As a result, he has done considerable writing of both fiction and nonfiction, and has published magazine articles, professional journal articles and fiction. 

At various times over the years, he has provided copywriting and copy-editing for students (to teach writing skills), colleagues (to assist with grant proposals and various academic  and informational documents), and others seeking such services

He recently edited a cover letter for someone applying for a college teaching position. 

He recently designed and currently writes for, edits and publishes a quarterly newsletter for the national Handicapped Travel Club (click HERE to see a recent issue - it will open in a new window)

And he has various ongoing writing projects, including a book about the creation of fictional characters using a psychological approach.

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Mail order business: Prior to obtaining his doctorate in psychology from the University of Houston in 1980, he managed customer correspondence for a mail-order business and participated in both copywriting and advertising
for that business.

Private Practice: He has been self-employed provider of psychological services, including personal and vocational assessment and planning. 

Academician: As college professor, he taught for 10 years at the University of La Verne, in La Verne, California, and for part of that time chaired the Psychology Department and chaired the undergraduate psychology program. 

Radio Broadcaster: He has also been a radio broadcaster, beginning as early as his undergraduate days at Pomona College and including a stint as a professional "Rock Jock" in the mid-60s on what possibly was the first FM rock-and-roll station in the greater Los Angeles radio market.  Since the fall of 1988, he has broadcast a weekly program, The Sunset Review on noncommercial KSPC, Claremont, 887.FM; click HERE to see the show's webpage (his radio name is "Roger Allen").  He and his cohost, Randy Skretvedt (aka Randy Brian, see below) write all scripts for the program.

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His professional writing began at age 16, when he wrote a series of articles for Private Screenings, a magazine devoted to vintage movies. 

Subsequently, he coauthored (with Jeff and Greg Lenburg) Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography (though it wasn't all that "unauthorized," because it was okayed by Martin's lawyer and manager), published by St. Martin's Press in 1980.

After that he wrote a book about Laurel and Hardy (the product of 8 years of research and interviewing).  Laurel and Hardy: The magic behind the movies was published in  1987 (first in England and then in the US) and since that time has sold over 25,000 copies.   And, yes, you can obtain a copy for yourself, because it's available from Amazon.com.

As publisher, editor and chief writer, he wrote over 400 articles for Past Times: The Nostalgia Entertainment Newsletter, which, during the years of 1990-1999 grew to a 36 page, quarterly magazine.

With Jordan R. Young, he compiled The Nostalgia Entertainment Sourcebook, which lists sources for anything pertaining to this kind of popular culture--museums, fan clubs, audio and video distributors, publications, and the like.

What else has he done?  Well, he's written the booklet notes for 25 CDs for such labels as EMI, Take Two Records, and The Old Masters.  He wrote a cover article about George Burns for Radio Guide Magazine, as well as one about Jerry Lee Lewis for Sha-boom.  And he's been consulted for and is listed in the acknowledgements of more than 20 books about vintage entertainment.

Finally, he is currently working on a book about the history of radio in the 1930s and 40s.

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