One of the strangest experiences I had as a magazine writer was the time I spent with the onetime World Heavyweight Champion Leon Spinks who has died far too young at the age of 67. When I met up with…
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Chasing Plummer
The news of Christopher Plummer’s sad and tragic death from a fall at the age of 91 has been heart-breaking to those of us who have long admired him. I wrote the following appreciation in August of 2012 as Plummer…
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Some Secrets Can Get You Killed…A New Novella
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Walking In New Orleans: Uneasy in the Big Easy
If the young men (and a couple of women) displaying Confederate flags, outfitted in what is best described as biker-militia casual, are to be believed, the South Will Rise Again. At least that’s what the banners sprinkled among the Confederate flags…
Tagged with: Al Hirt, Anne Ric, beignets, Bourbon Street, Commander's Palace, Confederacy, Dixieland Jazz, French Quarter, Frenchmen Street, Garden District, Interview With the Vampire, Jackson Square, Jefferson Davis, John Goodman, Louisiana, Lower Ninth Ward, Lűke brasserie, New Orleans, Nicholas Cage, Sandra Bullock, St. Charles Avenue Trolley, St. Louis Cathedral
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Which Way to the Bathroom–And Other Tales From A Book Tour
Depending on where I am, a good part of my day is spent telling people where the bathrooms are. Again, depending on the location, I also tell them where they can find the post office (next door to where I am standing).…
Tagged with: Annette's Book Nook, Captiva Island, Doc Ford, Florida, Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach, Irving Stone, Irving Wallace, Leon Uris, MacIntosh Books, Mike Pence, Randy Wayne White, Sanibel Island, Stephen King, Tim Sample
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Welcome to the Dark Edge
Dear Reader An exciting new series of novellas and novels has just been launched that I want to tell you about. The series is titled The Dark Edge. The stories are a little sexier and a trifle edgier than we…
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SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL…(And Who Doesn’t?)
So you’re writing or thinking about writing a novel. To put it mildly, you are not alone. The questions I’m asked most in the course of meeting hundreds of people promoting the Sanibel Sunset Detective mysteries have to do…
Tagged with: Agatha Christie, Amazon, David Halberstam, Erniest Hemingway, Gore Vidal, Harold Robbins, Irving Stone, Irving Wallace, Jerzy Kosinski, Jim Thompson, Leon Uris, Margaret Lawrence, Mickey Spillane, Nora Roberts, Norman Mailer, Peter Maas, Pierre Berton, Steohen King, Theodore H. White, Tom Wolfe, Truman Capote, William Goldman
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Rogue One: Spinning On Bill Marshall’s Shoulders
Recovering from the shock of his death, the image that keeps reoccurring was the night—the very late night— Bill Marshall, movie producer, Toronto International Film Festival co-founder, and (much) larger-than-life rogue warrior, lifted me up, hefted me across his shoulders,…
