NOTED AUTHOR IS ALSO A ROCKER!

Photo by Josie Shaiken Photo by Josie Shaiken That’s me on the right, playing guitar. After several years of playing guitar in my living room and bedrooms, I finally summoned up the courage to jam with other musicians when I received an invite from The Catastrophically Bad Amateur Musicians of Tampa Bay. Actually, they are […]

WE ALL CARRY A HIDDEN YOGI

It was this time of year in 2005, right before the holiday break, when I did something I didn’t think was even on my radar screen: I took a yoga class. This was not the very first time I’d done so; back in the early seventies, I took a few yoga classes in California, but […]

ROCK & ROLL, NYC & THE SIXTIES: ALL FOR $1.99 THROUGH 12/16

      Click here to visit the Amazon Kindle page for Queensborough Rock (After December 16, the novel will sell for its list price of $6.99 for an e-book.) Take a trip back in time to NYC in 1971. The Sixties haven’t ended and rock ‘n’ roll reigns. Jack Bernstein wants to manage top […]

THE GREAT ROCK ‘N’ ROLL NOVEL IS ONLY 99 CENTS ON 11/21-22

QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK is offered as an e book to my readers and friends for two days at only 99 cents. The regular list price is $6.99.  The rock ‘n’ roll novel you’ve been waiting for. It’s 1971 and young Jack Bernstein is a struggling rock ’n’ roll manager in New York City. Instead of a fancy […]

QUEENSBOROUGH ROCK; COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS UNTIL RELEASE

November 23, 2022: that’s the release date Queensborough Rock.my novel about rock’ n’ roll in Queens, NYC in the late sixties and early seventies.  Why are you taking so long to release the book? Queensborough Rock is utterly different than my three NJA club novels, and that’s why it’s being promoted and released differently. I have no […]

AT LAST, THE GREAT ROCK ‘N ‘ROLL NOVEL

Wednesday, 21 September 2022 07:35 GMTعربي   Stephen Shaiken Noted Author, Releases His New Book“Queensborough Rock” Date 9/17/2022 2:10:24 AM(MENAFN– GetNews) It’s 1971 and young Jack Bernstein is a struggling rock ‘n’ roll manager in New York City. Instead of a fancy office in Manhattan, a flashy car, and backstage passes, he operates out of […]

IT’S OFFICIAL- I HAVE A FAN BASE

I am absolutely flattered to learn that someone took the time and trouble to blog in such detail about Glenn Murray Cohen, the protagonist of my NJA Club series. I officially have a fan base! Click the link below to read the fan review ! https://spyguysandgals.com/sgShowChar.aspx?id=2211 Click on the link  for the NJA Club Amazon […]

BAGELNOSE GOES TO COLLEGE : A Short Story About Life In Queens

         This short story was posted about a year ago. Several readers have told me how much they liked it, so I decided to repost it at the top of the blog. I really like the characters Max Flugel, aka The Weasel, and Kenny Pelko, aka Bagelnose. I used then in a […]

BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH KEYBANGERS BANGKOK

Keybangers Bangkok, March 27, 2022. Photo by Stephen Shaiken It’s been three years since I last met face-to face with Keybangers Bangkok, the writing group that has always nurtured and assisted me in countless ways. Some faces are familiar, others are new. Writers come from just about every corner of the globe: Romania, England , […]