Another article, this time in the Guardian, discusses the recent disclosure by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) that they will be analyzing the metaphors discovered in communications in order to detect potential terrorist activities and discern their plans. As the author of the article writes: The spooks’ conjecture is that understanding how [...]
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More on Metaphors As Ways to Peer Into a Terrorist’s Mind
Posted in News, Research, The Books on June 5, 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. [...]
“Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” Receives Another Review
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Andrew Kent, Green Monster, Literature, Mystery, Novel on January 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Another review of “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is in, and this one is as glowing as the first. This new review is especially nice because the reviewer in question — someone I’ve never met, unfortunately — has reviewed all three novels, so provides both a nice review of the current novel but also [...]
“Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” Receives Its First Review
Posted in News, The Books, tagged Andrew Kent, Mystery on December 31, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A reviewer portrayed by ReaderViews as “one of the toughest” has given “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” a strong, positive review, praising the writing, plot, suspense, and intrigue of the story: . . . a finely crafted, highly entertaining and very satisfying book. The dialogue was sizzling, the characters wonderfully intricate, the storyline compelling. Andrew [...]
The Denovo Trilogy Is Officially Complete!
Posted in Housekeeping, Looking Ahead, Looking Back, News, The Books, Thinking Out Loud on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A little over three years ago, when I started writing the first Johnny Denovo mystery, which would ultimately be called, “Spam & Eggs,” I never once thought that by the end of 2010 I would have three novels on the market. At that point, writing one novel — to completion, with a satisfying cast of [...]
“Entanglement” Now Available for the Amazon Kindle
Posted in News, The Books on October 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is now available via the Amazon Kindle. Later this week, it will also be available for the Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, iPad, and other e-readers. Set only days after the conclusion of “The Green Monster,” the third novel in the Denovo Mystery series finds Johnny on a television soundstage, aware [...]
“Entanglement” Cover Completed, Book Sent to Publisher
Posted in Looking Ahead, News, The Books, tagged Physics, Publishing on September 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Two firm steps toward publication of the third Johnny Denovo mystery were taken this week. First, the text was completed and sent to the publisher. Second, the cover design was completed and approved. Entitled “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” the third book in the series picks up where “The Green Monster: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” [...]
The Cover Design for “Entanglement” — Coming Along Nicely
Posted in Looking Ahead, News, The Books, tagged Books, Design, Fiction, Mystery, Photography on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
My third novel, “Entanglement: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” will be out in late fall 2010, and the cover design is coming along nicely. Designed by a superb professional designer using photography by an artist found via Flickr, the cover is meant to convey the abstract concept of entanglement, which plays many roles in the novel. [...]
“Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery” Now Available for $0.99 on the Kindle
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Add new tag, Amazon Kindle, Arts, Books, Fiction, Green Monster on May 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Spam & Eggs: A Johnny Denovo Mystery,” is now available for the Amazon Kindle at the unbeatable price of $0.99. For less than a buck, you can enjoy e-reading the novel that has been praised as: a book that in fact puts the writing of a lot of very seasoned and famous mystery writers to [...]
Johnny Denovo Mysteries Available on the iPad through iBooks
Posted in Housekeeping, News, The Books, tagged Add new tag, Apple, E-book, ibook, IBookstore, IPad, Smashwords on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Image via CrunchBase Thanks to Smashwords, both Johnny Denovo mysteries — “Spam & Eggs” and “The Green Monster” — are available for the recently released iPad through Apple’s iBooks store. The books look great on the iPad, and at $3.99 each, they are a bargain. Both are fast-paced, intricately plotted mysteries that follow the exploits [...]
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