by mike | Apr 12, 2018 | Books, California, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
During my 200+ years as a writing coach, I’ve seen it all when it comes to manuscripts by wanna-be authors. Issues with plotting, characterization, dialogue, pacing, and all other elements of a novel come to mind—oftentimes in glaringly high definition and even IMAX....
by mike | Mar 15, 2018 | Books, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Are we novelists EVER satisfied with our stories? I first presented this post in 2014. The following paragraph is not an entry out of “Mike’s Brag Book.” I only present it to support the point I plan on making in this post. I have written books, and have edited other...
by mike | Mar 12, 2018 | Books, California, Editing, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Bicycling Through Space and Time, the first book of my comedy/science fiction trilogy featuring cosmic bike rider Jack Miller, was initially not supposed to get published. I wrote the three books during the late 1980s-early ’90s with the idea of preserving my sanity...
by mike | Feb 1, 2018 | Books, Editing, Humor, Life, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
No, I’m not coaching writers anymore, having drifted into a blissful retirement. But I still take a great deal of pride in the accomplishments of my writers, as indicated by this 2014 post. Given my (approaching) dotage I’ve been taking on fewer writers in recent...
by mike | Jan 25, 2018 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
With regard to self-publishing, things haven’t changed much since I first presented this post in 2014. Quite a few years ago, when self-publishing, e-publishing, POD and such were in their embryonic stages, literary super-agent Richard Curtis (who at one time...
by mike | Jan 18, 2018 | Editing, Humor, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Too funny! Opening lines that are so bad—they’re good. I first presented this post in 2014. I just can’t get enough of those great bad opening lines that have been submitted to the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest over the decades. Here are some more gems from recent...
