Goodbye Lucky ’13!

 AS I SIT DOWN to write this, in just a few minutes, the ball will drop in New York, signalling the end of 2013. How did 12 months slip by so fast? 2013 was the year that we lost one of my personal heroes, Roger Ebert. He was a Chicago critic who I really admired, and he was also a fellow alum of the University of Illinois. I read his reviews and columns my entire…

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Christmas is the time…

CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME to celebrate your family and friends. It’s a time to remember and rekindle. It’s my favorite time of the year, not because of gifts, but because it’s when you get together with friends and relatives who you might not see often, if at all, during the rest of the year. My Christmas week has started out great — I am on vacation for the next couple weeks, and so last night,…

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Get some Christmas Spirit with CHRISTMAS TALES

EVERY YEAR, I POST a little Christmas cheer on my website – visit my Christmas page for some holiday wallpaper, a special book deal and to hear a holiday song I wrote and recorded with a band several years ago. You can also listen to a demo song that inspired “Will You Spend This Christmas Night With Me?” one of the short stories that appear in my holiday fantasy short story collection Christmas Tales. To…

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