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...
by mike | Mar 8, 2018 | Baseball, Fantasy, Humor, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
In the spring, those two words are like music to my ears. All of the Major League teams—especially my beloved San Diego Padres—are in Spring Training, and Opening Day is only a few weeks away. And since baseball is my religion, I could not be happier. As I’ve written...
by mike | Mar 5, 2018 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Having written over two dozen novels, I can honestly say that I never had more fun than when I created my comedy/sci-fi stories, Bicycling Through Space and Time and its two sequels, in the ’90s. I initially wrote the first book for the sole purpose of entertaining...
by mike | Feb 19, 2018 | Books, Death, Fantasy, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Harold Crick is an IRS agent who leads a boring life. Harold is also—not by choice—a character in a book, and that character is slated to die at story’s end. A LIFE BY THE NUMBERS Stranger Than Fiction, a 2006 fantasy/comedy/drama, stars Will Ferrell in an understated...
by mike | Dec 24, 2017 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Nightmares, Romance, Uncategorized |
As a Jewish kid growing up in The Bronx—in a neighborhood of mostly other Jews—I had little exposure to Christmas, other than learning it wasn’t “our” holiday. Even so, I enjoyed many of the Christmas movies that played all through December on our 12-inch, black &...
by mike | Nov 30, 2017 | Baseball, Fantasy, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
This is one of my most “personal” posts. I first presented it in 2014. That line comes from my second-favorite movie of all time, Frequency. Released in 2000, this fantasy/baseball/serial killer/father & son relationship flick, starring Dennis Quaid and Jim...
