by mike | Jan 21, 2019 | Books, California, Editing, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Nightmares, Non-Fiction, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
When writing historical novels based on true events, the challenge is to not make the scenes read like dry, academic research for a thesis. My award-winning historical novel, Stone Woman: Winema and the Modocs, offers many examples of how (hopefully) not to bore...
by mike | Jan 17, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Publishing, Romance, Sword & Planet, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Advice about the business and the craft of writing seldom gets dated. Let me share some thoughts from what I’ve experienced over the past gazillion years and about thirty novels written, in a post that last ran in 2015. When I made the commitment to start writing...
by mike | Jan 7, 2019 | Books, Death, Editing, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Romance, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 2006 mystery/ghost story, Half Light, starring Demi Moore, somehow got past me all these years. Well, better late than never. Here is a brief introduction, with absolutely no spoiler alert. I do not want to ruin this compelling film for anyone. WHEN THE DARKNESS...
by mike | Nov 5, 2018 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
Ah, November! I’m not even sure NaNoWriMo or whatever is around anymore, but the point I attempt to hammer home to all writers, novice and otherwise, remains valid in any month or year. So as in Novembers of yore, here is this oft-run post. Okay, this week I’m going...
by mike | Nov 1, 2018 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Read & Critique, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
Here is a point that I always made clear to my writers. I first presented this post in 2015. Back in my salad days, when I took on just about any writer who had a pulse, I worked with a woman from the Midwest—let’s call her Helen—who had written, according to her,...
by mike | Sep 13, 2018 | Books, California, Editing, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
It took a long time for my award-winning historical novel, Stone Woman, to see the light of day. In Part Two I will explain why. A War Story…A Love Story I thought that my interest in doing this story might wane after I finished my horror novel, The Modoc Well. On the...
