This Week’s Greatest Things (yes, plural!) Ever
Friday, October 16th, 2009 Posted in Around the Web, Fun Clips, Music | 4 Comments »You know those annoying, pestering people who have to share everything? Every great experience they ever had, they want you to have. They are constantly pressing books into your hands, making you stop to look at some stupid lake, insisting ...
“Six Innings” in Paperback: Questions, Answers
Thursday, October 15th, 2009 Posted in Six Innings, the writing process | No Comments »Good news for cheapskates: After two years in hardcover, Six Innings will be available in paperback in Spring, 2010. It will be published under the Square Fish imprint, under the direction of Feiwel and Friends. To make the paperback even ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #63-64
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail, Jigsaw Jones | No Comments »Big day, lot to do -- have to write, write, write! -- and listen to this over and over again. So let's pull a couple of letters out of the hopper to see what's what. Here's one from Chesterfield, MO: Dear James ...
“So How’s the New Book Going?”
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 Posted in Bystander, Greatest Hits, the writing process | 8 Comments »Today, I got asked this question three times before ten o'clock: "So how's the new book going?" It's a well-intentioned question, and it comes from friends. I don't know how to answer, in part because I don't know the answer. It's ...
Book Signing: Schenectady, October 24th
Monday, October 12th, 2009 Posted in Happenings | 2 Comments »In the past, I have perhaps groused about book signings in these go-go days, when folks are busy and the notion of going to a bookstore to meet a real, live, and possibly clean-shaven author feels like an enormous undertaking. ...
Music Video Weekend: Ben Sidran, “You Can’t Judge a Book”
Saturday, October 10th, 2009 Posted in Music | No Comments »In keeping with our theme for the week, here's cool cat Ben Sidran with a little advice. "You've got to read! That's what you need. Open the book, baby!" [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzwqeX6JsvE&feature=related] Below, you might appreciate this brief Bo Diddley performance of the same ...
James Preller Interviews . . . Lewis Buzbee (finally, it’s over!)
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations | 2 Comments »Well, it's been a wonderful week and I've really enjoyed having Lewis Buzbee as my co-host, trailing after me like a lost puppy . . . Believe me, if I had any idea he'd act like this, I never would have ...
Fan Mail Wednesday #62 (Thursday Edition)
Thursday, October 8th, 2009 Posted in Fan Mail | 1 Comment »Let's pause a moment before the thrilling conclusion of "The Never-Ending Lewis Buzbee Interview" to answer some fan mail. Watch now as I reach my hand into the large barrel and select . . . a pickle? Hold on, wrong ...
James Preller Interviews . . . Lewis Buzbee: Part Two!
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in Interviews & Appreciations | 4 Comments »I'm back for Part Deux of our chat with my lovely and talented co-host this week, author Patty Duke Lewis Buzbee. (To catch up with Part One, click here.) As a nod to tradition, let's open the show with a brief ...
Glad That’s Over: The Mets Season in Two Photos (For Mets Fans Only)
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 Posted in New York Mets | 2 Comments »Allow me to interrupt "The Never-Ending Lewis Buzbee Interview" to bid a not-so-fond adieu to the end of the baseball season for my beloved New York Mets . . . File this one under: "How It Feels To Be a Mets ...