Meeting Karl Urban
Lisa and I drove to the Emerald City Comic Con this afternoon on a mission to meet and present Karl Urban with one of De’s scarves. I was given a heads up (“You’re all set!”) by the Talent Coordinator, Todd Jones, just yesterday after sending him an email about my background as De’s personal assistant…
Lisa Twining Taylor Launches Her OWN Website!!! And It’s FABULOUS!
Drum roll, please! Lisa Twining Taylor has done it! You know the story about the mechanic who’s car doesn’t run very well (if at all) … …and the story about the cobbler who’s children go barefoot because papa is always so busy putting shoes on other people and their children…. Yeah… These…
List of Recent Books I’ve Read–and My Recommendations
As most of you know, I’m a reading fool–especially during the winter months when being outside isn’t all that much fun. (I’m a spring/summer/fall enthusiast; winter is the season I do my best just to get through, like a bear.) Whenever I’m not writing, I’m reading. (OK, that’s an exaggeration; I also sleep, take…
Emerald City Comic Con
I tried ordering a new t-shirt at Cafe Press to wear to the Emerald City Comic Con convention with a mashup image of Kelley/Urban on the front and an image of my book cover on the back. Cafe Press stopped the order because of a possible copyright violation. I figured the violation might have…
Instead of a Golf Course, Visit a National Park, Mr. Trump
Instead of visiting golf courses 25% of the time while he’s in office (his itinerary so far), I’d like to see Donald Trump visit a National Park. But of course he never will. Why? Because a National Park would make him feel small. Really, really small. And petty. National Parks…
Joe Kennedy On the Horizon
I’ve been checking in via Facebook and other online venues, from time to time, with Joe Kennedy III–Robert F. Kennedy’s grandson–for the past year or so. I’ve been watching him, wondering if Bobby’s DNA and his upbringing have created a man whose heart, spirit and soul are as transparent and as constant as his grandfather’s…
Ursula K. Le Guin — A Giant!
In 2013 (was it that long ago already?) Lisa Twining Taylor and I drove to the Puyallup Library to spend a delicious 90 minutes or so with Ursula K. Le Guin and a roomful of her admirers. To say it was a total love fest is not an exaggeration. She spoke, read some…
Back in Action Thanks to Lisa, Phil and Chris Bailey!
I’m back in action! Over the weekend Lisa (my power partner) and Phil (my nephew) worked their tails off getting my new PC (from fellow author and copywriter Chris Bailey) up and running despite persistent, time-gulping challenges. Century Link’s sluggish weekend speeds caused massive delays when it came to uploading (or is it…
I’m On the Short List!
I’m on the short list of potential copywriter hires at a multinational, multi-billion dollar company. Three candidates are being presented to the company, and I’m one of them. I’m probably the weirdest one of them (in a good way, of course!), but I put my weirdest cards right out on the table in a…
Relentless Persistence Can Move the Immovable
Halfway through the night while I was asleep, or on its edge, the word “persistence” captured my undivided attention. I turned it over and over, trying to discern why it had popped in to belabor me in this unusual way. A single word: Persistence. Despite my desire to abandon it, it persisted!…