by mike | Mar 26, 2018 | Books, Films About Writers, Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Life, Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
It is hard to imagine any film starring Morgan Freeman, one of my favorite performers, bombing big-time. But if you go by the box office receipts of the 2012 comedy-drama, The Magic of Belle Isle, you’d have to wonder if anyone saw it. Add to that the film reviewers...
by mike | Feb 26, 2018 | Death, Life, Myths & Legends, Uncategorized |
Over the years I’ve written about many weird occurrences, but this particular one ranks way high on the Weird-O-Meter, I kid you not. It is called, among other names, the Dancing Plague of 1518. NOT EXACTLY A DISCO PARTY The incident took place in Strasbourg, which at...
by mike | Feb 1, 2018 | Books, Editing, Humor, Life, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
No, I’m not coaching writers anymore, having drifted into a blissful retirement. But I still take a great deal of pride in the accomplishments of my writers, as indicated by this 2014 post. Given my (approaching) dotage I’ve been taking on fewer writers in recent...
by mike | Jan 29, 2018 | Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Life, Movies, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Romance, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing |
In 1996 Frances Mayes, a writer, book reviewer, teacher, and foodie extraordinaire, published a memoir—replete with recipes—called Under the Tuscan Sun. The book spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list, a remarkable achievement. A romantic...
by mike | Dec 31, 2017 | Aging, Books, Life, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
I first ran this New Year’s Eve post a few years ago. Given how relevant it remains, I present it today. Happy New Year! As the year 2017 comes to an end, I got to thinking: how in the name of Zeus’s butthole did it pass so quickly?! I guess when a year is 1/71st of...
by mike | Dec 28, 2017 | Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
I wonder if these awesome spirits were around when I was a kid in The Bronx. This post first ran in 2014. I grew up in The Bronx, New York City’s northernmost borough, before leaving it for good in 1967 after graduating college. For the first fourteen years I lived in...
