They are the twins at the mirror! Both sides of the thespian mask. And more alike than most consider initially. Next week, we will dispel the myths! I am really looking forward to hanging out with the great folks at Gold Country Writers in Auburn, California on January 21, 2026, from 10-12 and talking about the special similarities of writing humor and horror. We look at not just the similarities in both genres, how they blend, why writing them is actually more challenging th

I have been asked about this weird little film a couple of times, mostly, if I would ever just put it out there publicly. Well, I think it is time. https://vimeo.com/334327180 It was a little workhorse. It did its turn on the festival circuit and won a few awards, and then to my surprise, I started getting some requests from tech companies and conferences. They wanted to show it as it seemed prescient to a world moving more fully into AI. So, has recently had a second life.

One of my literary heroes is the poet, Gwendolyn Brooks. Not because she did something so generous for me—she did—but because it was one of her poems that triggered something in me and made me see the soul-enriching  value of great writing.  The poem was “We Real Cool.” It was amazing, highly visual, vital, and, for me, permanent. What I didn’t realize, until years later when I attended her public reading of it, was that I had the cadence wrong. So, she taught me something tw

What a great surprise to hear Sun City and Crockettville mentioned on "What a Joke with Papa and Fortune" https://www.facebook.com/NetflixIsAJoke/videos/what-a-joke-with-papa-and-fortune-on-netflix-is-a-joke-radio-on-siris-xm/1106800910478699/   on "Netflix is a Joke" on Sirius satellite. What A Joke with Papa and Fortune Really delighted when I heard that the hilarious Fortune Feimster and Tom Papa received their copies of Best Indie Book award winner, Sun City , and the gr