Is there still an interest in Hurricane Sandy survival stories?

Is there still an interest in Hurricane Sandy survival stories?

Posted inRandom Musings, Works by Eric, Writing
The title question is a legitimate question, and one I want an answer to for legit, tangible reasons. It's not just because I have a personal experience with the storm, though as this video taken from my bedroom window will tell you, I do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-OHXf3nQzM It is not because I lived it -- LOADS of people did, and a great many had far, far worse experiences than I did -- but because I devoted a lot of time to talking to people and writing about their experiences, and I'd like to see that material see the light of day. Years ago, I…
Sandy from the Jersey Shore island perspective

Sandy from the Jersey Shore island perspective

Posted inWorks by Eric, Writing
I've already mentioned that I am writing about Hurricane Sandy from my perspective. Swell, I suppose, but more important than that is trying to tell the story of other people who lived through the storm. My Sandy story, after all, is pretty tame compared to what many went through. And it really is. Yes, the Hurricane Sandy videos I posted seem kinda neat if you didn't live through it, but that's all they were. Kinda neat. Prior to the videos the water was two feet HIGHER. It sounds kind of nuts, and yes, the night of the storm was WILD,…
Hurricane Sandy: How We Saw It

Hurricane Sandy: How We Saw It

Posted inWorks by Eric, Writing
When I was asked to engage in some first person journalism about being at the Jersey Shore for Hurricane Sandy, I was both excited to do it and a little hesitant. Excited because, like everyone at the Shore who experienced the storm firsthand, I wanted to share my experience with others. After all, that's what you DO when it comes to life-altering experienced. You talk about them (even if just with a few videos). But hesitant because, unlike so many people in my area, including friends and family, my family and I came through okay. Oh, we lost some cars…
So what’s next?

So what’s next?

Posted inRandom Musings, Writing
Wait, what? One of my huge problems is attention span. Always has been. Always will be. Just ask the people who had the unfortunate job of being my teacher back in Lakehurst. What this means is that even when neck-deep in a major project or three, my mind is on what's next rather than what is right in front of me. This is true even right now. It's not like I'm not busy. I'm currently working on a follow-up to A Year of Hitchcock with Jim McDevitt, the third installment of the Pitched! anthology series with a number of fantastic…

Videos from Hurricane Sandy

Posted inUncategorized, Videos
In the days to come I'll be blogging on another site about this, but for now enjoy these visuals of what I enjoyed when waking up the morning after Hurricane Sandy struck. "Waking up" is a simple explanation, of course, but I'll tell the full story later. For now, here is what I saw when I opened my bedroom window in the morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-OHXf3nQzM Looks worrisome, but by this time the water had come down by between a foot to two feet, so we were pretty calm by this point. Really! Still, this is how the backyard looked (you may…