King Kong and the Empire State Building. Abe Lincoln and Illinois. Stephen King and Maine. Some personalities and places are just synonymous with each other. It’s like that with Elvis…
King Kong and the Empire State Building. Abe Lincoln and Illinois. Stephen King and Maine. Some personalities and places are just synonymous with each other. It’s like that with Elvis…
The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll plays a big part in my unpublished novel, but today I want to talk a little about another King. Stephen King. I’ve read lots…
This post is about agents. About Elvis. About a tasteless Netflix show called Agent Elvis. One and done on Netflix and for good reason. Let’s start with the agent part.…
Let’s travel back a few decades. It’s 1988. Memphis, Tennessee. The year begins cold and dreary. So cold and so snowy, in fact, many folks, unprepared for driving in it,…
It’s the season of cheer. Okay, I’ll grant you that. I know Elvis Presley loved this season. And if you ask Spotify, folks still love Elvis at Christmas. But do we really wish every day was like Christmas, as the song goes?
You’ve probably heard it said, write what you know. Supposedly Mark Twain coined the phrase. Personally, I connect more with another of his quotes: “Writing is easy. All you have…
This time of year you can’t escape it. Everywhere you go you’re hearing that legendary voice emerging from your Airpods or Bluetooth speaker, from your car radio or at the mall.
It can only mean one thing. If the King is singing about those blue snowflakes and those decorations of red, it’s definitely time to have a Blue Christmas with Elvis.
The city of Memphis is a character in its own right in the novel, LAST BRIDGE TO MEMPHIS. Even though I only spent a couple of years of my TV…
Writing a novel is a unique challenge, especially your first time around. Now throw in an attempt at quasi-historical fiction, set in late 1980s Memphis, and for good measure, try to match up the plot with the actual timeline of those days, weeks, and months.
My blogging life goes back a ways. Truth be told, once upon a time when I toiled in media relations, I ghost wrote and managed one of the first major…