by mike | Aug 17, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Death, Ghosts, Life, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve never dwelled too much on what happens after I croak. But now that I’m pushing an age that once seemed science fiction, I have to wonder just where I’ll wind up when that time comes. Will my atoms get scattered to the universe? Will the Mother Ship come and get...
by mike | Aug 3, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve written a great deal about my muse, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and how as a kid I read just about all of his seventy-plus novels. His adventure stories both on (and in) Earth—Tarzan, Pellucidar, Caspak—and on other worlds—John Carter of Mars, Carson of Venus—sparked...
by mike | Jul 17, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Death, Editing, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
In order to introduce my latest re-release, Warlord of Maldrinium (World After Death: Book One), I have to go way back in time. I’m talking 1978, just about when humankind discovered fire. At least movable type had been invented by then, because in that year I...
by mike | Mar 16, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Horror, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Advice about the business and the craft of writing seldom gets dated. Every so often I will be revisiting previous posts, such as this one from 2012. Did you expect to see the word “profit” in that title? Not likely. Let me share some thoughts from what I’ve...
by mike | Apr 9, 2014 | Adventure fantasy, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
First off, here is my Fine Whine: for an almost-retired guy, I’m as busy as I’ve been in years. I’ve been doing my writing coach/editor thing nonstop all through 2014; I’m about to begin a huge evaluation that will take me through much of April; and there is more work...
by mike | Jan 13, 2014 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Life, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
This story is about the best day ever for a first-time published author: me. Naturally it took place a long, long time ago: 1978, to be exact. My sword & planet novel, The Prisoner of Reglathium (first in the five-book Dannus series), had just come out. I had an...
