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 […]
FOURTH NJA CLUB NOVEL TO BE RELEASED IN EARLY 2023
Photo by Stephen Shaiken I’ve been a busy writer. Next month will see the release of my Sixties rock ‘n’ roll novel, Queensborough Rock, published by Crosswinds Press. (See COMING THIS NOVEMBER-A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF STEPHEN SHAIKEN NOVEL ) While that book is undergoing production and pre-release publicity, I find myself deep in the […]
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 […]
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 , […]
SOUND ADVICE FROM SYLVIA PLATH
Courtesy of Inquiring Quotes
TWO GREAT EXOTIC NOIR THRILLERS SET IN BANGKOK
Bangkok Series: Espionage Mysteries by Stephen Shaiken
SALLY ROONEY’S RACISM MASQUERADING AS PRINCIPLE: ANOTHER BDS-HOLE EXPOSED
Irish author Sally Rooney refuses to allow her most recent novel to be published in Hebrew. She recently clarified that her refusal was not based on antipathy to the Hebrew language, but rather on her antipathy to the Jewish people who speak it in the world’s only Jewish state. Not surprising, as Ms. Rooney is […]
MY CITRUS TREES HAVE FLOWERED
Taking a break from writing to admire the beautiful flowers on my citrus trees in Tampa, Florida. I’ll be a better writer for it. (Clockwise from upper left: orange, Persian Lime, Kalamandi, calamansi.)
2021 To Be A Big Year For My Writing
My cat, Curious, who keeps me company as I struggle to create. A welcome goodbye to 2020. We have just bid farewell to the worst year America has endured over my lifetime, and I was born during the second Truman Administration. 2020 ended with numerous new historical records we’d hope to never see: a raging, […]
BANGKOK SHADOWS-FREE E BOOK THIS WEEK
DOWNLOAD BANGKOK SHADOWS FREE FOR THE NEXT FIVE DAYS! My debut novel, Bangkok Shadows, was released ten weeks ago. I am told I’m doing better than most other independent authors. I greatly appreciate every sale, all downloads on Kindle Unlimited, each review and message. But it’s not enough feedback for me. I wrote this novel for […]