A week from tomorrow, I’ll be jetting high over America’s heartland to Denver, where my husband and I are registered to attend the national conference of the Romance Writers of America. We’ve got our plane and hotel reservations, our dog Sirius has his reservation for the Hair of the Dog day care and kennel, followed… [Read More]
My Quaalude Confessions, Part One
Reading about Bill Cosby’s fondness for using Quaaludes to drug women he wanted to assault sexually brought back vivid memories of my life in Manhattan in the late Sixties and early Seventies. The bottom drawer of my dresser was crammed full of pharmaceutical samples, including Quaaludes, and one night at Max’s Kansas City, a movie… [Read More]
But my name’s not Julie Smith! My misadventures at the Post Office
To accommodate my burgeoning career as an author and publisher, I’ve rented a post office box in my home town of Wynantskill for the past couple of years. It’s a precautionary measure to protect my privacy. I wouldn’t want legions of fans lurking outside my house and upsetting my dog Sirius, who takes his guard… [Read More]
Catch my shows about 60’s and 70’s rock on MY EXIT, WEXT-FM
“Hi, I’m Julie Lomoe.” The sound of my voice blaring from the speakers of my Scion caught me by surprise, and I experienced a moment of disorientation. What the hell? What’s going on? My confusion was compounded by the snow covering most of my windshield. “Tune in to hear me on ‘My Exit’ this Monday… [Read More]
How the Beatles Broke Up My Marriage
Tune in on Monday, February 26, 2018 to hear me on WEXT-FM (97.7 fm or streaming on www.wext.org) from 11pm to midnight, when I’ll be reminiscing about my favorite rock bands from the 1960’s and playing some tracks. I originally published this post on April 17, 2014, and it makes for a good teaser and… [Read More]
Boring in black: the me too movement and the Golden Globes
I wrote this opinion piece soon after the Golden Globes and sent it to the Albany Times Union, but since they haven’t published it, I decided to share it here. Reading it now, nearly a month later, I stand by what I said then. Awards shows are one of my guilty pleasures, and the Golden… [Read More]