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Fifty Shades Of Book Sex?

The success of Fifty Shades of Grey — and the book world’s rush to embrace its profits and success — raise the question of whether you can no longer sell a book without some heart-thumping, explicit and kinky sex: kinkier even thane Leda and the Swan. The Atlantic Wire’s Jen Doll wrote a terrific piece […]

Climbing Mt. Langley: Slow Ascent, Lightning Descent

Climbing up Mt. Langley’s 14,042 feet was the easy part. Getting down alive was a bit tricker. The seven-mile hike from Horseshoe meadows was also not bad and the additional three or four miles to the summit was smooth except for the short class three scramble (The Yosemite Decimal System rating climbs says Class 3:  […]

God? Or No god?

I had a short Facebook conversation about God or no god Friday with my good friend Randy Liss (whom I killed in a most gory way in Amsterdam in my thriller, Zaibatsu.) Randy’s a mensch. Highly intelligent, good heart. Ethical, honest and proof that you can be all those things while also being an atheist. […]

NYTimes Exposes Its Own & Other Media Pimping For Obama & Romney

Both the Obama and Romney campaigns require reporters to submit their articles for approval. Otherwise, no access. Read the admission in the New York Times: Latest Word on the Campaign Trail? I Take It Back This is the sort of sleazy totalitarian practice we’ve seen in Cuba and Venezuela. Who knew Obama and Romney were […]

God, Philosophy, Physics & The NY Times

God, philosophy and physics are three of my favorite subjects. So much so that they run through many of my thrillers, especially: Perfect Killer (God and the quantum physics and philosophy of consciousness), and Die By Wire (God, the philosophy of evil, and the physics of a .50 caliber BMG slug launched by heroine Mira […]

Bay To Breakers 2012 – Most Fun Ever!

This Bay To Breakers was the most fun of the dozen or so times I have run this zany, Only-In-San-Francisco Event. 7.7 miles from the Bay to the Pacific Ocean surf. It was fun, and pretty easy this year although my personal best probably lives somewhere in the late-1980s. But it was good enough to […]

Goodbye November Man

Bill Granger was a sports writer, journalist, mystery writer and one helluva thriller writer. His November Man series created Devereaux, a haunted, philosophical, introspective spy who could not escape the implications of the deeds and deaths that were his stock in life. Yet, he was driven by an existential imperative to do the necessary thing. […]

How Traditional Publishers SUCK On eBooks

  I’ve been working hard on new edits for my two Amazon bestsellers, Die By Wire and Perfect Killer (and a new cover for PK … preview it here.). But I got an email last night pointing out just how badly traditional publishers suck at ebooks. And they used one of my own books as […]

Traditional Bad Editing: Not Just For The Self-Published

Supporters of traditional publishing often tout editing as one of the advantages of the legacy process. And, of course, anytime people who are enamored of the old ways find an editing mistake in a self-published book, they point out how inferior the indie route goes. (Another take on that issue here: How Traditional Publishers SUCK […]

I do NOT Think That Thinking Undermines Religious Faith

But, that’s the gist of this new study that devalues religion and any sort of “gut” feeling:  Thinking can undermine religious faith. I think the conclusions of that article are flawed by insufficient data and inadequate analysis. I think that people who THINK they’re thinking can UNDER-think the issue because of pre-conceived opinions and scientific […]