In 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) passed a rule requiring bloggers to disclose any tangible benefits they receive from their blogging. For new media book review sites, this rule has made it so that reviews in which the reviewer received a copy of the book, a token payment for doing the review, or anything [...]
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The Reviews You’ll Not See on Amazon
Posted in Housekeeping, Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Amazon, Federal Trade Commission, Review site on May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Escalators — Evidence That Metaphors Affect Generosity and Mood
Posted in Mental Health, News, Research, Thinking Out Loud on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
One of Johnny Denovo’s main tools in understanding and thwarting criminals is the fact that people think in metaphors, and express these metaphors in actions. It’s a subtle insight that isn’t much appreciated outside neurolinguists, qualitative researchers, and neuroscientists, to name a few. But it’s becoming more widely appreciated. A recent study underscored this fact. [...]
The Story of “Entanglement”
Posted in Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Books, Fiction, Literature, Mystery on September 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The new Johnny Denovo Mystery, entitled “Entanglement,” began inauspiciously with an idea I had years ago. In fact, the idea actually turned itself into a novel of about 15 chapters before collapsing under the weight of characters I found I just didn’t care about. And there it moldered, a smoking husk of frustration. I don’t [...]
Dealing with Denovo — Why a Busy Writer is a Non-Writing Writer
Posted in Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I’ve wanted to retreat back into writing. Now, I have a busy life, so this isn’t a trivial desire, but I had hope — since the holidays, demands from Johnny Denovo have lessened. With the post-New Year lull, book signings have been few and far between, and other book marketing activities slowed to a [...]
New Interview and Contest on Backword Books
Posted in Looking Ahead, Looking Back, Mental Health, News, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged CHRISTOPHER MEEKS, Green Monster, Literature, Mystery, Novel, Writer on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Christopher Meeks, author of “The Brightest Moon of the Century” and a member of Backword Books, interviewed me recently about the Johnny Denovo mystery series, the writing process, the concepts behind the books, and other matters of interest to readers and writers. Here’s a brief excerpt: CHRISTOPHER MEEKS: Your third book is due early next [...]
The Power of Thinking in Metaphors
Posted in Mental Health, News, Research, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Boston Globe, Mystery, Psychology, Research on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why must we dream in metaphors? Try to hold on to something we couldn’t understand. – Seal The Johnny Denovo Mysteries are based on emerging theories of how we think, how we reconcile internal realities with external stimuli, how we make decisions, how we blend rational and emotional thought, and how we express ideas, both [...]
Sleep Deprivation = High Praise
Posted in Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Image by Lucas Janin via Flickr A consistent message I’ve received from readers of “Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” and “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is one of sleep deprivation. They start the books thinking they can put them down, but end up staying up far too late to finish them, [...]
Wish Fulfillment — For Readers or Writers?
Posted in Mental Health, The Books, Thinking Out Loud, tagged Escapism, Literature, Writer on June 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Because I’ve written a book about a detective who is smarter and sexier than normal, some readers have ribbed me about exhibiting wish-fulfillment in my writing — wishing I was younger, sexier, and smarter than I am. While I certainly am normal — that is, I occasionally wish I was better than I am — [...]
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