Hi Everyone, Whether you are lighting a Chanukah candle or trimming a Christmas tree, I hope you’ll accept my holiday gift. For five days from December 10th to 14th my first book, The Tales I’ve Told, will be free to you on Amazon. Click here Read, enjoy and if you like it well enough, write a review and send me an email that you have done so, and I will send you another gift-- a signed copy of my third book, Game of the Gods. Enjoy! AND, Happy Holidays! Ted #Free #The

It's the season for giving. For the next 5 days, my latest novel Game of the Gods will be available for FREE on Amazon Kindle! My hope is that those of you who have not yet joined me on my adventure will pick it up, read it, and share your thoughts. Here is my challenge to you as a reader and a friend: Read my book and let me know what you think by submitting a product review on Amazon. Email me once you've submitted your review and I will send you a signed copy of one of

A Call For Lyrics. A Call for Poets. For the last ten years, I have spent two to two & a half hours every Friday morning playing music with the great Andy Maher. Those sessions have been both enjoyable and rewarding. What is special, besides having fun, is that we write music and create songs. Recently we wrote an instrumental, that is this month’s special song. We Call it Riffin', BUT, this piece needs lyrics and we’re inviting you to write them. We will review all the submi

Dark Swirling waters is a lot like my new book, Game of the Gods. It's about a man sitting on the edge of the world. Could it happen? Maybe. Give it a listen. Recorded with the late great, Daoud Shaw, at his Radio Active Studios. Steve Hastie on Lead and back-up vocals and imitating strange animals. #Songofthemonth #DaoudShaw #GameoftheGods #RadioActiveStudios #DarkSwirlingWaters #TedFink #SteveHastie

Yes, having people review my book is very important to me. Every artist needs the feedback. No painter hangs a picture on a wall hoping people won’t see it, no playwright writes a play hoping it won’t be staged, no musician writes a song hoping people won’t hear it and sing it, no one gets on stage hoping no one applauds. When I receive a review I know two things: first, and most importantly, is that the person writing the review read the book, and that the book moved that pe

It seems that every generation faces a battle with a drug that will kill them. Today's opioid epidemic continues to sweep the nation, and is particularly lethal in our Philadelphia community. We must start talking about the dangers of addiction right from the very beginning. In 1981, I wrote Lost in the Ooze, a modern day fable originally developed as an educational tool for teachers and parents to open a dialogue with children regarding the dangers of addiction. Over 30 year

This month’s song of the month is—Take Me Home Looking thru my music archives I found the song you are about to hear. I have no idea when or where I recorded it. I think I wrote it in the seventies after hitching back from Texas, and waiting on the side of the road for several hours hoping for a a car to stop. At the time, I remember thinking I would never get a ride, and all I wanted was for someone to take me home. #Songofthemonth #TedFink #TakeMeHome #Music