If you’re an aspiring writer, you’ve probably been inundated with advice: on writing, publishing, marketing, MFA or no MFA, the proper way to sit at your desk, how much to let your wife read, and on and on. As a new blogger, I’ve been advised to provide useful information to the blogosphere, so let me… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Richard
What’s In The Box!!!?
moviescreenshots.blogspot.com Are you a fan of the movie Se7en? Do you remember how it ends? With Brad Pitt pleading with Morgan Freeman to tell him what’s in the box as he holds a gun to John Doe’s (Kevin Spacey’s) head out in the desert? If you haven’t seen it, and you like deranged serial killers, you should watch… Continue Reading
The Me, Myself, and I Interview – Part 1
Have you been wondering if my last name is Van Anderson, like Van Halen (cool), or just plain Anderson (boring)? If so, read on. Me: Let’s start with the most basic question. What is your name? Is it Richard Anderson, with Van as your middle name? Or is it Richard Van Anderson, like… Continue Reading
Call 911 Or You Will Die!
Back in the ’90s, if you were a man drinking in a hotel bar or gambling at the tables of Vegas, and you allowed yourself to be led upstairs by a seductive woman, this is the message you might have found scrawled in lipstick across the mirror (or on your chest) as you awakened… Continue Reading
I Want My MTV!
If you are close to my age, there’s a good chance that between 1981 and 1992 all you wanted was your MTV. If so, you will find I Want My MTV: The Uncensored History of the Music Video Revolution by Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum to be informative, eye opening and entertaining. What did I like about the… Continue Reading
Hardass Heart Surgeon Brought to His Knees
I know … blogs are not meant to be public forums for the personal issues of the author, but in this case, I think this post provides some insight into the life of a surgeon, which is one of my objectives for this blog—insights into the writing life, insights into the surgeon’s life. Surgeons are… Continue Reading
Book Reviews Coming Soon
They say that if you want to be a writer, you have to read a lot and write a lot. That makes sense. Readers want to read compelling stories populated with interesting characters. Writers must write compelling stories filled with interesting characters if they want their work to be noticed. So, writers can learn a lot from what they read. Even though I write fiction,… Continue Reading
Author Photos
I recently added photos to the Bio page of this website, and to my Facebook and Twitter pages (and I may give one to my wife for mother’s day; I’m killing a bunch of birds here). I’d like to thank Chaucer Wells Photography in Seattle (chaucerwells.com) for their excellent work. I’ve long been a fan of Chicago artist… Continue Reading
The Me, Myself, and I Interview
Go here to check out the Me, Myself and I interview. I’ll periodically ask myself the questions you might want to ask. Think of it as a running FAQ’s. By using the contact form, you can submit your own question, and if it’s a good one, maybe I’ll include it as part of the interview. And… Continue Reading
Welcome
Welcome to my blog. Now, I can already hear the knives being sharpened. The world needs another blog like it needs a hole in the ozone layer, but I promise to offer more than just shameless self-promotion (although, there will be plenty of that). I write medical thrillers—or more precisely, novels of surgical suspense—and… Continue Reading