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What the final edition of the NY Times will look like
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Lead story: Times building is on fire; owners may have torched structure for insurance money.…Continue

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Advertising and product placement:
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Miss the smell of printed books?
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The future of publishers: marketing?
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The news this week that ebooks are currently ranking as the top format in all trade categories (http://bit.ly/ezode6) is giving fresh life to a recurring question:…Continue

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Hometown:: Garden City, NY

About Me:: I worked as an Executive Editor at Entertainment Weekly for 11 years and (in two separate stints) at People magazine and people.com for 12 years. I often speak to young journalists and try to use myself as an example for inspiration—a guy who spent time in jail, rehab and a psych ward and somehow went on to become a successful editor at Time Inc. and managed to keep himself sane and alive. I’ve tried to reflect those experiences in my books.

I Am A:: Reader, Writer

Website:: http://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/blog?ie=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1...

Books And Authors I Like:: Elmore Leonard, P.G. Wodehouse, David Mamet, Flannery O'Connor, Italo Calvino, Willy Shakespeare, William Faulkner, Italo Svevo, Richard Price, James Ellroy, Muriel Spark, Lee Child, Carlos Fuentes.

Movies And TV Shows I Like:: Dexter, True Blood, Homicide, The Third Man, Law & Order (all versions), Boardwalk Empire, Bored To Death, Modern Family, Big Bang Theory, Hung, Mad Men, Performance, 8 1/2, Chimes At Midnight, Rules Of The Game, Touch Of Evil, Little Murders, There Will Be Blood, Fargo, No Country For Old Men, all Marx Bros. movies from The Coconuts to A Night At The Opera (and nothing after that), most W.C. Fields movies.

THE SEVENTH COMPASS POINT OF DEATH THE LIT-CRIT TAKE: A character-driven thriller, centering on the themes of terrorism, understanding and hope. THE PURE PLOT PITCH: Here’s bad day: Guy sets out to rob a bank but ends up pulling a carjacking, and when he’s arrested a body is found in the trunk. The victim is a Sunni community leader, and why was he killed? Who killed him? The search for answers takes me into a homegrown Islamic terror underground, into plots, counterplots, deceptions and love affairs, all leading to an attack on a major NYC landmark. For a quick taste, just click on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://rsandersblogspotcomfeedspost.blogspot.com/2010/07/quick-taste-seventh-compass-point-of.html">http://rsandersblogspotcomfeedspost.blogspot.com/2010/07/quick-taste-seventh-compass-point-of.html</a> -------------------------- All books are available on Amazon, Kindle, iPad and Smashwords.

THE SEVENTH COMPASS POINT OF DEATH

See the latest review on The Two-Fisted Blogger:
http://twofistedblogger.blogspot.com/

THE LIT-CRIT TAKE: A character-driven thriller, centering on the themes of terrorism, understanding and hope.

THE PURE PLOT PITCH: Here’s bad day: Guy sets out to rob a bank but ends up pulling a carjacking, and when he’s arrested a body is found in the trunk. The victim is a Sunni community leader, and why was he killed? Who killed him? The search for answers takes me into a homegrown Islamic terror underground, into plots, counterplots, deceptions and love affairs, all leading to an attack on a major NYC landmark.

For a quick taste, just click on
http://rsandersblogspotcomfeedspost.blogspot.com/2010/07/quick-taste-seventh-compass-point-of.html

The book is available on Amazon, Kindle, iPad and Smashwords.

If you have time to write a review, please please do.

Many thanks!

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Self-conscious about writing?

Within the past few hours I've talked to two friends who are trying to write and have ideas, but they get blocked by self-consciousness. It's a common problem--and it's a killer for creativity. Don't try to write something that's going to please other people. Try to write something that's only going to please your harshest critic--yourself.…

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Posted on August 23, 2010 at 5:19am — 1 Comment

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At 6:17pm on March 23, 2011, Mark Porter said…: Good luck with 'Dead Line,' Richard. I'll be looking it up.

take care

At 8:09pm on January 27, 2011, Mark Porter said…: Glad to be on board, Richard. I'll be reading you with interest. That's a warehoue and two sheds' worth of life experience you have there. Can't beat the variation in informing our fiction, even if the experience is a cold one. Any thanks.

At 6:49am on November 15, 2010, Karen Tyrrell said…: Hi Richard,
I write in 3 genres so I concentrate on one particular genre at a time, marketing myself and that book. My BLOG was rated #51 in Australia. Check out my BLOG post ... Build your Writers Platform @
http://www.karentyrrell.com/
PS I will need to catch the new Dexter series.

At 12:50pm on November 14, 2010, Karen Tyrrell said…: Hi Richard,
Nice to meet you. I'm a multi-genre writer working on Kids Sc-fi book, part of a Space Kids series atm. How's your writing going?

At 11:27am on November 14, 2010, Mark Young said…: Thanks for the invitation, Richard.

At 5:18am on November 14, 2010, Kathy McIntosh said…: Thanks for befriending me, Richard. Love the two "takes" on describing your book.

At 8:13pm on November 11, 2010, Paul D. Marks said…: Hi Richard, Thanks for connecting. Look forward to getting to know you and your work. -- Paul

At 6:25am on November 9, 2010, Marsh EverEvolvingSoul said…: 'Fast Forward' got canceled? Gosh! Those meanies!!!! That network always does that... You would think they could wind it up before deserting us. I find I am also liking 'The Event' Hopefully they will let it run its proper course so we can actually see how it unfolds right to the end. Now I am going eat some chocolate and grieve... **pouting**

At 11:13am on November 8, 2010, Marsh EverEvolvingSoul said…: Thank-you for the invite... I too, just read your blog on August 23 about self-conscious writing... Very interesting and 'Oh so helpful!'

At 7:46am on November 7, 2010, John Moss said…: I exaggerate, of course. That's part of the Canadian obsession with weather. Yesterday's snow is still on the ground, but inly in small splotches. It's a good season to write, especially about murder.