Today's Guest: Kevin J. Anderson, novelist, Hidden Empire: The Saga of Seven Suns, Young Jedi Knights, Allies, Last Son of Krypton, Ground Zero If you create or own a sci-fi or other genre character or franchise, one of the top, go-to guys for a writer who will admirably adapt your property for novelization is... Continue Reading →
Robert Tuchman picks the 100 Best Live Sporting Events! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today’s a good day to start an argument with your best friends or a bunch of strangers at a bar. Today’s the day we’re going to debate the priorities of Robert Tuchman’s new book, The 100 Sporting Events You Must See Live. Honestly, I think he got it wrong, right off the top, listing... Continue Reading →
Career counselor admits Life’s A Bitch, Work’s A Bitch! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Andrea Kay, author, Life's a Bitch and Then You Change Careers: 9 Steps to Get You Out of Your Funk & on to Your Future It sucks to be unemployed right now and, strangely, it’s not much more comforting to be employed, is it? This seems like an opportune time to talk... Continue Reading →
TV’s Good Enough Mother Rene Syler hosts Obama Inaugural! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Rene Syler, host, BET's coverage of Barack Obama's 2008 Presidential Inauguration, author, Good Enough Mother If your name is Rene Syler, this is probably a pretty good week. In the midst of preparing to co-host BET’s live coverage of the Jan. 20th inauguration of Barack Obama, it was announced that Syler—a former co-host... Continue Reading →
Barack Inc.: What Obama winning in 2008 campaign taught us! PODCAST INTERVIEW
What was Barack Obama’s most pressing personal issue upon becoming President of the United States? After finding a good school for his daughters, he was apparently quite concerned with keeping his Blackberry. The new leader of the free world insisted upon staying connected with the digital masses—and a few close friends—who got him elected.... Continue Reading →
Watching the Watchmen with artist Dave Gibbons! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Dave Gibbons, comic book artist, co-creator, Watchmen Frank Miller must have a guardian angel. How else to explain that, in the days before his latest movie, The Spirit, would premiere to horrendous reviews, it was announced that his next project would be a remake of Buck Rogers? Or, even wilder, that Dave... Continue Reading →
Mama insisted I interview first time novelist Deborah Sharp! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Deborah Sharp, novelist, "Mama Does Time." In Himmarshee, Florida. And Mama’s middle daughter, Mace, an animal trapper, is pissed. That’s all you need to know to get interested in the first novel by my old friend Deborah Sharp. It’s titled Mama Does Time, and boy, does she ever. Deborah was a long-time... Continue Reading →
Cold, wet respect at last for The History of the Snowman! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bob Eckstein, author, The History of the Snowman My guest today is Bob Eckstein, author of The History of the Snowman and a humor columnist and cartoonist. But first, I’d like to set the tone for this interview by reading from a poem that Bob found on a needlepoint throw pillow sold... Continue Reading →
Dumbocracy author Marty Beckerman has opinions! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Marty Beckerman, author, Dumbocracy, Generation S.L.U.T. Loony left, rabid right—author Marty Beckerman thinks there are idiots on both sides. And who’s to say he’s wrong? Beckerman wrote the new book, Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots. It’s a wild ride through modern politics as viewed... Continue Reading →
John Darnton leaves NYT, turns Black, White, Dead All Over! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: John Darnton, ex-New York Times reporter, novelist, Black and White and Dead All Over The great pleasure of being a novelist is that you can praise your friends and carve up your enemies by changing a few names and details to protect the innocent and fend off the guilty and, at the... Continue Reading →