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Professional Affiliations
 These are some of the professional organizations and publications with which Raymond is involved:

Raymond's Manager - Peter Miller of PMA Literary and Film Management Inc.

Cinema Retro - The New Film Magazine To Which Raymond Contributes

Twilight Tales - Chicago's Longest Running Author Reading Group

International Thriller Writers Inc. Website

Mystery Writers of America Website

Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter Website

The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers

Love Is Murder Conference

Mystery Lovers Corner Website


Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
 Raymond is an honorary Goodwill Ambassador to Kagawa Prefecture in Japan. Here are some interesting links to this beautiful area of Japan, including links to the 007 Man With the Red Tattoo Museum located on Naoshima Island. This museum was erected in honor of Raymond's last James Bond novel.

Kagawa Prefectural Government Official Website

007 Man With the Red Tattoo Museum Promotion Committee Website (in English)

Official 007 Man With the Red Tattoo Museum Website (in Japanese)

Benesse House Art Museums Website (a location in "The Man With the Red Tattoo"

Welcome to Kagawa!

007 Man With the Red Tattoo Museum Press Release: July 29th, 2005 (in Japanese)

Kagawa Prefecture Overview (in Japanese but very cool!)


James Bond Sites
 There are hundreds of excellent James Bond sites on the Internet. Here are just a few of the ones that Raymond likes:

The Ian Fleming Foundation

Her Majesty's Secret Servant

CommanderBond.Net

JamesBond007: A Great Swedish Site (in English)

James Bond, Agent 007 OHMSS

007 Forever

Bond and Beyond

Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.


Other Sites
Just some of the stuff Raymond is into...

Chicago Green - the band in which Raymond's son Max plays bass!

The Authorized Stanley Kubrick Site

The Official Ingmar Bergman Website

Ruth Rendell (aka Barbara Vine)-- Raymond's Favorite Living Writer

A cool Splinter Cell site--created by a woman for women!

Calyx--The Canterbury Web Site

Wayside Music -- A Great Online Shop for Progressive and Experimental Music

The Official Jethro Tull Website

The Official Porcupine Tree Website

The Official Mike Oldfield Website

The Official Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin Website

A Robert Wyatt Website

The Official Gentle Giant Website

The Official Frank Zappa Website

The Official Neil Young Website

The Official Wim Mertens Website

The Mysterious Bookshop

The Official Website of Raymond's Nephew, Opera Singer Weston Hurt

The Official Website of Chocky Kay -- A Good Friend and Great Musician

Along My Path--A Good Friend's Poetry Site

Gazing Into the Abyss--My Friend Paul Baack's Blog Site of Very Cool Stuff

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