Author Archive

When Nashville debut artist Megan McCormick’s people called my people (namely, a nice PR man named Jon of Shore Fire Media and me), I was skeptical about doing an interview.  What hook could this young 23-year-old artist have?  A new record.  Like thousands of others out there trying to rocket onto the greater public...
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The eternal mother-daughter struggle is not a stranger in my life. Eventually, I wrapped the knowledge that I am in fact my mother’s daughter in so many ways around me like a blanket. A blanket that sometimes feels more like a hot flash; a little too warm for comfort and...
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I pulled the GayMobile into a parking spot somewhere on the south side of Oklahoma City near Capitol Hill thinking I’d just hit the Starbucks for a nice Vanilla Frappuccino and head out to meet Gayborhood writer Paula Sophia Schonauer.  I popped into Starbucks without popping a quarter into the meter and exited not...
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Author Jaye Maiman wrote seven Robin Miller mysteries for Naiad Press and then disappeared.  I felt as though I’d been abandoned by a friend as I hunted for another character as complex as Robin Miller.  I eventually discovered Kathryn V. Forrest’s Kate Delafield mysteries, but it wouldn’t keep me busy indefinitely.  I always wondered...
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Recently, I was conversing with a friend who told me that her ex was moving out, but that she was going to let her keep a key, just in case. It sent me on double-Hell-flashback to a time when I gave a key out to someone I was dating, whom I figured I...
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Portland keeps pulling me back. This time I decided to actually make an appointment with a realtor. Might as well, the place was calling to me. But, in the meantime, it was time to meet up with Belinda Carroll, comedian extraordinaire and very talented OBG writer. I zipped up to the place...
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Driving northwest through Texas, I thought back to the days in the 80s when I called West Texas or San Antonio my home.  Back then you could drive with an open bottle and carry a loaded gun in your truck at the same time.  The sun setting over the expanse of Mesquite trees and...
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I had an idea—a brilliant idea to reduce my stress and shake up my routine—an event to anticipate with relish. I was going out. Really—outside of my actual house to a place that doesn’t have the name of the company I work for on the door or allow children. An establishment that serves adult...
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Comedian Marga Gomez had just come off a busy night that would lead into a busier day and another night as she works her way through San Francisco’s Pride Week events when I caught up with her. The Cuban/Puerto Rican New York transplant’s emotive comedic social commentary is unlike any other. This...
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The Breakup Matrix of Grief has five stages. So, I thought I’d share a little breakup mix. This is by no means an all inclusive list. In fact, I now sport about six or seven thousand songs to work through a breakup. It has become a science, hopefully someday recognized as a major at...
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