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Renewal – Is That Another River in Egypt?

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on January 2, 2018 by ted kreverJanuary 2, 2018

I’ve been silent for a while and, as anyone who knows me will tell you, silence isn’t my natural state. I think, after the election, I just didn’t know what to say–and so much of what followed was so angry … Continue reading →

Posted in e-books, Everything Else, The World, Writing | Tagged absurdity, e-books, humor, Nero, satire, The Middle East, thrillers, trump | Leave a reply

Fish Story

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on December 27, 2011 by ted kreverDecember 27, 2011

  The old TV show began ‘There are six million stories in the Naked City’ and certainly plenty of them had to be fish stories – New York was, after all, the place PT Barnum had a museum (with live … Continue reading →

Posted in Everything Else, The World | Tagged absurdity, characters, fisherman, manhattan, real life, street life | Leave a reply

The Tyranny of the Lowest Price

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on December 13, 2011 by ted kreverDecember 13, 2011

Richard Russo, the well-known author (Empire Falls), has a really good article on the OpEd page of the NY Times today (link here) about Amazon’s new pitch, encouraging customers to go into brick-and-mortar bookstores this Saturday and use Amazon’s price … Continue reading →

Posted in e-books, My Books, The Digital World, The World, Writing | Tagged absurdity, Big Sale!!!, bookstores, e-books, paperbacks, publishing, richard russo, writing | Leave a reply

Special Cyber-Monday Deal!

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on November 28, 2011 by ted kreverNovember 28, 2011

Well, okay then… I’m no different from the rest – I don’t mind a bargain now and then.  I was planning to check out Amazon’s Cyber Monday deals and quickly got waylaid checking my own books out. Have a look … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Sale!!!, Mind Power, My Books, Print on Demand, The Digital World | Tagged absurdity, Big Sale!!!, mindbenders, paperbacks, publishing, the web | Leave a reply

Gilding the Lily

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on August 11, 2011 by ted kreverAugust 11, 2011

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 →

Posted in e-books, My Books, The Digital World, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged absurdity, business, e-books, Green, Iraq War, paperbacks, publishing, the web, writing | Leave a reply

Imagination (Don’t Make It So)

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on June 29, 2011 by ted kreverJune 29, 2011

The wonderful thing about imagination is that you see things other people don’t. The problem with imagination is that you see things other people don’t. Artists have a lousy record with reality. Part of the deal is that your mind … Continue reading →

Posted in The World, Uncategorized | Tagged absurdity, art, delusion, longing, words | Leave a reply

Buy a Book-I Buy You A Beer!

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on June 21, 2011 by ted kreverJune 22, 2011

The Internet is supposed to break down the walls between writers and readers and that all sounds good but I’m tired of metaphors. Let’s talk REAL interaction! Buy a paperback – I buy you a beer! I’m not promising some … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Sale!!!, My Books, Print on Demand, The Digital World, Uncategorized | Tagged absurdity, beer, Big Sale!!!, Green, mindbenders, paperbacks, the web | Leave a reply

The Power of Genre

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on June 9, 2011 by ted kreverJune 10, 2011

I’ve mentioned this before: I grew up in a household that had a reverence for ‘culture’, culture with an Old World reverence. Opera. Plays. Musicals were a step below, movies and popular music below that. Literature was right up at … Continue reading →

Posted in e-books, My Books, Reviews, Writing | Tagged absurdity, art, business, characters, e-books, Green, mindbenders, publishing, real life, story, words, writing | 2 Replies

The Mockingbird, the Web and Me

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on May 12, 2011 by ted kreverMay 12, 2011

Commercial interruption: My two best books, ‘Green’ and ‘Mindbenders’, are on sale NOW on Amazon and Smashwords as ebooks—trade paperbacks to come in a matter of days (the Amazon Gods willing). Read all about ’em at the links above. That … Continue reading →

Posted in e-books, My Books, The Digital World, The World, Uncategorized | Tagged absurdity, e-books, mockingbird, mystery, real life, the web | Leave a reply

The Funhouse Mirror

Ted Krever: Writing and other forms of torture Posted on April 15, 2011 by ted kreverApril 15, 2011
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Creative work is its own reward. One of the major differences between creative work and ‘work’ is that, over time, you come to expect a satisfaction not just from the finished product, but from the process of creation itself. My … Continue reading →

Posted in e-books, My Books, The World, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged absurdity, characters, fantasy, meaning, mystery, publishing, story, words, writing | Leave a reply

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