Learner’s permit to kill: Remembering the espionage RPGs of my youth
Sometimes nothing takes you back to your past faster than a book. Or in my case, two books. These books have me reminiscing about the days when I was one...
Category: Personal Ramblings
Was there a 007-sided die?
Reading about role-playing games has me nostalgic about the spy RPGs of my youth, especially this one. Anyone want to play? Look for a blog post soon on my Tumb...
Some thoughts on Alan Rickman’s passing
The celebrity obituary pages have been relentless in the new year. David Bowie’s death a few days ago was shocking enough, but to wake up this morning to...
#ExplainA(Bond)FilmPlotBadly
I have never had so much fun on Twitter. All the Bond movie plots, badly explained: Maimed rocket scientist invites Englishman to dinner. #ExplainAFilmPlotBadly...
My Seven Wishes for the Next James Bond Movie
I enjoyed SPECTRE, I really did. I have seen it three times so far and it improves with every viewing. SPECTRE gave me many things I had wanted to see in a Bond...
Creating Larissa, or Trying to Think Like a Teenage Girl
My teen spy novel, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, is out. It has been for a while, since June 1. It has, thankfully, been garnering a lot of praise. Of all t...
I’m so glad we had this cosplay together
This was hands-down the best costume I saw at Chicago’s C2E2 on Saturday.
Questions for an ex film critic
Several weeks ago I received an email from the features editor at the Kane County Chronicle, which is one of the newspapers that ran my movie reviews, telling m...
Dedication and Acknowledgements
I may not be able to reveal the cover for The Boy Who Knew Too Much yet, but I don’t see why I can’t offer a sneak preview at the dedication and acknowledgement...
A flurry of activity on the book front
Several big developments with my novel, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, have occurred in the past few weeks. I’ve also been busy with magazine assignments and someth...