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The World Is Your Movie Set (Part II)
This is Part 2 of a three-part series. If you haven’t already, be sure to check out Part 1. Inspired by Google’s Find Your Scene commercial, these are movie locations I’ve actually visited. For this entry, I’m sticking with the East Coast. Jaws’ Town (Martha’s Vineyard)If you love Jaws and visiting movie locations, this one…
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The World is Your Movie Set (Part I)
I absolutely love Google’s new Find Your Scene commercial. Especially because my family and I have actually been to some of the ones shown, plus a good handful more. Many of which I have detailed below. For the most part, this list doesn’t count places like Times Square, Columbus Circle, and Central Park. All of them…
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Visiting the Hollywood Studios (Part II)
As I mentioned in Part I, this second group of studios isn’t necessarily open to the general public. I’ve listed them in order of difficulty to visit, starting with the easiest. But only relatively speaking. The Walt Disney Companyhttps://d23.com/d23-event/studio-tours-2020/ This is my favorite studio lot, largely for sentimental reasons. It looks like a college campus.…
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Visiting the Hollywood Studios (Part I)
The Metropolitan Pictures lot in The City Burns at Night is loosely based on Paramount Studios. Originally, I’d based it on MGM, but when I was working on City Burns one day and plotting out Miller’s path from Schwab’s to the Studio to Beverly Hills, it just made more sense geographically to not use MGM, which is…
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ArtsReviews Interview!
Last night I had the absolute pleasure of appearing on Art Sippo’s ArtsReview’s podcast, in which we talked about pulp, The Black Spectre, period TV shows, and the appendix!
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New Title: The Black Spectre: No Victory Without Scars
Now available exclusively from Amazon: A crusading reporter out to prove her worth. A hero in denial about his. When a Mob Boss is gunned down by police, Daily Crusader reporter Vicky Rose is the only one who suspects he was unarmed. Desperate to justify her promotion to the crime beat, her search for the…
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New Title: Veronica Mars – the TV series: Miss Mars Goes to Washington (Book 3)
Now available exclusively from Amazon via Kindle Worlds: After spending a holiday weekend in New York with Piz, Veronica gets an unexpected surprise back at Quantico: the FBI actually hands her a case! A New Agent Trainee needs to hire a PI to track down his wife’s cyberstalker. Already at odds with her past, Veronica is…
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New Title: Veronica Mars – the TV series: Throw Veronica from the Train (Book 2)
Now available exclusively from Amazon via Kindle Worlds: Veronica has just completed the second week of her internship with the FBI in Quantico, VA. After hopping on the train to New York City for a three-day weekend with Piz, she notices something odd. A middle-aged man is overly anxious and drinking heavily. She’s immediately reminded of the Bureau’s…
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New Title: The Black Spectre: Ghosts in the Asylum!
Now available exclusively from Amazon: Reporter Vicky Rose wants desperately to move up from City Hall to the crime beat. When the Mayor of Terminal City is murdered one night in his office, she sees her chance. Even though it smells of a Mob hit, all evidence points to someone else. The only person who…
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The Key to a Woman’s Heart
A Black Spectre Adventure SPRING was in the air. The time when men and women alike are consumed with thoughts of love and romance. The citizens of Terminal City all walked with an extra bounce in their step, a new twinkle in the eye. L’amour! Its spell was inescapable. For everyone except Charlie Hecht. Charlie…