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...
by mike | Sep 23, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
By my own checklist the 2003 historical adventure-fantasy film, 47 Ronin, is the perfect Guilty Pleasure. It bombed at the box office: check. Critics hated it: check. Yours truly loved it: double check. The film is based on actual events, which took place in...
by mike | Jun 27, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
French novelist Jules Verne is often referred to as the “Father of Science Fiction.” You’ll get no argument from me. This post, about one of his most famous works, first ran in 2015. My muse, Edgar Rice Burroughs, wrote his adventure novel, At the Earth’s Core, in...
