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 Be seeing you, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brian Clemens, Diana Rigg, Patrick MacNee, Sean Connery, even my friends Larry and Tex, are all gone now. Ars longa, vita brevis. Continue reading Transitions, 1979
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 Ding letter, 1979
Reading Time: < 1 minutes That first check is the milestone many writers use for the start of their writing career. Mine came on this date 44 years ago today. Continue reading First paycheck, 1979
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 Omens, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes After weeks doing little or nothing in the winter doldrums of New Hampshire, I realized I’d accomplished all I set out to do. Continue reading Mission accomplished, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Other denominations might have their own publications, but the markets would not overlap. First serial rights seemed the way to go . Continue reading First serial rights, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes When we read the closing credits, we looked at each other and asked incredulously: “Based on the BOOK by … ?” Continue reading Turnabouts and Toppers, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I wasn’t all that excited with “Cole’s Law”, but it got published, so I figured TV Guide had the right to decide on what to do with that article. Continue reading Good news, bad news, 1979
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 Preemptions and premonitions, 1979
