Category: Immaculate Deception

• Zoinks! A Big Announcement

    I know this will come as a shock to many of you, but I’ve decided to forgo any additional work on my second novel and leave Codorus Press. I…

  

• David Bowie: A Cosmic Inspiration

  So we learned today that David Bowie left us for some transcendental plane. Whether you believe in heaven or not, it’s comforting for me to think that the creative consciousness…

  

• Wednesday Writing Tip: The Best Genre is the Genre Mashup

  This video, brought to us by the fine – and brilliant – folks at Postmodern Jukebox – is a stunning example of what I like to call a genre mashup.…

• Power Pop Wednesday: Yes, Please Do Go All the Way

  In 1974, when this song came out, I was 6 years old, and yet I find that memories of it playing on AM radio still bubble up from way back…

• Funky Friday: Writing Routine and the Power of the Atomic Dog

  I and my family recently joined the ranks of the dog rescuers, adopting a smart and handsome pointer mix puppy we have named Percy, for no other reason than his…

• It’s Monday! Shout Geronimo and Leap Into the Void

  One benefit to having an “office” career that largely consisted of doing cool and unexpected things or meeting interesting people at any given moment – then writing about them –…

• Your Monday Reminder Is Something I Know Way Too Much About

  Spring tends to make people a little goofy, especially here in the Northeast where it seemed like we’d be buried under snow until sometime in the middle of July. But…

• Your Monday Dose of Perspective

• Happy Tuesday: Your Complaints About Daylight Savings Time Are Now Invalid

  Get up, get moving and quit your bitching about the time change. You’re a grown-up, not an infant. If scooching the clock back and forth an hour messes with you…

• Funky Friday: Andy Allo and The Mysterious Process of Character Inspiration

  Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce Andy Allo – Prince protege and certified bringer of funk in the spirit of all the great multi-instrumental/multi-ethnic soul and funk bands that…