• Who are you gonna call?

    When your characters refuse to talk to you, when words start running one into another, when your body goes on a no-writing strike and you fall behind in your own deadlines, who are you gonna call? Your writing buddies!!     They read your words, over and over and over and OVER, and STILL they believe in your work, sometimes more…


  • Marc Acito: “A Poster Child for Misfits and Oddballs”

     Yep, that’s Marc Acito and me, in his midtown apartment — an island of mirrors and glass —  complete with head-spinning cityscape views. Marc calls the place a  “sanctuary” from the craziness that New York City can be. [“One of the most important lessons I’ve learned as an artist is to slow down,” he tells me right off the…