Mark SchorrJul 123 min24 - To Pacific Premier GroupPaul Conti has a Stanford Medical School and Harvard (chief psychiatric resident) pedigree. But it was his compassion for clients and an...
Mark SchorrJun 223 min23 - Over the BorderlineIn 1992, renowned psychiatrist Dr. George Vaillant wrote an article entitled The Beginning of Wisdom Is Never Calling a Patient a...
Mark SchorrJun 142 min22 - A Borderline FixationWith what I had learned about psychology, and being based in Portland, I wrote two novels-Borderline and Fixation--with a new...
Mark SchorrJun 74 min21 - My Career at CascadiaAs a staff clinician at Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare, my writing largely consisted of assessments, treatment plans, and chart notes. I...
Mark SchorrJun 12 min20 - A Bomb Next DoorOne day at work I remember clearly, from what went on outside of work. My wife knew not to call me. I was always back-to-back with...
Mark SchorrMay 242 min19 - Challenges of a Rookie TherapistAfter my internship, Southeast Mental Health Network offered me a job on the crisis team. I took it, even though I preferred doing longer...
Mark SchorrMay 172 min18 - The Name’s Schorr, Mark SchorrMy dress shoes were uncomfortable and so I wore funky old sneakers. This may seem like an irrelevant detail but stick with me. My plan...
Mark SchorrMay 103 min17 - A Change of CareerI still remember the crushing feeling when a novel I had worked on was rejected by my agent. I didn’t cry but felt like it. The news had...
Mark SchorrMay 32 min16 - Hurray for HollywoodMy Red Diamond books were optioned multiple times. Options, except for big name properties, are usually a small amount, a few thousand at...
Mark SchorrApr 262 min15 - Desperately Seeking AttentionNowadays, it’s clear that authors must do their own publicity. When you submit a book to an agent, many will actually ask about how big a...
Mark SchorrApr 193 min14 - A Novel IdeaRealizing that journalism was never really going to satisfy the writer in me, I had begun working on a novel back in my Herex days. As...
Mark SchorrApr 123 min13 - I Become an AirheadUltimately, in 1982, I left the Herald to work for the Los Angeles CBS affiliate, then called KNXT. Network owned and operated. Connie...
Mark SchorrApr 53 min12 - Making A Federal Case Out Of ItAfter about nine months, I was assigned to federal court. Frank Candida had state court, where there was a lot of activity, but most of...
Mark SchorrMar 294 min11 - Hark the Herald Angelenos SingIn my less than two years at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, I wrote several hundred articles, sometimes with more than one story in the...
Mark SchorrMar 223 min10 - When Elmo Wasn't the Creepiest Thing in Times SquareI forgot exactly how I was introduced to him, but Ed Caffrey was a retired New York Police Department sergeant who had been undercover...
Mark SchorrMar 153 min9 - Nothing To Snort AtSo I had become a New York Magazine writer, with multiple stories published. I did the cover story that was, at that time, their biggest...
Mark SchorrMar 93 min8 - Not one of the Hardy BoysBack in the 70s as I was writing for Courier-Life, I did a couple of stories on Joseph Lauria, a bright and dedicated prosecutor who went...
Mark SchorrMar 12 min7 - The Batman ReturnsWhen Dave Greenberg decided to run to be a NY State assemblyman, I took the unpaid job of being his press assistant. Writing up releases...
Mark SchorrFeb 223 min6 - Undercover DiscoThe brief orientation was basically, “Everyone is here to have fun, be polite, be respectful, and don’t let any trouble happen.” I was...
Mark SchorrFeb 163 min5 - Batman's SidekickAt Courier-Life I met two interesting subjects who would change my life. One was Dave Greenberg, aka Batman, a hero cop who helped...