Work on the ‘Mindbenders’ sequel is proceeding. I’m almost at the end of a good draft; the next several should proceed much more quickly (fingers crossed). I’m not an orderly storyteller. Stories come out of my subconscious in episodes and … Continue reading →
Smitty told me the other night: the world is 3% sociopaths who run roughshod over the rest of us – everyone else just wants to be heard. This might not be an exact quote. Anyway, the thought speaks to me in … Continue reading →
You have to feel a story. It has to come from some impulse way down deep inside. One popular strain of advice for independent writers these days is: write a lot of books really fast. Then when a reader discovers … Continue reading →
It’s Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s birthday! He’s a sprightly 153! I’ve been watching the amazing ‘Sherlock’ on PBS lately and then went back to the first episode on Netflix last night. Smitty turned me on to the series … Continue reading →
Vaudevillians had an article of faith: It’s the Setup, not the Punch Line. Which was a way of remembering that the punch line is just a match, a spark; meaningless without tinder and kindling laid out carefully underneath, ready to … Continue reading →
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 →
For the next three days, through December 26th, ‘Mindbenders’ will be a free ebook download on Amazon! The Reviewers have spoken: ‘Mindbenders is an incredible read and I was recommending it to others before I even finished reading it. I … Continue reading →
The world is not the way we think it is, October 15, 2011 (4.5 out of 5 stars) By James Tepper (Boonton Township, NJ United States) ” Mindbenders”, by author Ted Krever is a highly touted (by Amazon reviewers) indie SF novella (at 229 … Continue reading →
Villains are every bit as important to the power of a thriller as the hero—maybe moreso. If the reader is going to care about the outcome, she will not only have to be interested in the characters, she’ll have to … Continue reading →
My friend C.O. Moed has a wonderful blog about the New York that’s vanishing before our eyes and today has a post that I felt needed sharing. Visit her blog here – read, leave comments and if you have help to … Continue reading →
