When the CIA approaches celebrity chef Sebastian Pike about using his award-winning food and culture travel show as cover for espionage, the outspoken bad-boy host says no. When they point out how roaming the globe interviewing foodies, heads of state, rock stars, journalists-in-exile, poets, subversives, supermodels—even the pope—gives him perfect cover, Pike smiles and says, "F@#! no."They push. They'd embed their top agent in his crew to do the spy work.And when romantic...

Mastering Fiction with Hollywood's Finest WritersDiscover the secrets of successful storytelling from twelve acclaimed writers who have mastered the art of captivating audiences across both the screen and the page.From Nicholas Meyer (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution) to Dennis Palumbo (My Favorite Year), Lawrence Allan (Big Fat F@!k Up), April Smith (Cagney & Lacey), Ken Levine (M*A*S*H, Cheers), Matt Goldman (Se...

Three more riveting crime stories you’ll not be able to put down.The Lolita ConspiracyA chance encounter. A plea for help. A detective too tired to care. Brandon Beck hanged himself, or did he? Was it suicide or cold blooded murder? On a cold dark night in February, Harry Starke runs into someone he hasn’t seen in almost twenty-five years. The man has a problem. He asks Harry for help. Harry turns him down, and thus becomes the last person to see B...

Success is one of those words that has different meanings. More often than not, however we define it, it is misunderstood.If you see a finely dressed person driving an expensive automobile, without knowing anything else about that person, you can’t help but automatically think, “Boy! That’s a successful person!” It could very well be that he is facing bankruptcy. Or her health is failing. Or his personal life is in shambles.Likewise, were you to see a somewhat disheveled pers...