I’m on Twitter

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God help me. I don't know why I did it, but I'm on Twitter. You can follow me here. While you're there, take a look at JoelGunz, who runs this excellent Alfred Hitchcock blog. Lots of good stuff there. Also take a look at my 'Fuge buddy Brian, an actor, screenwriter and the author of this insane book. He self-published it, and I predict it will get picked up and turned into a wacky movie before you're 50. Unless you already are 50, in which case it will happen before you're 60. And hey, while I'm at it, check out…

The craziest DVD reviews I ever wrote pt. 1

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So I spent a few years reviewing DVDs (in addition to a stint as Editor-in-Chief at dvdinmypants.com). Finally stepped down to pursue other things -- insert a plug for A Year of Hitchcock here -- but before I left I turned in some good reviews, some bad reviews, and some insane reviews.This blog post is about the insane reviews. Warning: Copious amounts of adult language follows.Keep in mind, most of the time I wrote serious reviews. I wanted to do a good job and be a Film Critic. (Note the important capital letters.) Hell, I co-wrote an entire 450-page book…
Grappling with the business of writing

Grappling with the business of writing

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Writing isn't just writing, it's reading and knowing how to sell yourself and how to query or submit to a publisher and a million other things that aren't the actual process of writing. Oh, first and foremost you've got to be able to string words together in an interesting way -- it's the most important thing, no question about that -- but when you're all done making with the wording what do you do with it? It's easy to stagger around blindly at that stage. All this mess about query letters and proposals and cover letters markets -- writers want…

It’s Super Plugtastic Link Day!

Posted inRandom Musings, Uncategorized, Works by Eric
Some semi-random link stuff for Monday. Joe Valdez over at This Distracted Globe quoted me in his write-up of Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. Thanks, Joe. The quote comes from my review of the Criterion Collection DVD release, which you can read here. Purchase the (awesome) DVD here. Over on the Bibliophile Stalker blog, there is a review/overview of the issue of Weird Tales in which my "commendable piece," Whispers of the Old Hag, appeared. Thanks, Charles. The issue also has a listing at Locus Online. Speaking of listings, Pictureshowman.com has listed A Year of Hitchcock with upcoming books on the…

Kate Nash is amazing

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I've lately had a weakness for female British pop singers. Amy Winehouse is a deliriously talented train wreck of a woman with one of the best albums of the last five years (Back to Black). Lily Allen is a charmingly fun lad dressed as a quirky young faux-cockney gal, and her songs are darling. (Sorry, but if you don't like "LDN" or "Alfie," you're dead inside.) Beth Orton (who is more folk than pop) is a songwriter who may one day eclipse the great Carol King. But Kate Nash. I don't know where this 20something came from, but she needs…