I'm hoping we have a title for my upcoming polar bear book. The working title had been Ice Bear but the marketing folks wanted something more lyrical, so my editor came up with The Ice Wanderer: A Natural and Unnatural History of Polar Bears. I love it; I think it conveys everything I want to convey. We'll see now whether it gets the final green light. Read More
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Happy New Year
January 2, 2009
Happy New Year to everyone. I hope 2009 brings you all everything for which you hope and dream.
New Years was a little maudlin at Mulvaney Manors. Mom and Michael both went to bed well before midnight, and Stephen and I sat and watched the London fireworks on TV. Read More
New Years was a little maudlin at Mulvaney Manors. Mom and Michael both went to bed well before midnight, and Stephen and I sat and watched the London fireworks on TV. Read More
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Progress
December 28, 2008
Christmas went well, in the end - certainly as well as could be expected in the circumstances. Writing has been productive; I have sent off five draft chapters to Lisa White, my editor at Houghton Mifflin, and although a couple need some work, it's better than not sending five draft chapters. Read More
The Particular Joys of Being a Freelancer
December 4, 2008
There are times, I will admit, when I think that maybe I should finally bite the bullet and just get myself a job. Read More
Hard Times
November 20, 2008
The contrast between now and then is startling. Twelve months ago, the MGM Grand was full of singing, chanting Brits, in Las Vegas to support their man Ricky Hatton as he challenged the pound-for-pound best in the world, Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Estimates vary as to how many made the journey. 20,000 certainly. More than that, assert some. One year later, it's all very different. Read More
Estimates vary as to how many made the journey. 20,000 certainly. More than that, assert some. One year later, it's all very different. Read More
Back on the horse
November 18, 2008
It's been a long time - three and a half months, in fact. Much, much water has passed under the bridge since then. It has been, to put it mildly, an eventful 14 weeks or so. But now I'm back, getting ready to board a plane to return to Las Vegas for another boxing event. I must confess, it will be good to see the crowd again. Read More
A New Look
November 9, 2008
Decided to decorate around here. the old yellow-on-blue veneer might have registered with my old colorblind eyes, but I decided it was time to impart a little gravitas, a little learning. You know, to compensate for the fact that I don't actually really have any myself.
Four years on, five days later
November 8, 2008
There isn't really much more to be said about the events of November 4 - not much of any significance that I can add, anyway. It was my first election as a United States citizen, and a first vote I shall always cherish as my small contribution to a genuine historic moment in time.
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