Something of a pot-pourri today. Good news continues to roll in about the book. We are now hearing about media coverage in newspapers and magazines, and it is all very exciting. I will post nearer the time when and where things will be appearing. In the meantime, I have to share this wonderful review of A GOOD AMERICAN by Michael Magras. …
Leavin’ On a Jet Plane. Maybe.
Let me see… it’s Tuesday, so I should be in London today, having lunch with my agent, Bruce. Except that I’m still here in Missouri, reading weather reports about unprecedented levels of snowfall that has put England into chaos. Flights have been grounded across Europe, roads have been blocked, trains halted. It’s all a terrible mess. Our flight has been …
Who Would Be a Fan?
England are out of the World Cup. In one of the most atrocious displays of defensive ineptitude that I can remember, they were torn apart by a young, vibrant German team. Yes, there was a disallowed goal in the first half, but I doubt the result would have been any different had it been allowed to stand. England were …
The Benefits of Youth
There’s an old cliché that the US and the UK are two countries “divided by a common language”. Despite the long and generally amicable relationship between the two places (if you, you know, forget about the war of independence), people still relish the little things that divide us, like the funny way I talk. When I first arrived in America …