Available as a paperback or ebook.To order, go to the FUZE Publishing website: http://www.fuzepublishing.com/or www.amazon.com

A Few words from blurbville 

“Breezy” … “Crackles” … “Heartwarming” … “Hilarious” … “Brilliant” … “Fresh” … “LOL” … “Witty” … “Wise” … “A must read”

To see full blurbs and who said what, click here.

Coming Attractions!

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click to watch the First nobody knows Video Trailer

Click to watch the three mariachies, my second video trailer

Click for my third video trailer (it's odd but so am I)

And don’t forget to click this one… it’s my favorite.



nobody knows includes More than 20 Cartoons

Nobody Knows the Spanish I Speak Voted #2 Book in San Miguel 

In early December of 2005, the author (don't you love it when you get to talk about yourself in the third person and you're not even a famous actor or NBA star?) and his wife, along with their dog and cat, packed up their 21^st century jalopy, a black Audi Quattro with a luggage carrier on top, and left Portland, Oregon, for San Miguel de Allende, three thousand miles away in the middle of Mexico, where they knew no one and could barely speak the language.  Things fell apart almost from the beginning.  The house they rented was as cold as a restaurant’s freezer.  Their furniture took longer than expected to arrive.  They couldn’t even get copies of their house keys made.  They unintentionally filled their house with smoke and just as unintentionally knocked out the power to their entire neighborhood.  In other words, they were clueless.  Nobody Knows the Spanish I Speak is their story.

Ay, chihuahua! Ay, caramba! Oy vey!

To order your copy today, go to: www.FUZEpublishing.com or www.amazon.com

Thanks, in advance, for your support.
Vaya con nachos!

p.s. I've been invited to teach a workshop in writing humor at the world-famous San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival in mid-February of 2018. Hope to see you there.

HOTEL MAÑANA pilot set for production in 2017!

A Mexican production company is set to produce key scenes from the TV sitcom I co-authored, with the very talented Frank Gaydos, in San Miguel during the summer of 2017. The plan is to produce a trailer made up of a few scenes and pitch it to Netflix. as a cross-generational and cross-cultural sitcom. Keep your fingers, toes, eyes, and nasal passages crossed.

“Some People Say” premieres

My short play “Some People Say” recently premiered at the prestigious Source Festival 2017 in Washington D.C. It was one of only six 10-minute plays selected out of more than 450 international entries. Thank you, Source Festival! It has since been picked up by Smith & Kraus for publication.



"Two weeks in roswell" and "team poodle" optioned by la production company!

Great news! Two of my family-friendly full length screenplays, Two Weeks in Roswell and Team Poodle, were optioned recently by a Hollywood production company. Keep your fingers and eyes crossed.  

kosher sutra - A delicious food memoir!

I'm pleased to tell you about the food memoir Kosher Sutra by Arlene Krasner. It's a true story that includes everything from knishes to chimpanzees to recipes. And I have a cameo role in the book (hint: I'm not one of the chimps). I encourage you to visit Amazon to find out more about her book.  And don't forget to check out Arlene's blog, The Knish Chronicles: www.arlenekrasner.wordpress.com

the aliens have landed and they're on vacation! 

My script Two Weeks in Roswell, a Sci-Fi Comedy, was selected as a finalist in the 2013 StoryPros Contest. This means my script placed in the top 5% of scripts entered.

It’s a story about what happens when an alien Dad takes his family on a vacation to planet Earth and his son is kidnapped by tabloid journalists. As a result, the rest of the family must leave the safety of their tour and work together to rescue the kid.  It’s National Lampoon’s Vacation meets E.T. In other words, the aliens have landed and they’re on vacation. Click here to read the first 12 pages of the script.

my script "manana" makes the quarter-finals at page international!

I just learned my fish-out-of-water comedy, Mañana, is a quarter-finalist in the prestigious Page International Screenwriting Contest for 2013. This means it is ranked in the top 10% of scripts submitted. 

meet ray rhamey, book designer extraordinaire

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have hired Ray Rhamey as my book designer (he also did Arlene's book). Not only are we from the same tribe (that is, he's also a cartoonist), but his keen eye and creative mind took the rough clay, make that mud, of my manuscript and turned it into a sparkling gem. For more on this multi-talented man of words and pictures, please visit his various websites:

www.crrreative.com Book editing and design services
www.rayrhamey.com Ray's Wordplace--books, creative portfolio, store, links to editing services
Flogging the Quill (the blog)
Flogging the Quill, Crafting a Novel that Sells (the book) 

diez minutos 2014 aN even bigger success

Diez Minutos 2014, an international festival of ten-minute plays, is over and we want to thank all those who came out to support us. We played to sold-out houses every night at the Teatro Santa Ana during the six-night run.  Click to read more.

A Few Good Drama Queens (and Kings)

F. Scott Fitzgerald said “there are no second acts in America.” However, I live in the middle of Mexico and I am surrounded by people who are very familiar with second acts. In fact, many of the expats I’ve met have more than one second act tucked in their belt. Continue reading to find out about ten writers and the ten-minute play. Click to read more.