Interview with 60’s Celeb Dee Dee Phelps, Part 2
by Jerry Waxler This is part two of an interview with Dee Dee Phelps, singer in the sixties duo, Dick and Dee Dee and author of the memoir Vinyl Highway, Singing with Dick and Dee Dee. To see my...
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My goal is remarkably similar to Jonathan Maberry's. We both want to tell a good story. So I keep listening to this thriller writer and keep learning lessons about the relationship between life and...
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By focusing tightly on each moment he brought me into his world, endowing scenes with color and character, creating depth of emotion and variety of insight. Toner's exquisite attention on small details...
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