by mike | Jun 20, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Death, Ghosts, Life, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
The first novel that I ever published had the main character getting knocked off in the opening chapter. Really!? This post first ran in 2015. I’ve never dwelled too much on what happens after I croak. But now that I’m pushing an age that once seemed science fiction,...
by mike | Apr 29, 2019 | Creature Features, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 1986 comedy/horror flick, House, not only fits the bill as a film in which the main character is a writer, but more specifically, a horror writer. I’ve written about a bunch of movies in my “Films About Writers” series, and a number of them focus on those of us...
by mike | Apr 25, 2019 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Paranormal, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Is “Romantic Horror” oil and water? Or bacon and eggs? This post last ran in 2015. My ghost story/horror novel, The Burning Ground, contains enough juicy, gory, creepy scenes to satisfy the horror purist. But the story is also about relationships—in particular the...
by mike | Apr 11, 2019 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Less bloodshed, more scares…that’s what make for a good horror movie these days. This post first ran in 2015. I, for one, am glad that in recent years, horror filmmakers have decided that scaring the crap out of people is more important than grossing them out by...
by mike | Apr 1, 2019 | Ghosts, Movies, Myths & Legends, Non-Fiction, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
File this one under “unsolved mysteries,” an incident that has confounded researchers, as well as ordinary people, for over a century. How did three lighthouse keepers on Eilean Mòr, site of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse, vanish one day without a trace? Eilean Mòr is...
by mike | Mar 7, 2019 | Books, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Here is a post that first ran in 2015. Useful writing tips never become outdated. WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE! To some writers, “outline” is a dirty word (much like “synopsis”). To others, it is an indispensable tool in helping to craft their stories. As for me—well, during...
