Today's Guest: Jackie Collins, novelist, Goddess of Vengeance Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of chick lit novelists who aren’t talented enough to dust Jackie Collins’ stack of writing pads… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! The first time Jackie Collins was a guest on... Continue Reading →
864 Writer Bruce Jay Friedman shares career luck–and great stories! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Bruce Jay Friedman, author, Lucky Bruce, Steambath, The Dick, The Lonely Guy, Splash, Stern Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of famous writers, brand name celebrities and their heirs who are mentioned in Lucky Bruce and are standing by to see what Mr. Friedman might say about them... Continue Reading →
Rise of the Planet of Novelist Joel Fishman: Primacy apes talk! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience who can type but they can't write worth a damn… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! I wasn’t really sure about the right way to introduce today’s guest, Joel Fishman. Ultimately, I opted to be straight forward, so... Continue Reading →
Novelist Jess McConkey isn’t who she thinks she is…! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambitious women with one straw poll foot in Iowa and the other in Minnesota… in the NEW new media capital of the world, St. Petersburg, Florida! Love Lies Bleeding did not sound, on the face of it, like a novel I’d like to... Continue Reading →
Novelist Richard Doetsch brings back Thieves of Darkness! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of frustrated fiction writers in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! (NOTE FROM BOB: This interview originally aired on the Mr. Media TV show on CBS's now-defunct ChatAboutIt network in September 2010. I only recently discovered that it never... Continue Reading →
Novelist Michael Connelly sees Matthew McConaughey as his lawyer! PODCAST INTERVIEW
Mr. Media was recorded live before a studio audience of one. There were more people here, but then Matthew McConaughey decided to play the bongos in the nude and, well, everyone else walked out… in the new new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! There are a few real name brands in... Continue Reading →
933 Joseph Dorman makes Sholem Aleichem docu zing like a Fiddler on the Roof! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Joseph Dorman, documentary director, Sholem Aleicheim: Laughing in the Darkness Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of 16-year-old boys in heavy fake beards all speaking in high school Yiddish accents… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 4 I owe my... Continue Reading →
824 Legal author Scott Turow on the Ultimate Punishment! INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Scott Turow, novelist, author, Presumed Innocent, Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty (Originally published in the St. Petersburg Times, September 23, 2003) ST. PETE BEACH - A lunchtime speech about capital punishment isn't easy, even for a bestselling crime novelist like Scott F. Turow. "I have yet to hear a... Continue Reading →
Robert Barclay writes If Wishes Were Horses; asks for a ride! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Robert Barclay, novelist, If Wishes Were Horses Part 1 of 2 Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of men who cried real crocodile tears after reading If Wishes Were Horses … in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Believe it or not, there is... Continue Reading →
Ashwood novelist Cynthia Kraack is serious about our future! VIDEO INTERVIEW
Today's Guest: Cynthia Kraack, speculative fiction author, Ashwood trilogy: Ashwood, Harvesting Ashwood and Leaving Ashwood. Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of ambitious, future agricultural estate mistresses… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! Part 1 of 3 (More below) Visions of the future tend not to... Continue Reading →