by mike | Oct 8, 2020 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Ghosts, Historical Novels, Horror, Humor, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
When I first presented this post I had put seven years behind me following a health issue that nearly sent the Mother Ship down to take me home. Four more years have passed, so I’ve updated this post. As the challenging year of 2020 staggers to an end, I’ve had a...
by mike | Sep 24, 2020 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
I changed the title of this post, first presented in 2016, but left the introduction pretty much as is, because things haven’t changed much, and if anything they’ve gotten worse. I’m sure you’ll know what I mean. This past year has been a challenging one, to say the...
by mike | Jun 11, 2020 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
When this post first ran in 2016, the title read, “Almost Done.” I’ve long since finished what I set out to do, as you’ll see in this revision. With the 2016 publication of my Sword & Planet novel, Slaves of Maldrinium, I came close to fulfilling a promise that I...
by mike | May 4, 2020 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Uncategorized |
Never has that iconic line from the 1985 comedy/adventure, The Goonies, been more true than last week. Stage and screen star Josh Gad (The Book of Mormon, Frozen), a huge fan of the film, succeeded in facilitating, via Zoom, a virtual reunion on YouTube with just...
by mike | Dec 5, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Aging, Books, Fantasy, Life, Mystery Novels, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Since first presenting this post in 2016, I’ve read a heck of a lot more books just for fun. As one of my fridge magnets says, “Yaay Books!” Like most Americans these days, I worked full-time into my late sixties. During all my adult years I probably could have made...
by mike | Nov 11, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Mystery Films, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless is best known for her iconic, kick-butt role as Xena: Warrior Princess, in a syndicated television series that ran for 134 episodes from the late 1990s through 2001. She has hardly lacked for work since then, with numerous film and TV...
