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 →
A Mindbenders double-feature: a new review and an interview with the author (Him? Again?) on the Kindle Author site today. Consider My Mind Bent, September 12, 2011 By Steve Madden (Richland, WA USA) Ted Krever’s Mindbenders was a wonderful surprise. It took me all … Continue reading →
(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 →
About fictional archetypes and why my main characters always end up playing the Fool:
Continue reading →Review by: Katy Sozaeva on July 16, 2011 : I was at first reluctant to accept this book to read and review, but after my enjoyment of Ted Krever’s “Mindbenders,” I decided to give it a try, and I am glad I … Continue reading →
John Locke is getting a lot of attention lately. No, not the philosopher—that’s the history blog down the block. Not the character on ‘Lost’ either. I’m talking about the man who just joined Stieg Larsson, James Patterson, Nora Roberts, Charlaine … Continue reading →
I have a discussion group on Amazon called Thriller, Suspense and Mystery Writers and Readers (See! You’re a member already!). Here’s a link. We had a little fracas the other day with a typical Internet type, the kind who seems … Continue reading →
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 →
By Claudia (VA, USA) on Amazon.com: This is that rare piece of fiction based on fact in such a way as to make the lines between the two seem to blur. Mindbenders is built on the work done by both … Continue reading →
Every novel is an Odyssey for the author. My book ‘Green’ began with a simple premise and a clear course ahead. It ended nine years and a thousand miles later, at a destination with little resemblance to the one I … Continue reading →
