Michael's Musings

July 21, 2014

I've just enrolled 10 of my book titles in the Kindle Select program, which means:

If you have a Kindle or a Kindle app, AND you subscribe to Amazon Prime, you can now read these books for FREE.

Here are the available titles.  All (except as noted) are screenplays.

CHARLA
THE AMUSEMENT
BARRY & THE BIMBO
RIDE ALONG
SHADOW WATCHER  (novel)
MATRICIDE
UNCLE LOUIE
PUTZ  (stage play)
THE SUMMER FOLK
BLACK WATCH/THE CAVERN

Please check them out...and have a creative week.

Michael

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July 14, 2014

This has been a slow couple of weeks.  I've done two book trailers for people and have worked a bit on my new play, but beyond that, not a lot has been happening.

I'd been thinking about appearing at a horror convention in October down in McAllen, TX, but with this town figuring so prominent right now in what's happening around the Mexican border, I think I'm going to pass.

Here's a joke for you:

Through the pitch-black night, the captain sees a light dead ahead on a collision course with his ship. He sends a signal: “Change your course 10 degree east.”

The light signals back: “Change yours, 10 degrees west.”

Angry, the captain sends: “I’m a navy captain! Change your course, sir!”

“I’m a seaman, second class,” comes the reply. “Change your course, sir.”

Now the captain is furious. “I’m a battleship! I’m not changing course!”

There is one last reply. “I’m a lighthouse. Your call.”

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July 7, 2014

My bandwidth problem seems to be corrected.  At least, it is for now.  Hopefully, the problem that took my other web pages down will not reoccur.

So, Best Bets on DVD is back on line, and I've just posted a review of BLUE RUIN, a remarkably good thriller.  You can access the site by clicking on the link in the Introduction section of this page.

Wife Sandy and I spent a quiet 4th of July.  We had a nice dinner, then we watched YANKEE DOODLE DANDY with Jimmy Cagney.  I love that movie.

I have ten pages written on my new play.  I've put it aside for the moment, so that I can figure out what I'm going to do next with it.  I know the story I want to tell.  I'm just trying to decide how I want to tell it from this point.

Now, here's a joke for you:

A juggler, driving to his next performance, is stopped by the police. "What are those machetes doing in your car?" asks the cop.

"I juggle them in my act."

"Oh, yeah?" says the doubtful cop. "Let's see you do it.”

The juggler gets out and starts tossing and catching the knives.

Another man driving by slows down to watch.  "Wow" says the passer-by. "I'm glad I quit drinking.  Look at the test they're giving now!"

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