Since publication day, I’ve been flagrantly neglecting this blog and the concomitant social media dispatches. I have been distracted by Spring here in the foothills of the Sierras. Our twenty acres of rolling land has been carpeted by flowers, and each day, on our walks, Sharon and I discover new blossoms. The first to come […]
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PUBLICATION WEEK
The Restless Hungarian was published this week. The official pub date was April 16. The date arrived with letters of congratulations from my publisher and publicist, a review in BookTrib under the catchy headline: Son Unpacks Dad’s Secrets and a flurry of breathless book blogger notices. I also got the news that The New York […]
THE AUDIO BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE
The audio book of THE RESTLESS HUNGARIAN, Modernism, Madness and the American Dream, narrated by the author, is now available on Audible and Amazon. We are giving away 25 free downloads of the book. THE GIVEAWAY RULES Send an email to the Restless Hungarian through the CONTACT button on the website. Make sure […]
TIME TO LET GO
I can see the light at the end of the passage, but as the April 16th publication date of The Restless Hungarian gets closer I am filled with conflicting emotions. I have lived a long time with the characters in my book, and though they were once living breathing people on the planet, they were […]
30 DAYS TO PUBLICATION
THE RESTLESS HUNGARIAN book is being launched After an epic journey of five years across three continents The Restless Hungarian is being published by Spark Press. The book can be purchased in print and ebook from major online booksellers (Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google, Powells Books, Indiebound) and select independent bookstores. The audiobook, read […]
AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION, PART FOUR
In last week’s post I wrote about candidates we auditioned for After The Velvet Revolution. This week is about a few hours on the last day of my initial trip to Prague when we edited the trailer for the project View Part Four here. If you missed Part One, Part Two, or Part Three click […]
AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION, PART THREE
In last week’s post I shared excerpts from the journal that I kept during the genesis of the project. It was about how Jiří Ježek and I came to conceive and work together on After The Velvet Revolution. This week I’ll share what it was like to start work on the film in Prague. View Part […]
AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION, PART TWO
In last week’s post I wrote about how I came to make the film After The Velvet Revolution. Now I want to share with you some excerpts from a journal that I kept during the early days of the project. View Part Two here. If you missed Part One, here is the link. Read about […]
AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION, Part One
When I was very young, on my first job as a producer and director, I was dispatched to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to produce some dramatic recreations from the life of the 17th century astronomer, Johannes Kepler, for the PBS television series Cosmos. The year was 1978 and Czechoslovakia was firmly under the thumb of communist hegemony. […]