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November 22, 2012
Murder in Ocean Hall – Free for Black Friday!
Murder in Ocean Hall is free for Black Friday! Normally $2.99, I’ve marked the price of the Kindle edition of my first novel down to zero. In this murder mystery, the world’s most famous oceanographer is killed – when a … Continue reading →
November 9, 2012
Friday Photo: The Road to Alpine
Seven hours after Austin, I exited I-10 in west Texas. I would spend the night in Alpine and then check out the artsy town of Marfa the next day. I fell in love with this road, this empty strip of … Continue reading →
November 4, 2012
Finding True Intimacy in The Sessions
I have a new movie review for On Tap – Finding True Intimacy in The Sessions. Starring John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy, The Sessions is about Mark O’Brien, a paralyzed writer determined to lose his virginity at … Continue reading →
November 2, 2012
Friday Photo: Locked-Up Edition
This is a fascinating old lock that I encountered in Blagden Alley, a historic alley complex near the convention center in Washington, DC. Check out the rest of the pictures from this city photowalk with photogs from the InstantDC meetup … Continue reading →
October 26, 2012
What’s Your Great Pumpkin? Find Out with The Pumpkin Plan
Around this time each year, you’ll see a news story about a farmer with a record-sized pumpkin, one much bigger than anything grown by his neighbors. How did he do it? How did he find success in the pumpkin patch? … Continue reading →
October 16, 2012
Mount Vernon Trail Photo in Virginia Biking Map
I have a photo in the Bicycling in Virginia Map, a publication by the Virginia Department of Transportation. The above shot is from the Mount Vernon Trail, just across the Potomac from the Jefferson Memorial. I took it on a … Continue reading →
October 12, 2012
Behind the Screens – Get It Before You Submit
Do you dream of walking down the red carpet? Want to see your film on a big screen? Then get Behind the Screens, the new book by Jon Gann that uncovers what film festival programmers really think. Gann, the founder … Continue reading →
October 8, 2012
Give Me Pizza, I Will Give You a Quote
No one can resist free pizza. That was the idea behind a novel recruitment effort by Vocus, a public relations software company out of Beltsville, MD. They sponsored a food truck on the streets of DC and gave out pizza … Continue reading →
October 5, 2012
Friday Photo: Dedicated Photographer Edition
A photographer friend of mine told me once that if you’re not dirty at the end of the day, then you’re doing it wrong. The secret with portraits is to get low, as this stylish young photog illustrates. It’s such … Continue reading →
October 4, 2012
V/H/S: A Horror Flick for the YouTube Generation
In the latest issue of On Tap, I have an article on V/H/S, a new horror anthology that opens this week. In this bloody collection of short films, a group of thieves come across a stack of mysterious videocassettes, each … Continue reading →
