by mike | Dec 10, 2018 | Books, Death, Holocaust, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, in a quiet suburb near San Diego, some moronic cretins thought it would be fun to paint a swastika on the home of a Jewish family. On the first night of Chanukah the family decorated the front of their house with a Star of David and dancing dreidels. Their...
by mike | Apr 19, 2018 | Ghosts, Holocaust, Horror Movies, Movies, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
The dybbuk is prominent in Jewish folklore. I first presented this post in 2014. A Jewish demon? Who knew! Yes, according to Jewish mythology a dybbuk is a ghostly, troubled spirit—most often the wandering soul of a deceased person—that possesses the body of a living...
by mike | Nov 9, 2017 | Books, Editing, Holocaust, Psychological Thrillers, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Transitioning from one scene to the next in a novel is important enough to warrant a second post. I first presented this in 2013. In my last post I promised to share some more transitions from my novel, FREEDOM’S HAND, to show how this necessary device can strengthen...
by mike | Nov 2, 2017 | Books, Editing, Holocaust, Psychological Thrillers, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Transitions can make or break a narrative. I first presented this post in 2013, and it will be just as relevant in 2023. As a writing coach for two centuries or more I have read a lot of transitions from one POV to another, one scene to another, even one past era to a...
by mike | Oct 9, 2017 | Books, Holocaust, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I began writing the bare bones of Freedom’s Hand many years ago and ultimately published it in 2013. My storyline was that, five decades after the liberation of the European concentration camps, a white supremacist called The Commander would use his vast wealth to...
by mike | Oct 5, 2017 | Holocaust, Life, Music, Musical Theater, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Tolerance and love: we need lots of it these days, and this wonderful show promotes it to the max. This post first ran in 2013. I had the great pleasure of seeing the musical stage production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert here in San Diego. Most of the twenty or...
