Browsing all posts in November, 2012.

The Sun Has Started To Revolve Around The Earth Again

Look out! The sun has started to revolve around the Earth again. “A gaggle of energetic and amusing, mostly anonymous, neuroscience bloggers — including Neurocritic, Neuroskeptic, Neurobonkers and Mind Hacks — now regularly point out the lapses and folly contained in mainstream neuroscientific discourse. This group, for example, slammed a recent Newsweek article in which […]

The Big Mistake In My Hated New Thriller: Forgetting To Show, Not Tell

When I read this recent essay by Stephen King yesterday — IMAGERY AND THE THIRD EYE — I realized one of the reasons I hate the thriller I am trying to finish. I’m sick of it. The main reason I hate the process is that I originally wrote most of the book more than 25 […]

Amsterdam: A Killer City At 400

I have left more bodies strewn along the streets and alleys of Amsterdam and in her canals than any other city in the world.   I love Amsterdam. Most of my books have been translated into Dutch. And though the Dutch market — like the overall population of The Netherlands — is relatively small, I’m […]

Radical Egyptian Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides

 Radical Egyptian Clerics Seek to Legalise Child Brides Pedophile sex traffickers are the sorts of perverts that heroine Mira Longbow goes after in Die By Wire

A Veterans Day Thanks To A Hero

Click to enlarge. And click that one for full size. A Veteran’s Day salute to my uncle, LTC Buddy Barner, USAF. I dedicated my book Perfect Killer to him and wrote him in as a character before he died. More images here.

Amazon Falling Into Legacy Publishing Mindset

I am caught in a frustrating war between Google and Amazon. I’ve previously written about the indie author’s  love/late relationship with Amazon (Amazon’s Indie Author Cracks Begin To Show, Grow) but have struggled over the past few months to make the relationship work. But over those months, Amazon has steadily slipped into the same sort […]