Posted in Housekeeping, Looking Ahead, The Books, tagged Arts, Fiction, Writers Resources, Writing, Writing Exercises on December 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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I’ve recently had some time on trains and planes to work on the third Johnny Denovo mystery, “Entanglement,” and I’m finding myself excited by the possibilities the book has to mystify and entertain.
The first two books (“Spam & Eggs” and “The Green Monster“) have been widely praised as well-written, fast-paced, exciting, complicated, and [...]
Posted in Looking Ahead, Looking Back, Mental Health, News, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged CHRISTOPHER MEEKS, Green Monster, Literature, Mystery, Novel, Writer on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christopher Meeks, author of “The Brightest Moon of the Century” and a member of Backword Books, interviewed me recently about the Johnny Denovo mystery series, the writing process, the concepts behind the books, and other matters of interest to readers and writers. Here’s a brief excerpt:
CHRISTOPHER MEEKS: Your third book is due early next year. [...]
Posted in Excerpts, Looking Ahead, The Books on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A new site called Xtranormal.com allows you to put in a script, add some actions, and generate a movie with computer speech and computer-animated characters. Here’s a scene from “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” in this format. Johnny and Mona are deliberating over a scrap of paper found in Winthrop’s hotel garbage by [...]
Posted in Housekeeping, Looking Ahead, The Books, tagged Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Green Monster, New England, Yawkey Way on June 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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While “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” the sequel to “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is still a few weeks away, a local sportswriter, Bill Ballou of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, has been kind enough to comment on a preview copy I provided him in May. Here’s [...]
Posted in Looking Ahead, Rich and Famous, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Bono, Celebrities, Film, George Clooney, hughjackman, John Cusack, People on June 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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As readers of “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” have been discussing the book with me, one consistent topic emerges that I find myself toying with — casting the role.
If any cinematic treatment of these stories emerges, people have nominated a few actors/celebrities who could play Johnny:
John Cusack, for his shock of [...]
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