10/1 - release day for COLD CITY in paperback http://tinyurl.com/l2uvapy
10/3 - Went through the NIGHTWORLD page proofs (last time ever, I hope). Found a big design issue. (I designed the book, so I should know.)
10/4 - at my editor's request, I added a couple of brief scenes to the end of FEAR CITY. No argument: they were necessary.
10/5 - Benjamin Carre's work mesmerizes me... http://www.blancfonce.com/images/#/conte...Ghosts.jpg
10/6 - 60s rock plus a bad pun - how can I not share this? http://tinyurl.com/mswhdb9
10/7 - supposedly a Russian tampon commercial. Can't be for real... can it? http://urlybits.com/2013/06/russian-tampon-commercial/
10/10 - while heading for the station to train into NYC for lunch with my neighbor, some texting #@!*%! rear-ended me. So that put the kibosh on NYC.
10/11 - made it to the train into NYC for ComicCon without another idiot running into me.
10/11 - good day at NYCC - two signings, moderated a panel, drinks at the Algonquin, dinner at the Lambs Club.
10/13 - back to NYC once more for the Pulp and Paperback Expo. Met some old friends like Ron Goulart, Jill Bauman, and Charles Ardai. Had coffee afterward with Wally Stroby
10/14 - a 1-minute horror film. Fine visual storytelling. Creepy! It bears rewatching. http://vimeo.com/70386747
10/17 - This burns me. I like "Elementary" and watched 2 episodes last night. Correct me if I'm wrong but nowhere in the opening credits do I recall seeing mention of Arthur Conan Doyle. I do remember seeing "Created by Robert Doherty." Really? Imagine the hubris it takes to move another writer's characters from London to NYC and call yourself the "creator."
10/18 - My publicist at MacMillan says it looks like I'll be hitting the Left Coast with pen in hand come mid-November. Details in "Where I'll Be At."
10/21 - To all you people who kept pushing me to see "Orphan Black"... thank you.
10/22 - Cool Halloween costumes - "Saw Guy" is by far the best. http://tinyurl.com/kxbf5uj
10/24 - off to DC to start the Operation Thriller IV tour for USO. Details of Day 1 here: http://tinyurl.com/q9eo66f
10/25 - day 2 of the tour. Details here: http://tinyurl.com/nqd722r
10/26 - day 3: a visit to Quantico, and then at 10pm we board a plane for a 12-hour flight to Kuwait.
10/27 - day 4: the sun is setting over Kuwait City when we land. We came in over Iraq. All I saw out the window was sandy desert until we reached the Persian Gulf, so I'm prepared for heat, but not the humidity. I expected desert air but apparently the Gulf keeps the humidity high - at least this time of year. Security is high for us as we board a bus and head for the Missoni Hotel: an advance team leads the way and a chase car stays close behind. USO treats us to dinner at the hotel, then we head to our rooms. I'm 7 hours ahead of east coast time - which means my body still thinks its 3 p.m. Sleep proves elusive.
10/28 - day 5. Details and photos here: http://tinyurl.com/m4wj29c
10/29 - day 6: http://tinyurl.com/lrcwonp and a montage of photos here: http://www.uso.org/thriller-writers-uso-...13-photos/
10/29 - "The Widow Lindley" novelette went live on Amazon today: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G2DZEQY
10/30 - day 7: we take the long drive back to Frankfurt and catch a flight to Heathrow. After another long ride we arrive at the RAF base in Mildenhall. We have dinner at the Bird in Hand pub right outside one of the base gates, then repair to our rooms.
10/31 - last month I scripted an adaptation of my story, "Doc Johnson," for IN THE DARKthat ends a very successful crowd-funding on Kickstarter: http://tinyurl.com/pemmwfm
10/31 - Day 8: Halloween is spent shuttling between the Lakenheath and Mildenhall base D-Facs (dining facilities) and PXs. Here were are at Lakenheath (sans Kathy): http://tinyurl.com/n4oqdnj We also stop at the Mildenhall base library where we meet and greet soldiers and talk about writing and sign their books. We've brought a limited supply of our own titles and these are gone by the end of the day.
10/31 - the last night of the Operation Thriller USO tour. Harlan Coben rented a car to go back to London tonight for an early a.m. meeting. So after a farewell dinner at the Bird in Hand, Heather Graham and I tag along so we can get an early start to Brighton the next day.
