by mike | Dec 14, 2015 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Native Americans, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I should feel quite guilty about enjoying Nightwing, the 1979 horror film based on the Martin Cruz Smith novel of the same name—a movie reviled by both critics and viewers alike. But, as usual, I don’t give a rat’s (bat’s?) butthole about what anyone thinks. For sure,...
by mike | Dec 10, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Fantasy, Ghosts, Horror, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
With over two hundred posts in the nearly four-year existence of my blog, I thought it might be fun to revisit some of the older stories. Beginning today, in addition to the new posts on Monday I will use the Wayback Machine every Thursday to summon up the past....
by mike | Aug 3, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve written a great deal about my muse, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and how as a kid I read just about all of his seventy-plus novels. His adventure stories both on (and in) Earth—Tarzan, Pellucidar, Caspak—and on other worlds—John Carter of Mars, Carson of Venus—sparked...
by mike | Jul 14, 2015 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Paranormal, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’m traveling and haven’t been able to give a new post the time it deserves. Besides, the next one you’ll see will contain a pretty cool announcement. Stay tuned. Meantime, here is one from the vaults that I hope you’ll find interesting. My ghost story/horror novel,...
by mike | Jun 29, 2015 | Books, California, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Research, Romance, Uncategorized |
My blog dashboard informed me that last week’s post was number 199. Being the math whiz that I am, it didn’t take me long to figure out that this week’s post would be a monumental number two hundred! Yes, three-and-a-half years, and I’m still at it. That’s because—as...
by mike | May 18, 2015 | Books, California, Death, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Spirituality, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
WRITING AFTER DEATH A good friend of mine, who died a long time ago, has written a new book. Say what!? Are you kidding, Mike? Actually, I’m not. Today (5/18/15) is the release date for a non-fiction book titled, Between Now and When: How My Death Made My Life Worth...
