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As Richard Castle wrote 7 NYT Bestsellers. Emmy & WGA nominee. Author of USA Today Bestseller:
THE ACCIDENTAL JOE
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Wanted a little serenity today and found it on my walk to the post office.
January 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Wanted a little serenity today and found it on my walk to the post office.
Grand Central tonight. On the way home from SJ Rozan’s fab book event for First Do No Harm. And a fine steak in between.
January 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Grand Central tonight. On the way home from SJ Rozan’s fab book event for First Do No Harm. And a fine steak in between.
Happening now. With my pal SJ Rozan at the New York Society Library for her SRO book event for First Do No Harm.
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Happening now. With my pal SJ Rozan at the New York Society Library for her SRO book event for First Do No Harm.
Cool sighting last night. Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti was not dining at In N Out in LA. He was at a nearby table at Prime on Whitfield in Guliford, CT. It's what a steakhouse is all about.
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Cool sighting last night. Oscar nominee and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti was not dining at In N Out in LA. He was at a nearby table at Prime on Whitfield in Guliford, CT. It's what a steakhouse is all about.
8 years ago this week. A fun interview about my mystery novel Buzz Kliler by Jocelyn Maminta on Good Morning, Connecticut. Author respect: She had actually read the book! Even flagged pages with Post-Its.
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
8 years ago this week. A fun interview about my mystery novel Buzz Kliler by Jocelyn Maminta on Good Morning, Connecticut. Author respect: She had actually read the book! Even flagged pages with Post-Its.
Writer to writer, for those who love the job, isn't found and uninterrupted time to do the work in the midst of holiday-season madness profoundly satisfying?
December 31, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Writer to writer, for those who love the job, isn't found and uninterrupted time to do the work in the midst of holiday-season madness profoundly satisfying?
1994. I was still photographer on a video doc on wolves in MN and spent a day with a wolf pack at the Wildife Science Center. On my return days later the alpha female came to greet me. She put a paw on each of my shoulders... and snorted into my face. I wondered later, Did I just get married?
Wolves, long feared and reviled, may actually be lifesavers
A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
1994. I was still photographer on a video doc on wolves in MN and spent a day with a wolf pack at the Wildife Science Center. On my return days later the alpha female came to greet me. She put a paw on each of my shoulders... and snorted into my face. I wondered later, Did I just get married?
"When the horizon's at the bottom, it's interesting. When the horizon's at the top, it's interesting. When the horizon's in the middle, it's boring as shit." — David Lynch in The Fabelmans.
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"When the horizon's at the bottom, it's interesting. When the horizon's at the top, it's interesting. When the horizon's in the middle, it's boring as shit." — David Lynch in The Fabelmans.
Hoping yours is merry and bright.
December 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hoping yours is merry and bright.
Feast of the Seven Toppings. A merry merry to all.
December 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Feast of the Seven Toppings. A merry merry to all.
Christmas wish, granted: Ready the pizza!
December 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Christmas wish, granted: Ready the pizza!
"And the strange trees seemed endowed with a human vitality, and waving to and fro their skeleton arms..."
December 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
"And the strange trees seemed endowed with a human vitality, and waving to and fro their skeleton arms..."
Just watched the 100 Years of the New Yorker doc on Netflix. More than nostalgia and sausage-making. A refreshment, a jump start to the creative spirit, and a passionate tribute to doing the hard work.
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Just watched the 100 Years of the New Yorker doc on Netflix. More than nostalgia and sausage-making. A refreshment, a jump start to the creative spirit, and a passionate tribute to doing the hard work.
Mary Berry is more than a baker who frowns at soggy bottoms. She’s a cook, too. Tonight I made her sausage and pepperpot stew, a welcome supper this last night of autumn.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Mary Berry is more than a baker who frowns at soggy bottoms. She’s a cook, too. Tonight I made her sausage and pepperpot stew, a welcome supper this last night of autumn.
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Men of good cheer.
Cue "Charlie Freak" or, perhaps, "The Gift."
Cue "Charlie Freak" or, perhaps, "The Gift."
December 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Men of good cheer.
Cue "Charlie Freak" or, perhaps, "The Gift."
Cue "Charlie Freak" or, perhaps, "The Gift."
Thanking my friend Alton Brown for the surprise cup of cheer. He had me at "...a dash of old library book."
December 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thanking my friend Alton Brown for the surprise cup of cheer. He had me at "...a dash of old library book."
A tad breezy today on Long Island Sound.
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A tad breezy today on Long Island Sound.
An early Christmas present to myself. Just finished the first draft of my latest spy thriller. But, as Chicago sang it, "Only the beginning."
December 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An early Christmas present to myself. Just finished the first draft of my latest spy thriller. But, as Chicago sang it, "Only the beginning."
An early Christmas present to myself. Just finished the first draft of my latest spy thriller. But, as Chicago sang it, "Only the beginning."
(Yellow Sailor 1911 w Levenger Skies of Blue on Leuchtturm A5)
(Yellow Sailor 1911 w Levenger Skies of Blue on Leuchtturm A5)
December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
An early Christmas present to myself. Just finished the first draft of my latest spy thriller. But, as Chicago sang it, "Only the beginning."
(Yellow Sailor 1911 w Levenger Skies of Blue on Leuchtturm A5)
(Yellow Sailor 1911 w Levenger Skies of Blue on Leuchtturm A5)
Rob Reiner made my years at Castle Rock developing pilots blissful. In the writers' room the best jokes won, not just his. He went with me to a network to help sell one of my projects then mentored me so I could direct it. Rob was supportive, candid, sage, and kind. And, boy, did we laugh. RIP, sir
December 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Rob Reiner made my years at Castle Rock developing pilots blissful. In the writers' room the best jokes won, not just his. He went with me to a network to help sell one of my projects then mentored me so I could direct it. Rob was supportive, candid, sage, and kind. And, boy, did we laugh. RIP, sir
But the choir is so delightful.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
But the choir is so delightful.
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