by mike | Apr 9, 2018 | Books, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Monster Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
In about a month or so I will be re-releasing The Ultimate Bike Path—A Retro Ride: Book Two, the first sequel to my comedy/sci-fi story, Bicycling Through Space and Time. My character, cosmic bike rider Jack Miller, will be pedaling his 21-speed mountain bike with the...
by mike | Apr 2, 2018 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
I prepared this post BEFORE Arnold had emergency open heart surgery last week. Glad he made it through okay. Let’s call this post an homage to the Governator. I’ve hardly let a single post about movie lines go by without at least one from Arnold Schwarzenegger,...
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...
