Reading Time: 2 minutes Returning to the fraternity house, which alumni sometimes did, was a Really Bad Idea. I was already spending way too much time there. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: The end is in sight
Reading Time: 2 minutes A secret agent resigns from his service and awakens in The Village, a futuristic prison on a remote island. Everyone has a number instead of a name. Oh, yes, there’s also this strange salute: “Be seeing you.” Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Be seeing you
Reading Time: 2 minutes That ship had sailed. But the whole long, angst-ridden saga might someday be fodder for a fictional scene — or memoir — or maybe even a blog. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Ding letter
Reading Time: 2 minutes Time and Newsweek ran uncomplimentary frat articles …and the frat shows were dropping like flies. That was a bad omen for my TV Guide piece. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Omens
Reading Time: 2 minutes The most likely reason was that “Delta House” — the official “Animal House” spinoff and the edgiest of the three shows — was running into trouble with the network. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Preemptions and premonitions, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes If submitting a manuscript or query is like a first kiss, then a writer’s first go-ahead letter is like the first “yes.” Or maybe not. Continue reading One great moment of triumph, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was also job-hunting for work in a compatible field. I procrastinated about which path to take, job or freelance. I couldn’t see the third path: to do both. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 3
Reading Time: 3 minutes Freedom of choice includes the freedom to make bad choices, choices that we might regret someday. Would I tell that to my own daughters? I have. Continue reading ‘Girls of the Ivy League,’ 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes It was the rightful family heir to “Animal House,” with most of the same production team and cast. Why wasn’t an instant success? Continue reading Channeling ‘Animal House’: Delta debut, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m changing the title of my weekend “Week in Review” section. Other projects include more journal entries and a nonprofit website. Continue reading In Other Words: Season 2, Episode 2
