Ted Krever watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan, went to Woodstock (the good one), and graduated Sarah Lawrence College with a useless degree in creative writing. He spent the next few decades in media journalism, at ABC News on the magazine show Day One with Forrest Sawyer and the Barbara Walters Interviews of a Lifetime series, as General Manager of BNNtv, a documentary production company, creating programs for CNN, A&E, Court TV, CBS, MTV News, Discovery People and CBS/48 Hours, and as VP/Production of a short-lived dotcom, followed swiftly by nine months of unemployment. Ted now writes novels in NY City. He has married for the second time, a triumph of optimism and takes up space in an apartment ruled by two cats. He was once accused of attempting to blow up Ethel Kennedy with a Super-8 projector.
(Originally posted August 6th) I’m working on the second ‘Mindbenders’. After a year of slogging along with the thing, abandoning it several times in frustration and just grinding away at it, it finally seems to be taking off. Characters humming … Continue reading →
Covers. Every book needs a cover. And the cover is obviously a huge selling tool. If you’re an indie writer/publisher like I am, it might be the only tool you have, that first grabber moment that gets a potential reader’s … Continue reading →
First off: Business. I want your stories of the Financial Collapse of 2008-2009. I’ll use the best ones in the next Mindbenders so send them here or to my email, tedkrever@gmail.com (link on the right-hand menu bar). More details just … Continue reading →
See the terrific new review of ‘Mindbenders’ from the Paranormal Romance Guild here. The following is an exclusive interview with Max Renn, the reputed former Soviet spy and now alleged terrorist. The interview was … Continue reading →
About fictional archetypes and why my main characters always end up playing the Fool:
Continue reading →I feel that most of us allow ourselves all the pain and half the pleasure of life. When you’re hurt, there’s no denying it – and most of us don’t really try very hard. You feel it and try to … Continue reading →
I’m reposting this as it wasn’t up top very long and I think it’s an important issue. It’s also one that keeps coming back to me as I watch the Masters of the Universe lob spitballs at each other in … Continue reading →
This new book is killng me. I love it but it’s killing me. Those of you who have kids will nod your heads and wonder ‘Where’s the headline?’ It’s the second ‘Mindbenders’. I had a complete first draft but I … Continue reading →
For the past two years, America has lost more soldiers to suicide than in combat. And the figures are actually slanted to minimize the numbers–several services only list suicides by soldiers specifically on active duty, do not list soldiers detached … Continue reading →
I don’t get this – readers are buying my paperbacks and not claiming their beers! This is blatantly un-American activity, as far as I’m concerned. Major corporations have spent millions – billions even – perfecting systems to lure you, the … Continue reading →
