The comment I continually hear from readers of my family book “Dos Gringos” is that it ought to be a film. “In the middle of the Mexican Revolution, a penniless Norwegian and a drifting Irishman meet in an El Paso bar and are hired by a Pittsburg … [Read more...]
Chinese in Mexico? Sí!
As I knew nothing about the Japanese in Mexican history, although born and educated in El Paso, Texas, on the Mexican border, I knew nothing about the Chinese in Mexico. The Texas school system didn’t think it was important. But the history is long … [Read more...]
The Main Cause of Death in Hollywood!
The main cause of death in Hollywood, they say, is encouragement. I can understand that concern as the encouragement I have received for the film potential of my latest book, “Dos Gringos” has been mounting. But, I don’t consider it … [Read more...]
About Screenplays~”Dos Gringos” a film?
A friend asked me, “Do you have a story?” When I said I did, she encouraged me to take a screen-writing course, which I did. That started my writing life. I took lots of film courses, but then met a woman who was a line-producer for John … [Read more...]
DO REVOLUTIONS EVER END?
Like most revolutions, the Mexican Revolution is a story – but unlike most stories, it is one that never ends. As we sit across the border from Juarez, named for the great hero of Mexican independence, the conflict continues. Many factors contribute … [Read more...]
El Paso ~ where “Dos Gringos” starts and ends! And another gringo discovers his home.
I have just returned from four days of book signing and speaking in El Paso, Texas, where my newest novel, “Dos Gringos,” starts and ends in an El Paso bar. This week was the local celebration of the centenary of the Mexican Revolution and there were … [Read more...]
“Dos Gringos” heads for El Paso (Uno Gringo, anyway,)
This week I will be in El Paso, Texas, my home town, to speak and sell and sign books at a number of places as part of the centenary of the Mexican Revolution there. Talks are scheduled for the El Paso Museum of History, Barnes & Noble, and … [Read more...]
Another Pancho Villa Story
Since writing “Dos Gringos,” the stories and characters from the Mexican Revolution keep creeping out of the cracks. I got a call from El Paso from a man about my age, who told me about his great- grandfather who was a building contractor in Ciudad … [Read more...]
Hooray for El Paso
This summer, El Paso, Texas was named a 2010 All-America City. The All-America City Award, given to ten communities each year by the National Civic League, is considered the “Nobel Prize” of city awards. El Paso is my hometown and the beginning … [Read more...]