by mike | Feb 17, 2025 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
I don’t know, maybe it’s an “age” thing. Out of the blue last week I felt compelled to read (re-read, actually) Stephen King’s 1986 humongous horror classic, It. I had read the book 25-30 years ago, so why bother? Still, I put it on my Kindle and read all 1,174...
by mike | Jan 27, 2025 | Books, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
If the underachieving 1995 sci-fi/horror flick, Village of the Damned, is remembered for one thing, it is the final appearance in a theatrical film for its star, CHRISTOPHER REEVE. Later that year he would suffer the equestrian accident that would paralyze him and...
by mike | Jan 23, 2025 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
My next book is still in the “thinking” stage. This post first ran in 2022. When the pandemic drove us indoors in early 2020 (and wiped out the NCAA basketball tournament; I’m still not over that one…), I found a number of ways to keep busy. At that point I hadn’t...
by mike | Dec 5, 2024 | Aging, Books, Editing, Publishing, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
A really troublesome client did me a big favor. I first presented this post in 2021. To be honest, I had planned on working into my seventies—where I am now. As a writing coach, editor, and teacher I totally enjoyed what I did, especially when I saw so many of my...
by mike | Oct 24, 2024 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Visiting the Devils Tower with my bride was one of the highlights of my life. This post first ran in 2021. In my comedy/science fiction series, bicyclist Jack Miller enters numerous worlds through “gates” along the cosmic tunnel known as the Ultimate Bike Path. It...
by mike | Oct 3, 2024 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
A real baseball game on the Field of Dreams? Yes, it really happened, back in 2021. “Three years ago at dusk on a spring evening, when the sky was a robin’s-egg blue and the wind as soft as a day-old chick, I was sitting on the veranda of my farm home in eastern Iowa...
