I’m traveling alone, I’m going to try to minimize my TWA (Time Waiting Around) by foregoing checked luggage in favor of squeezing everything into my carry-on bags. So, just the bare essentials: socks, shirts, underwear, toiletries, laptop,…
March 19, 2009: A Taste of the Other Side. With Cheese! And the Hugo Nominations.
I know a guy who spent a month living with an indigenous tribe in South America. Over the course of four weeks, he ate what they ate, drank what they drank, did as they did and, generally, lived as they lived. When I asked him the obvious question - Why? - he informed me that…
February 15, 2009: Gone But Not Forgotten – Especially when I’m in New York and hankering for a good meal.
Well, despite the excitement that comes with the launch of a new series, I have to admit that it’s a very different vibe this year, what with the loss of not one, not two, but three of our past writer’s room regulars. Gone is Alan McCullough whose GQ good looks and team stories made him…
October 4, 2008: September’s Top Reads, Following Through on Your Recommendations, and The Return of the Mailbag
With the month of September behind us, it’s time for me to look back over my recent reads and pick my favorite titles of the past month. It was a pretty good crop but, of the bunch I did read (and not including the book of the month club selections) the, following were my favorites:…
September 4, 2008: The Lemons Roll In, August’s Top 3 Reads, and The Weird Food Purchase of the Day
Paul walked into my office and held up the lemon so that I could read the message marked on its plastic surface: “SGA!! not SGU!!”. And so it begins. “It’s part of the fan campaign protesting the cancellation of the show,”I enlightened him. “Yeah, I figured.” He set the lemon down on my desk. “But…
July 12, 2008: Bookly Things and Behind-the-Scenes on Search and Rescue
I’d like to begin today’s blog entry by once again thanking K.J. Bishop for stopping by to spend time with us. As expected, her novel, The Etched City, engendered some fairly strong and wide-ranging opinions. According to Kirsten, she was “just amazed at the detail and thoughtfulness of the responses”. So, kudos to all those…