Monthly Archives: September 2010
Working Hard, Hardly Not Working
I’M ENCOUNTERING THE SAME ISSUE from before, that there aren’t too many things in New Orleans that can go “on the record,” but now I have the added weight of time — that is, there is none. It’s been all … Continue reading
Big, Easy, Unrepeatable
I’M IN A BIT OF a bind with regards to what I can write about New Orleans. I’ve been working on an independent film alongside some of the most talented people ever assembled (At our budget? With my experience? You … Continue reading
Why Football?
I WROTE A SHORT STORY some years back that now seems strangely apt… A writer wants to write a true crime novel about the psyche of a killer. In order to get the details right — the adrenaline rushes, the … Continue reading
A Man of Mystery
I USED TO BE ONE of those men of mystery you hear so much about. After I split — amicably — with my last girlfriend, she complained, only half joking, “It’s not fair! You know all my embarrassing secrets and … Continue reading