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September 17, 2009
One of the more interesting moments in the book is when Jacobs receives a pair of questionnaires from the Loyalty Security Board, the State Department's agency for rooting out ...
September 8, 2009
… And so it begins. Here is the first behind-the-scenes footage of yours truly working on the soundtrack for the upcoming novel, No Tears for Old Scratch. Keep checking back as I'll be posting footage as the creative process continues. (an alternate link here as well).
No Tears for Old Scratch: Soundtracking the Novel, Part 1 from Ken Wohlrob on Vimeo.
September 7, 2009
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Having been born and raised in New Jersey, I'm often asked by non-Jersians, "What was it like?" I usually get odd stares when I respond with, "Like the circus left town."
There is a sadness to New Jersey. If you've lived there you know what I'm talking about. It's hard to see past the state borders. Things outside of New Jersey just don't seem possible. Maybe that is why, too often, people never leave New Jersey. They usually wind up just staying put, residing two towns over from where they...
September 3, 2009
I've been on a bit of a Simenon kick after reading The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Having enjoyed that book immensely, I decided to try my hand at The Strangers In the House. I'm not not to far into the book, but already in the first chapter, I found another glaring example of Simenon's simple mastery of writing riveting prose. I'm not giving anything away, since the flap copy on the book details it specifically, by telling you that the book opens with the main character, Loursat, discovering
I've been on a bit of a Simenon kick after reading The Man Who Watched Trains Go By. Having enjoyed that book immensely, I decided to try my hand at The Strangers In the House. I'm not not to far into the book, but already in the first chapter, I found another glaring example of Simenon's simple mastery of writing riveting prose. I'm not giving anything away, since the flap copy on the book details it specifically, by telling you that the book opens with the main character, Loursat...
September 1, 2009
Sorry for the lack of posts. But I've been hard at work on this bastard. First draft is done. I'm in the throes of rewrites now. More details to come soon…
July 21, 2009
The single-story e-book crusade continues with the second installment of my special summer releases available to readers for only $1.99 each. You can now download "The Metronome Winds Down" in PDF, Kindle, ePub, Mobi, Palm, or Sony reader format. Just think: for less than the cost of a cheap bottle of beer, you get yourself a nice gritty piece of storytelling.Here is the plot: What would you do to keep your wife alive? If Pat can scrape together ten grand, he can buy his wife two more months. B
