Coming Soon: YellowBalloonPublications.com

  I was given a fleeting glimpse of my new book website this evening…and I am so excited, I’m experiencing Christmas Tree Brain tonight. (Remember being a kid on the night before Christmas? Yeah, it’s like that. Maybe worse. Or better, I probably should say. It makes it hard to shut my eyes and go[…]

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#DeForestKelley Up Close and Personal Audio Book Preview

Thank you, Rod Janpol, for the amazing job you did cleaning up the background noise and so many of the other glitches I introduced while recording this audio book.     This is a cliffhanger preview of the chapter “Happy Birthday to Me” from DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal, A Harvest of Memories from[…]

I’ll Be Appearing at #StarkaneConvention for Trek’s 50th Sept 8-10th

Below is the link to pre-order your #StarkaneConvention tickets and seats. Great prices! $75 or $125 for all three days, inclusive (not counting hotel rooms and meals, of course)!!! Finally, a Trek convention that most Star Trek fans can actually afford! I love it! And the proceeds go to a non-profit organization that is helping[…]

This Valentine’s Day Meet a Real Sweetheart

This Valentine’s Day, Meet #DeForestKelley, a Real Sweetheart One of the appellations applied most often to DeForest Kelley was “sweet”. It fits.  So does sassy, sensitive, compassionate, funny, composed, elegant, and gentlemanly.  What fans resonated to when meeting him was his genuine niceness.   Even when he was joking or being completely honest, he was[…]