Welcome to the Blog!
In these pages, you’ll find more about my travels to Italy, Spain, and England for my books, as well as other travel tales from around the world. Plus you’ll uncover more about my daily drama as not only a self-published author, but also as a TV writer for ET Canada. Plus find articles about other minor matters in the world of movies and television.
Unusually Thicke with the Common People
"Unusually Thicke" Last week, Alan Thicke and his wife, Tanya, visited our ET Canada studio to not only promote their new reality comedy show, "Unusually Thicke," but to allegedly co-host our show. Now I say allegedly because our best-laid plans with celebrities (from...
It’s Not Easy Being Green (if you’re not Irish…)
So last year, you may recall, I wrote a post about St. Patrick's Day (https://www.johnmeyerbooks.com/horses-and-bulls/). Well, a reporter recently read it and asked me for a phone interview. She was working on her own article about St. Patrick's Day and wanted to...
How to Resolve Your New Year’s Resolutions
With the calendar to 2014 at midnight tomorrow, it's that time of year again where you not only reflect on the year that was but also the year that will be - and how you plan on improving upon it. That's right, it's time to make your New Year's Resolutions. And with...
My Christmas with a Mobster
So while you celebrate Christmas with your friends and families, I thought I would re-share one of my more infamous holiday stories... when I toasted a gangster on Christmas Eve! It was 1999 and I was in Corfu, Greece. In a few days, I was going to meet my friend...
Book Launch Party with a Little TLC… and TTC
Well, the news is: "Bulls, Bands, and London" is now available - with paperback and e-book versions (Kindle, Kobo, Apple, Barnes & Noble, etc.)! Just check my homepage for all the info on how to purchase your copy - or head over to Amazon.ca - or any one of your...
Working with Vince Gilligan & My Own Crystal Meth Nightmare
"Living with Crystal Meth" With only one episode left in the entire "Breaking Bad" series, it's time to share my own story about working with "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan (briefly, oh, so briefly), as well as my own nightmare with crystal meth. Oh, I guess I...
The View From My Desk (…and 8 Years of ET Canada Souvenirs)
Today, it’s the unofficial start of the ninth season of "ET Canada." Officially, it was last week. However, the Toronto International Film Festival kind of interferes with all that possible reflection by parading its annual line-up of Hollywood stars and Oscar-worthy...
The Greatest Week of the Year… If You Like Festivals
The first seven days of July make up, arguably, the greatest week of the year throughout the western world - if you have a passport, money to spend, and appreciate patriotic festivals. "Canada Day" First of all, there was July 1, Canada Day, the annual day of...
The 101 Best Written TV Series
This week the Writers Guild of America released their list of the "101 Best Written TV Series." Presumably this was a straight vote among the guild's members (many of whom have been or currently are creators & staffers of many of the fine programs mentioned on...