by mike | May 17, 2018 | Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Here is some more helpful advice for aspiring novelists. This post first ran in 2014. We writers tend to fall in love with our words—sometimes too much. As a writing coach and editor for decades I have been personally responsible for millions of words of unnecessary...
by mike | May 10, 2018 | Books, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
I still believe this is what every writer should know. This post first ran in 2014. In my decades as a writing coach and editor I have worked with first-time writers whose talents and abilities ranged from “I think you should take up needlepoint or jet skiing instead”...
by mike | May 3, 2018 | Books, California, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
I ran this interview in 2014, shortly after I reissued my ghost story, The Burning Ground. My Native American-themed ghost story, The Burning Ground, was first published a couple of years ago, weeks after I started this blog. I gave an interview about the story back...
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 series 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...
