A Year of Hitchcock

Five years ago…

Posted inAlfred Hitchcock, Random Musings, Works by Eric, Writing
Jim McDevitt, my friend and coauthor of A Year of Hitchcock, just sent me this email: Last night I stumbled across some old MySpace blogs I had written back in 2006-7. On Feb. 24, 2007, I noted that I had finished writing my part of A Year of Hitchcock. If I recall correctly, you finished your part a few days later. Hard to believe it’s been five years. Five years. It really is hard to believe. Things have felt like a whirlwind since. A Year of Hitchcock was my first published book, the culmination of a lifelong dream, and remains…
Always thrilling when someone reads your work, but…

Always thrilling when someone reads your work, but…

Posted inWorks by Eric, Writing
... nothing has been as personally gratifying as the response to my book on Lakehurst. I've written about legendary film directors, relationships, geek culture and more, but this is something special to me -- and it's made even more special by the fact that old friends, teachers, people I knew in my youth, their parents, and many others are getting it and are interested in it and are reading it. I've gotten random calls at home, emails from people I've never met, invitations to do presentations and interviews, requests to sign books for the holidays, and more. Considering I just…
A new record of ambiance for your sleeping pleasure

A new record of ambiance for your sleeping pleasure

Posted inMusic, Works by Eric
If you follow my music blog/archive you may have already seen this, but if not, here is an experiment in sleepy, late-night music I recorded a few months ago but have only just gotten around to tossing out there for people to hear. This album is guitar-free and vocal-free. It's a sparse record of simple piano, canyon echo drums, cavern bass, and other sounds. Very slow. Methodical. Lots of empty space on this one. Put it on late at night and fall asleep, or early in the morning before you're ready for music or talk radio. The tracks all flow…
Lakehurst: Barrens, Blimps and Barons

The Ghosts of Hangar No. 1

Posted inWorks by Eric, Writing
The following is a brief excerpt from Lakehurst: Barrens, Blimps & Barons, available now at Amazon and Lulu, as well as at the headquarters of the Lakehurst Historical Society. It recounts one of the many ghost stories that still haunt Navy Lakehurst's famous Hangar No. 1. As Navy veteran Don Adams recalls, Hangar No. 1 briefly served as a morgue, the results of a disaster that still cannot be explained. Do the ghosts of Hangar No. 1 originate from the now unassuming rooms once used to house those who fell like angels in flame? Some believe they do. Maybe a…

A very Wise interview on Geekdom

Posted inBooks & Authors, Geek Stuff, Works by Eric
When Stephen Segal tapped me to take part in writing Geek Wisdom with his team of geeks, there really wasn't any other answer but, "Yes." After all, Stephen isn't just a guy who was my editor on a previous book (Stuff Every Husband Should Know), he's also a friend. Philosophically we come from very similar places, especially with regard to creativity, the human spirit, and our inner geekness. But better to let Stephen himself explain. In this interview with Wired, he lays out the spark that became the book, the philosophy we plunged into it with, and the great geekdom…