It’s been a busy week in 49ers land and yesterday’s developments left me thinking about George Costanza and his failed efforts at negotiation on an episode of Seinfeld. The fourth-season episode was called The Watch and in it, George was negotiating salaries with NBC for the sitcom he and Jerry were working…

The NFL lockout is over and free agency has begun, much to the delight of NFL fans such as myself. Whereas free agency is normally a drawn-out affair, because of this year’s lockout, it’s been a frenzy. As a 49ers fan, the offseason started just like any other recent offseason….

After two weeks without postal service, it’s music to the ears of self-employed people across the country that mail delivery is resuming today. As a self-employed writer/editor, I get about half of my payments by cheque so I’m happy to see this foolishness end. (I’m also excited to get my magazine…

Welcome to my site! It’s good to be live. My intent for my blog is to talk about some of the projects I’m working on and the interesting behind the scenes things that go into writing stories. One of the details that doesn’t enter a story is how that story…