Welcome 2016
Wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and creatively prosperous 2016!
Finding Inspiration Close At Hand
I have to admit that I pretty much took 2015 off as far as songwriting. No, I didn’t forget about it completely. I sat down plenty of times to try and make progress on something. But, in the end, it didn’t seem to get me anywhere. Writer’s block, if you want to call it that….
Zoom-(ba)-ing Off Topic
I like to think of myself as a moderately enthused fitness enthusiast. I enjoy being physically active even though I am no spring chicken. The activities I have generally engaged in to keep me moving include jogging, biking, cardio machines, and resistance training. While I have exercised with a trainer, a workout partner and even…
April Jazz and More at the Black Fox Lounge
Had an awesomely fun evening at the Black Fox Lounge last night. Invited to join in the April Jazz Showcase at the Black Fox with music director Oren Levine, I brought a couple of my own tunes and a cover to the festive evening. Although my tunes were a bit of a genre departure, the…
Books To Die For
If you are a mystery buff, you should definitely pick this up. It’s an anthology of essays (over 100) by today’s mystery writers on their favorite tales and favorite authors that influenced them. Edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke, Books to Die For: The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels…
TV Show Renewals – Almost?
I have been seeing a number of online articles recently foretelling the future of television – which shows are being renewed for another season and which shows are being dropped. The most interesting category to my mind is the group of shows that are still in limbo. Most recently I read a brief on TheWrap.com…
What Is That Doing There?
Have you ever opened a drawer, suddenly noticed something that has heretofore been just background, and thought, “What is that doing there?” I know this is slightly off topic for this blog. Please forgive this detour. It’s a very “in the moment” kind of thing, though. lol So … it happened to me just the…
Watchathonamania
I watch TV. Of course I do. Even so, my schedule often prevents me from tuning in when shows I’d like to watch are on. In that regard, Netflix and on demand cable have been a boon for me – allowing me to watch things on my own timetable as well as to discover and…
After the Snow
Apparently, someone thinks my voice is well-received by younger readers/listeners as well as adults. A quick review through some of my recent narration projects makes that clear. I’m not complaining, mind you! I enjoy reading young adult literature. One of the teen lit stories I got to work on last year was After the Snow…
5 Months On Audible
Yes, it’s true! It has been almost 5 months since one of my narration projects was first published on Audible. So far it’s been pretty darned good! None of my audiobooks is a runaway best seller – YET, he says with his heart full of hope – but they’re all selling. The first one was…