10/3 - Went through the NIGHTWORLD page proofs (last time ever, I hope). Found a big design issue. (I designed the book, so I should know.)
10/4 - at my editor's request, I added a couple of brief scenes to the end of FEAR CITY. No argument: they were necessary.
10/5 - Benjamin Carre's work mesmerizes me... http://www.blancfonce.com/images/#/conte...Ghosts.jpg
10/6 - 60s rock plus a bad pun - how can I not share this? http://tinyurl.com/mswhdb9
10/7 - supposedly a Russian tampon commercial. Can't be for real... can it? http://urlybits.com/2013/06/russian-tampon-commercial/
10/10 - while heading for the station to train into NYC for lunch with my neighbor, some texting #@!*%! rear-ended me. So that put the kibosh on NYC.
10/11 - made it to the train into NYC for ComicCon without another idiot running into me.
10/11 - good day at NYCC - two signings, moderated a panel, drinks at the Algonquin, dinner at the Lambs Club.
10/13 - back to NYC once more for the Pulp and Paperback Expo. Met some old friends like Ron Goulart, Jill Bauman, and Charles Ardai. Had coffee afterward with Wally Stroby
10/14 - a 1-minute horror film. Fine visual storytelling. Creepy! It bears rewatching. http://vimeo.com/70386747
10/17 - This burns me. I like "Elementary" and watched 2 episodes last night. Correct me if I'm wrong but nowhere in the opening credits do I recall seeing mention of Arthur Conan Doyle. I do remember seeing "Created by Robert Doherty." Really? Imagine the hubris it takes to move another writer's characters from London to NYC and call yourself the "creator."
10/18 - My publicist at MacMillan says it looks like I'll be hitting the Left Coast with pen in hand come mid-November. Details in "Where I'll Be At."
10/21 - To all you people who kept pushing me to see "Orphan Black"... thank you.
10/22 - Cool Halloween costumes - "Saw Guy" is by far the best. http://tinyurl.com/kxbf5uj
10/24 - off to DC to start the Operation Thriller IV tour for USO. Details of Day 1 here: http://tinyurl.com/q9eo66f
10/25 - day 2 of the tour. Details here: http://tinyurl.com/nqd722r
10/26 - day 3: a visit to Quantico, and then at 10pm we board a plane for a 12-hour flight to Kuwait.
10/27 - day 4: the sun is setting over Kuwait City when we land. We came in over Iraq. All I saw out the window was sandy desert until we reached the Persian Gulf, so I'm prepared for heat, but not the humidity. I expected desert air but apparently the Gulf keeps the humidity high - at least this time of year. Security is high for us as we board a bus and head for the Missoni Hotel: an advance team leads the way and a chase car stays close behind. USO treats us to dinner at the hotel, then we head to our rooms. I'm 7 hours ahead of east coast time - which means my body still thinks its 3 p.m. Sleep proves elusive.
10/28 - day 5. Details and photos here: http://tinyurl.com/m4wj29c
10/29 - day 6: http://tinyurl.com/lrcwonp and a montage of photos here: http://www.uso.org/thriller-writers-uso-...13-photos/
10/29 - "The Widow Lindley" novelette went live on Amazon today: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00G2DZEQY
10/30 - day 7: we take the long drive back to Frankfurt and catch a flight to Heathrow. After another long ride we arrive at the RAF base in Mildenhall. We have dinner at the Bird in Hand pub right outside one of the base gates, then repair to our rooms.
10/31 - last month I scripted an adaptation of my story, "Doc Johnson," for IN THE DARKthat ends a very successful crowd-funding on Kickstarter: http://tinyurl.com/pemmwfm
10/31 - Day 8: Halloween is spent shuttling between the Lakenheath and Mildenhall base D-Facs (dining facilities) and PXs. Here were are at Lakenheath (sans Kathy): http://tinyurl.com/n4oqdnj We also stop at the Mildenhall base library where we meet and greet soldiers and talk about writing and sign their books. We've brought a limited supply of our own titles and these are gone by the end of the day.
10/31 - the last night of the Operation Thriller USO tour. Harlan Coben rented a car to go back to London tonight for an early a.m. meeting. So after a farewell dinner at the Bird in Hand, Heather Graham and I tag along so we can get an early start to Brighton the next day.
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