by mike | Mar 21, 2016 | Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
In the 2015 Gothic thriller, Crimson Peak, director Guillermo del Toro has crafted an atmospheric period piece designed to scare the living crap out of viewers. Young, aspiring novelist Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) likes to write ghost stories, but I doubt if she...
by mike | Mar 10, 2016 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post from 2012 addresses one of my favorite pastimes: scaring the living crap out of my readers. I actually taught a class with that title some years back. For a long time I served as a consultant for the San Diego Unified School District’s GATE program (Gifted...
by mike | Jan 14, 2016 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Are the happenings weird—or is it me? You be the judge after you read this post from 2012. In a recent post I wrote about my trip to Downieville, in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, to do some background research for my ghost story, The Burning Ground. Some weird...
by mike | Jan 7, 2016 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Since this post first appeared in 2012, there have been positive and negative things happening for this country’s indigenous People. On the one hand, fewer cities are acknowledging Columbus Day and have even renamed the holiday Indigenous Peoples’ Day. On the other,...
by mike | Dec 31, 2015 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Today’s blast from the past is about “Romantic Horror.” I published this post just before another significant holiday in 2012. Enjoy! This Tuesday, February 14th—Valentine’s Day—is the publication date for my new ghost story/horror novel, The Burning...
by mike | Dec 28, 2015 | Death, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
In the Navajo culture, the Chindi is a prominent—and feared—figure. “Chindi” is the Navajo word for “ghost,” and this one is no Casper, not by a longshot. GHOST SICKNESS The traditional Navajo belief is that a person’s Chindi is released when his or her final breath...
