Smitty and I went on vacation. On ‘vacation’, that is, in quotes. We don’t know how to go lie on a beach. It’s possible we just don’t know how to relax, period, but nothing in this trip promised relaxation. We flew … Continue reading →
I was walking with Smitty on the Lower East Side the other day and we passed the housing development she and her sister started life in (before moving down the street). The place is one of several affordable-housing complexes built in … Continue reading →
Vaclav Havel always interested me. Not too many writers become President of their country and then go back to writing. Havel wrote plays that were produced around the world, was arrested by the government of Communist Czechoslovakia, became leader of … Continue reading →
It’s been my conviction for a long time that whoever invented the shower should be given the Nobel Peace Prize. If I could chart the growth of my knowledge of human beings and particularly my own quirky little self, I … 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 →
Just to get business out of the way first: The 99 cent sale on my thriller ‘Mindbenders’ is going on for ONE MORE WEEK! F. Paul Wilson, author of the Keep (NY Times bestseller!) and the Repairman Jack novels, says … Continue reading →
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 →
For the last several years, a pretty vibrant indie ebook business has grown up around Amazon.com and its affiliates. Amazon’s Kindle bulletin boards grew a lively community of writers and readers. In the last couple of months, Amazon has … 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 →
