Matt Witten
@mattwitten.bsky.social
Crime novelist - Killer Story, The Necklace, and the Jacob Burns mystery series. TV writer - House, Pretty Little Liars, Law & Order, CSI: Miami. Also playwright, screenwriter, and member of the Writers Brigade, writing ads for progressive candidates.
My thriller Killer Story is only $1.99 this month on Kindle! Petra Kovach has a chance to make it big as a true-crime podcaster, investigating the murder of a girl she knew. But her ambition is at war with her idealism - and she better put the “true” back in “true crime,” or the killer will go free.
April 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My thriller Killer Story is only $1.99 this month on Kindle! Petra Kovach has a chance to make it big as a true-crime podcaster, investigating the murder of a girl she knew. But her ambition is at war with her idealism - and she better put the “true” back in “true crime,” or the killer will go free.
We need an alternative to T****'s branding of the tariffs as "Liberation Day." How about "Inflation Day."
April 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We need an alternative to T****'s branding of the tariffs as "Liberation Day." How about "Inflation Day."
Reposted by Matt Witten
The economy is showing severe warning signs after Trump's first month in office. This shouldn't be surprising. He doesn't understand the economy and tanked pretty much every business he ever touched. youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?...
How Trump Killed Every Business He Touched | Robert Reich
YouTube video by Robert Reich
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The economy is showing severe warning signs after Trump's first month in office. This shouldn't be surprising. He doesn't understand the economy and tanked pretty much every business he ever touched. youtu.be/zbh9SW5Cgqg?...
It's official: my thriller FREE FOR ALL will be published next year! I love this book and am so excited to share it with people.
FREE FOR ALL is set 20 years from now, when just about everything’s been privatized and the Big Six corporate syndicates own schools, police departments... and people.
FREE FOR ALL is set 20 years from now, when just about everything’s been privatized and the Big Six corporate syndicates own schools, police departments... and people.
February 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It's official: my thriller FREE FOR ALL will be published next year! I love this book and am so excited to share it with people.
FREE FOR ALL is set 20 years from now, when just about everything’s been privatized and the Big Six corporate syndicates own schools, police departments... and people.
FREE FOR ALL is set 20 years from now, when just about everything’s been privatized and the Big Six corporate syndicates own schools, police departments... and people.
These guys really are efficient!
Efficient at killing people, I mean.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Efficient at killing people, I mean.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Critics say Trump’s executive orders to reshape the NIH ‘will kill’ Americans
Executive orders’ impact on premier medical research agency has resulted in delayed projects and frozen funding
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
These guys really are efficient!
Efficient at killing people, I mean.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Efficient at killing people, I mean.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
T**** has spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money to play golf this past month. At this rate, his golf games will cost us $513 million in the next four years.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Has Already Spent $10.7 Million Of Taxpayer Money Playing Golf
Somehow, the expense has flown under the radar of the waste, fraud and abuse experts at DOGE.
www.huffpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
T**** has spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money to play golf this past month. At this rate, his golf games will cost us $513 million in the next four years.
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
www.huffpost.com/entry/donald...
Sign me up! I'll throw in a few bucks
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Should Denmark buy California? A new petition says 'ja,' and proposes a price tag
The man behind the push, Xavier Dutoit, started the 'Denmarkification' website to make the pitch that the Scandinavian state should buy the Golden one for $1 trillion.
www.latimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sign me up! I'll throw in a few bucks
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
When our house burned down in the #PalisadesFire, I lost my only copies of the first play I ever wrote, Alaska Fire. I thought the play was gone forever. But miraculously, someone on Facebook I'd never met before, Wendy Revel, had a copy she'd saved for 40 years. Yesterday she gave it to me.
February 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When our house burned down in the #PalisadesFire, I lost my only copies of the first play I ever wrote, Alaska Fire. I thought the play was gone forever. But miraculously, someone on Facebook I'd never met before, Wendy Revel, had a copy she'd saved for 40 years. Yesterday she gave it to me.
