Michael's Musings

June 22, 2015

My new play, LANA & JOHNNY WERE LOVERS is now available in both paperback and Kindle editions from Amazon and elsewhere.  The play deals with the Lana Turner/Johnny Stompanato affair, which resulted in his "justifiable homicide" death by Lana's daughter in 1958.

Click on the link above, which will take you to the Amazon site, and if that doesn't work, just copy the address below into your browser and you'll be taken right there.

http://www.amazon.com/Lana-Johnny-Were-Lovers-Play/dp/1514360586/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1434719370&sr=1-1&keywords=lana+%26+Johnny+were+lovers

Also this past week, I was informed that I'm going to need surgery (on July 7th) to repair a tear in my left Achilles tendon.  I am going to be hobbling around for many weeks (or months) after that, so there may be some weeks that this blog will not appear. 

In the time leading up to the surgery, I'm clearing my desk as much as possible.  Currently, I'm reviewing Fred Free's finished audio version of MURDER IN BABYLON, and will soon approve the final version of my forthcoming biography of Dinah Shore.

Now, I've got to get back to work.

You have a creative week.

Michael

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June 15, 2015

My new play for THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection is virtually finished.  As soon as I proof it sometime this week, I will be uploading the manuscript and once I proof the first copy, I will make it available for you to read.

The title of the  four character play is LANA & JOHNNY WERE LOVERS, and it deals with the Lana Turner/Johnny Stompanato affair, which was certainly the biggest Hollywood scandal of the 1950s.  It was even more infamous than the Franchot Tone/Barbara Payton/Tom Neal scandal, which preceded it by several years and I deal with in my play, B MOVIE.

Interestingly, although I was still residing in Seattle, I happened to be visiting Los Angeles with my parents when both of these sensational stories broke.  I have a vivid memory of seeing the newspaper headlines in the L.A. papers.

I'll have more information on LANA & JOHNNY WERE LOVERS when we get closer to the publication date.

In the meantime, I'm in the process of correcting the proofs for my Dinah Shore biography, then once I'm done with that, I'll be checking the final audio version of MURDER IN BABYLON.

Busy.  Busy.  Busy.

You have a creative week.

Michael

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June 8, 2015

Last week was a busy one.  Not only did I finish the first draft of my new play in THE HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS collection, but I also got the first galley proofs of my forthcoming book on Dinah Shore and sent them back for some basic corrections.  After they are done, I will do my serious proofreading. 
 
Once wife Sandy reads the play, I'll go over her comments, then get to work on a second draft.  At some point, I'll probably have some actors over to read it aloud.

There were also a couple of doctor appointments this past week.  My ENT (ears/nose/throat) guy assured me that my nasal polyps have, thankfully, not returned and has scheduled me for a hearing test. 

I also went to a podiatrist.  I've been having a problem with my left Achilles heel tendon, so he's put me in a boot (think the Frankenstein monster) and is having me do an MRI this week.  Actually, aside from the fact that I'm carrying a cane so that there won't be balance problems, the boot isn't that bad to wear.

I am awaiting Fred Frees to upload the edited audio version of MURDER IN BABYLON, which will probably be sometime this week.

The three aforementioned writing projects will certainly keep me busy for the next few weeks, so I really don't have to decide what I want to write next for awhile.  That's good, because I really have no idea what I want to do.

You have a creative week.

Michael

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