by mike | Sep 30, 2021 | Books, Editing, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first presented this post in 2018, BEFORE I rewrote and reissued my comedy/sci-fi trilogy. Not only are they all available by now, I also wrote a fourth book in the series last year! As one who loves to write, I enjoyed creating all my many published novels. But my...
by mike | Sep 13, 2021 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
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 could be Earth’s past or future, otherworldly dimensions, even the pages of literature, among many others....
by mike | Sep 6, 2021 | Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Life, Medical Thrillers, Publishing, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writing |
It may be fifteen years that Courage to Heal, a novel based heavily in fact, was released by Sunbelt Publications, but its history goes back farther than that. As an editor and writing coach I worked on the project with its author, Dr. Paul Bernstein, years earlier....
by mike | Aug 26, 2021 | Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 1993 horror film, The Dark Half, is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1989 novel of the same name. His main character, Thad Beaumont, is a bestselling novelist—what else? Writers love to write about other writers, and King leads the league in that category. I should...
by mike | Aug 16, 2021 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
“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 when a voice very clearly said to me, ‘If you build it, he will come.’” Those words...
by mike | Jul 29, 2021 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’d like to share a creepy scene from The Burning Ground, one of my four horror novels. This is the final scene in chapter one, which takes place in 1849. (The balance of the story is contemporary.) I first presented this post in 2017. The setup: gold has been...
