by mike | Jun 8, 2017 | Books, Horror, Movies, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
In this 2013 post I talked about a great story that fit perfectly into my novel, The Burning Ground. That book is available on a Kindle Countdown Deal for one more day. Yeah, I know: most people say “The Lone Ranger and Tonto” rather than the other way around, but to...
by mike | Jun 5, 2017 | Blowing Shit Up, Books, California, Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Paranormal, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Renowned director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing) has had his share of hits and misses during a long career. Among the latter is Ghosts of Mars, a 2001 sci-fi/horror flick that bombed big-time, both critically and at the box office. A true Guilty Pleasure,...
by mike | May 29, 2017 | Life, Movies, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
“Dammit, I know this. I know what this is! This means something. This is important.” When Roy Neary (Richard Dreyfuss) uttered those words forty years ago in the classic Spielberg film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, he was attempting to shape the Devils Tower...
by mike | May 22, 2017 | Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Spirituality, Uncategorized |
I am still processing last week’s awesome trip to the Devils Tower. That story will come in next Monday’s post. For now, here is the Lakota legend about the tower, which is also known as Matȟó Thípila—the Bear Lodge. In a time long past (in a place now called South...
by mike | May 11, 2017 | Books, Fantasy, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
Did I really have something in common with the legendary Louis L’Amour? See what you think in this post, first presented in 2013. Earlier this year I received a gift from my cover artist and good friend in Shingle Springs, California, Karen Phillips—a used copy of a...
by mike | May 1, 2017 | Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
Native American reservations sit along the edge of America, a part of this country…but then again, not really. Outstanding director Chris Eyre (Smoke Signals, Skins) took a true story and turned it into Edge of America, a 2003 made-for-cable film. On the surface it...
