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 | Mar 7, 2016 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I’m a sucker for “creature features” and I always keep an eye out (ouch!) for ones that I might’ve missed. When Netflix recommended Rogue, a 2007 indy thriller from Australia with some familiar names in the cast and—amazingly, for this genre—a 100% rating on Rotten...
by mike | Feb 25, 2016 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Uncategorized |
As a fan of what some consider “bad” movies, I’ve written about many of these “Guilty Pleasures” over the past few years. Here is the first post in the series—about one of my favorite films—from back in 2012. Let’s talk about guilty pleasures. The term itself relates...
by mike | Feb 18, 2016 | Books, Horror, Nightmares, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
In this post from 2012 I talk about how my dreams—good and bad—influenced so much of my writing, especially back in the day. What’s the deal? A guy who writes horror, fantasy and other weird stuff wondering if creativity is a curse? To be honest—no, not the majority...
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,...
