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Mindbenders 2 Locations: Pulau Patang
One of the first decisions I made about ‘Mindbenders 2: The Fiery Sky’ (publishing on Amazon March 12th–click here for details and to pre-order!) was that the three members of the Mindbenders team...
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Mindbenders 2 ‘Fantastic’ and ‘Frustrating’ – My Answer
Mindbenders 2 is out (more details here) and I’m proud of the reviews it’s gotten. There’ll be a new review Monday that I’m especially proud of and we’ll talk more about that when it posts. In the...
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Mindbenders 2 a ‘Dead-Bang Winner’!
Shane Gericke is one hell of a thriller writer and I’m really proud to have gotten this review from him for Mindbenders 2: The Fiery Sky (buy it here on Amazon): ONE MINDBENDING BOOK! One of the fun...
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The Torturable Class
Beatrice: Are there class distinctions in torture? Capt. Segura: Some people expect to be tortured. Others are outraged by it. One never tortures except by mutual agreement. Beatrice: Who agrees? Capt....
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All Together Now!
I swear I’m going to start writing about something other than Mindbenders and politics sometime soon. However, in the meantime… I worked in print and broadcast journalism for over twenty years. I think...
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Chump Change…
I walked into a Chase Manhattan Bank branch yesterday to make a deposit for the store in which I work. The smug young man in the fancy suit on the other side of the window asked me about the extra 59...
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Mindbenders 1 and 2 are FREE!!!
In honor of Thrillerfest (the world’s largest thriller-writer convention) in NY this week (I’ll be attending tomorrow and Saturday), I’ve made Mindbenders 2: The Fiery Sky FREE on Amazon through the...
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Thrillerfest 2016 – Friday morning notes
Thrillerfest is a highlight of the year for me. The world’s biggest thriller writer convention and in my own backyard (The Grand Hyatt adjacent to Grand Central or, as Claire would say, just a short...
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Thrillerfest 2016 – Afternoon with the FBI/Secret Service
WORKING IN THE FRONT LINES This has always been one of my favorite parts of Thrillerfest, having the chance to learn from members of the investigative services. In the past, we’ve had the chance to...
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The Bourne Devolution
Jason Bourne matters to me. I didn’t realize how much until viewing Jason Bourne, the new film which debuted this past weekend. It went off the rails pretty decisively and made me realize how...
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The Kabuki Silence
This is the strangest election I can ever remember (and I’ve seen some doozies). There is a silence that’s unnatural, like everyone I know is holding their breath – or in hiding. Elections tend to...
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A Lovely Non-Birthday
We had just a lovely day about a week ago. In the morning, we went to see Eight Days a Week, the Ron Howard Beatles touring history at the IFC Center in Greenwich Village. I know it’s available online...
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This is what Democracy looks like, dammit…
A post on Facebook likened the experience of last night’s election to “New Year’s Eve, crossed with potentially life-threatening surgery.” That’s as close as anyone’s come to the nauseating, careening...
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Renewal – Is That Another River in Egypt?
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...
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Snow Day
It’s a snow day. When I was a kid, snow days meant you could go outside, run around in snow up to your knees (at least) and throw snowballs at any target you thought you could hit. You could build a...
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Here today, ‘Xerox’ tomorrow
Me: Xerox is gone. Claire: What? Me: Bought by Fujifilm, the name is going away forever. Claire: No, it won’t. Every time you make a ‘Xerox’ of something– Me: But you don’t, not anymore. You scan, you...
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Icarus – more than a sports movie
‘Icarus’, on Netflix, is a slow-burning fuse of a film. It’s sold as a sports documentary and that’s how it starts out, but the thing morphs completely along the way. Bryan Fogel, the filmmaker and a...
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History Turns on a Punch Line
So the FBI opens a probe into Anthony Weiner and discovers a bunch of Hillary Clinton campaign emails on his laptop. FBI Director James Comey, a Republican heading an agency stocked mostly with...
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‘Babylon Berlin’ is fascinating
It’s on Netflix, which is where I’m spending a lot of time now. It’s in German with subtitles -if you don’t like reading on film, get over it. This is worth the effort. ‘Babylon Berlin’ is the most...
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‘Saving Brinton’ is a small gem
‘Saving Brinton’ is one of those magical gems that comes along every once in a while, a slow-burning delight that starts with an individual, the kind of guy we might have been lucky enough to encounter...
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