My very first attempt at writing for a commercial market was an episode of the old “Batman” TV series with Adam West. I was sixteen and had never written anything before but, for whatever reason, I decided to tackle Hollywood. I wrote the teleplay and even planned on double dipping by creating a teenage villain I could play on the series. Why not? If I could sell the script surely the powers‑that‑be would cast me play the lead? My teleplay for … [Read more...]
Steve Kosareff
Steve Kosareff wears multiple creative hats due to many interests. He is an author, graphic designer, historian, screenwriter, film director, editor and producer. His first book, WINDOW TO THE FUTURE: THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, was published by Chronicle Books in 2005. The book fondly looks back at the culture of marketing and advertising television sets during the golden age of American manufacturing in the … [Read more...]
Book Trailer for SATIN PUMPS
True crime book trailer for SATIN PUMPS: The Murder That Mesmerized The Nation by Steve Kosareff Available in ebook and paperback Learn more It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young paramour plan to kill his glamorous socialite wife? Or did the gun accidentally discharge as he … [Read more...]
How The True Crime Memoir SATIN PUMPS Came To Be
“Satin Pumps” had a long gestation. Over the years when I became involved in projects and my mind began to wander, I would think about writing a book about the time I was young boy and our family doctor murdered his wife. Then just as quickly as the thought crossed my mind I’d file it away in my mental piano bench as music to be played at some other time in the future. About two years ago I discovered I had access to a well-known … [Read more...]
Meet Steve Kosareff, Author of True Crime Memoir, SATIN PUMPS
Meet Steve Kosareff, author of true crime memoir, SATIN PUMPS: The Moonlit Murder That Mesmerized The Nation. The Finch-Tregoff murder was national news to all, and personally shocking to the Kosareff family... It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young paramour plan to kill his … [Read more...]
Author Steve Kosareff Introduces His True Crime Memoir, SATIN PUMPS
Steve Kosareff introduces you to his lovebird, Stinky, and to his true crime memoir, SATIN PUMPS: The Moonlit Murder That Mesmerized The Nation. Maybe Stinky will answer some of the questions remaining around the Finch-Tregoff murder... It was the midcentury murder that fascinated a nation and kept it glued for two years to radio, television and newspapers through three trials. Did the handsome, wealthy doctor and his beautiful young … [Read more...]
FROM THE MOB TO THE MOVIES: How Richie Salerno Escaped The Mafia And Became A Hollywood Actor
The public knows him as the character Tony Darvo in the movie Midnight Run, but Richie Salerno was born into the world of the Brooklyn Mafia during the heyday of the New York mob and for a time it looked like he'd get caught up in a life of crime. After all, some of the most notorious figures in the gangster world he knew as uncles, aunts, cousins and family friends. During a stint in prison for theft, Richie turned his life around using the … [Read more...]
Book Trailer for From the Mob to the Movies
True Crime Book Trailer for From the Mob to the Movies: How I Escaped the Mob and Landed in Hollywood by Richie Salerno. Available in ebook and paperback: wbp.bz/mobtomovies "Richie Salerno has an amazing story to tell and he does in From The Mob To The Movies, taking readers from the streets of Brooklyn to Hollywood. Truly a must read." - Dennis N. Griffin, award-winning author of A 'FAMILY' BUSINESS and THE RISE AND FALL OF A 'CASINO' … [Read more...]
Joni Ankerson Discusses How Victims Of Abuse Are Labeled
Let us be realistic and admit that making the decision to take your abuser’s life and breath is not that of a weak and wrecked woman. That decision, that action comes at the exact moment when your entire being says “no more.” It is the moment when a woman decides to move forward and save her life. Women who have killed their abusers are not murderers, they are simply women who want to LIVE. Unfortunately, these women are placed on the same … [Read more...]
TO KILL OR BE KILLED: A True Crime Memoir Of Domestic Violence, Survival, And A Prison Sentence
Twelve years of domestic violence at its absolute worst. Constant abuse, control, manipulation, and threats. It had to end some day, some way. The day we met in October of 1997, I was working at the District Court in Traverse City, Michigan as a Deputy Clerk. It was like most other days with arraignments, sentencings, civil case hearings and the like. People shuffling in and out, everyone taking care of their important business with court … [Read more...]
