by mike | Jun 6, 2016 | Books, Editing, Horror, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
My self-assessment is that I’m one of the most passive guys on the planet. That’s why, when I go back and read one of the (many) violent, bloody scenes that I’ve written in my novels over the decades, I wonder, “Where the hell did that come from?” WRITING AS A...
by mike | Mar 17, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Humor, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
With regard to writing novels I had to start somewhere, as noted in this post from 2012. What? No, this isn’t about THAT first time. This blog is about writers, and writing, and fantasy, and horror, and stuff like that. Besides, that would be telling. This is about...
by mike | Mar 14, 2016 | Baseball, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Horror, Life, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I had lunch last week with a horror writer from Maine. (No, not THAT horror writer.) Hank Garfield and his wonderful girlfriend, Lisa, were in San Diego for a vacation, as well as to visit some of Hank’s family. I hadn’t seen my old friend since he moved back to Maine...
by mike | Feb 11, 2016 | Books, Editing, Humor, Nightmares, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Back in 2012, when I facilitated workshops at the Hunt Country Writers’ Retreat in Virginia, I finally got to meet Ken Kraus for the first time. Ken is a New Jersey-based writer of speculative fiction, and while I’d worked with him on and off for years as his editor...
by mike | Feb 4, 2016 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post from back in time talks about a two-word phrase that, without question, is an integral tool in every novelist’s toolbox. Everything I write—everything that just about all novelists write—begins with those two words. I prepare detailed outlines for my...
by mike | Jan 11, 2016 | Books, Editing, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
This 2010 political drama, directed by Roman Polanski, stars a young Obi-Wan Kenobi (wait, I mean Ewan McGregor) as “The Ghost.” He is never referred to by name, an indication that there will be something “different” about this meticulously paced and intriguing film....
