by mike | Feb 6, 2014 | Death, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Paranormal, Sword & Sorcery |
A STAR STOPS SHINING I’m sure everyone knows by now that Philip Seymour Hoffman passed away last weekend at the heartbreakingly young age of forty-six. Still, I had to acknowledge his passing, as he has long been one of my favorites. He gave life and emotion to every...
by mike | Jan 31, 2014 | Horror, Horror Movies, Life, Movies, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
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 the South Bronx, until urban decay began to set in, sending my family to a nicer part of town. Through...
by mike | Jan 13, 2014 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Life, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
This story is about the best day ever for a first-time published author: me. Naturally it took place a long, long time ago: 1978, to be exact. My sword & planet novel, The Prisoner of Reglathium (first in the five-book Dannus series), had just come out. I had an...
by mike | Nov 4, 2013 | Life, Movies, Musical Theater, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I had the great pleasure of seeing the musical stage production of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert here in San Diego last month. Most of the twenty or so familiar songs are still rolling around in my head, and they are more than welcome there. But above all the laughs,...
by mike | Sep 17, 2013 | Holocaust, Life, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This morning my wife picked up the main section of our local newspaper and started reading, as she does every morning. But this time she did not get past page one. “I can’t believe this!” Jacqueline exclaimed as she tossed the section on the floor. “Is this what our...
by mike | Sep 5, 2013 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Holocaust, Horror, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Through the centuries decades I’ve been asked a thousand times, “Mike, why do you write?” Being of eastern European descent I always answer that question with other questions. “Why do I write?” you ask. “Why do I breathe? Why do I eat and drink?” That’s about how...
