No, I'm not talking about the UFO aliens. I'm talking about the main characters in Outtakes of a UFO Investigator--Danny Shapiro, his mother Anna, his father Leon. For those of who you haven't seen my earlier Outtakes posts, I've been posting PDFs of stories that were originally part of my novel … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – UFO Abductions Become Part of Us
There are some "banner years" in UFO history. 1966 was one of them. It was a threshold year, leading from the classic UFOlogy of the 1950s and early 1960s to something new, which has left its mark on our culture to this day. March, 1966: a rash of UFO sightings in Dexter and Hillsdale, … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – Father, Son
"Leon comes off much kinder in this episode than in the finished book." That comment appeared on my Facebook Fan Page about the first episode of Outtakes of a UFO Investigator, which I published four weeks ago as a download from this blog. It was posted by my friend Bryan Gilmer--and he ought to … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – Danny Takes Flight
It's time. Five of my writer friends have read the manuscript of The Color of Electrum, sequel to Journal of a UFO Investigator. They've given me their comments. Another friend, a firefighter, has also read it, looking for errors of fact or plausibility. He's done me a great favor--given that … [Read more...]