This is me working on my novel during the traffic jam as we were being evacuated from the #palisadesfire. (Our house burned down later that day.) Smoke all around us, but hey, a writer's gotta write!
January 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This is me working on my novel during the traffic jam as we were being evacuated from the #palisadesfire. (Our house burned down later that day.) Smoke all around us, but hey, a writer's gotta write!
Ever since our house burned down in the #palisadesfire my book sales have gone up. Talk about a unique marketing strategy!
January 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ever since our house burned down in the #palisadesfire my book sales have gone up. Talk about a unique marketing strategy!
Last night my wife's podiatrist left a message on her phone: "I've been wanting to do something for victims of the #palisadesfire so from now on all your treatments will be free."
The best thing about this experience has been seeing people's amazing kindness.
The best thing about this experience has been seeing people's amazing kindness.
January 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Last night my wife's podiatrist left a message on her phone: "I've been wanting to do something for victims of the #palisadesfire so from now on all your treatments will be free."
The best thing about this experience has been seeing people's amazing kindness.
The best thing about this experience has been seeing people's amazing kindness.
The best thing about having our house burn down in the #palisadesfire was canceling our subscription to HP Instant Ink. I hated that damn printer!
January 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The best thing about having our house burn down in the #palisadesfire was canceling our subscription to HP Instant Ink. I hated that damn printer!
My days since our house burned down in the #palisadesfire consist of errands, errands, and more errands, interrupted by occasional bouts of writing my novel, getting confused about insurance, and looking for my phone.
January 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
My days since our house burned down in the #palisadesfire consist of errands, errands, and more errands, interrupted by occasional bouts of writing my novel, getting confused about insurance, and looking for my phone.
Ten of my favorite books from last year:
Sociopath: A Memoir, by Patric Gagne
Open Minded, by Chloe Seager
The Clinic, by Cara Reinard
The Stolen Hours, by Allen Eskens
Behind the Lie, by Emilya Naymark
Catch Her When She falls
Since She’s Been Gone
Yellowface
That Left Turn at Albuquerque
The Maid
Sociopath: A Memoir, by Patric Gagne
Open Minded, by Chloe Seager
The Clinic, by Cara Reinard
The Stolen Hours, by Allen Eskens
Behind the Lie, by Emilya Naymark
Catch Her When She falls
Since She’s Been Gone
Yellowface
That Left Turn at Albuquerque
The Maid
January 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ten of my favorite books from last year:
Sociopath: A Memoir, by Patric Gagne
Open Minded, by Chloe Seager
The Clinic, by Cara Reinard
The Stolen Hours, by Allen Eskens
Behind the Lie, by Emilya Naymark
Catch Her When She falls
Since She’s Been Gone
Yellowface
That Left Turn at Albuquerque
The Maid
Sociopath: A Memoir, by Patric Gagne
Open Minded, by Chloe Seager
The Clinic, by Cara Reinard
The Stolen Hours, by Allen Eskens
Behind the Lie, by Emilya Naymark
Catch Her When She falls
Since She’s Been Gone
Yellowface
That Left Turn at Albuquerque
The Maid
Quite an ending to the world chess championship match! I was rooting for Gukesh, so I'm glad. But I like Ding too, and I hated to see him lose with one of the biggest blunders in championship match history. Overall, this was one of the most exciting sports events I've ever watched! Fabulous games!
December 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Quite an ending to the world chess championship match! I was rooting for Gukesh, so I'm glad. But I like Ding too, and I hated to see him lose with one of the biggest blunders in championship match history. Overall, this was one of the most exciting sports events I've ever watched! Fabulous games!
The World Chess Championship is livestreaming every morning, and it's wreaking havoc on my writing schedule. It gets my vote for Best Thriller of the Year!
December 4, 2024 at 3:12 PM
The World Chess Championship is livestreaming every morning, and it's wreaking havoc on my writing schedule. It gets my vote for Best Thriller of the Year!
This is my first Bluesky post! So thrilled to be leaving Twitter/X and joining here
November 28, 2024 at 8:02 PM
This is my first Bluesky post! So thrilled to be leaving Twitter/X and joining here