by mike | Jul 28, 2022 | Books, California, Editing, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Nightmares, Non-Fiction, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Most of my novels were ones that I wanted to write. STONE WOMAN was one that I HAD to write. When writing historical novels based on true events, the challenge is to not make the scenes read like dry, academic research for a thesis. My award-winning historical novel,...
by mike | Apr 14, 2022 | Books, Historical Novels, Museums, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
Who knew? Not me, until I read about the Bone Wars in Michael Crichton’s book, Dragon Teeth, back in 2018, when this post first ran. Also called the Great Dinosaur Rush, the Bone Wars comprises an interesting chapter in American history. The phrase refers to a period...
by mike | Mar 10, 2022 | Life, Museums, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
This is one of the oddest stories I’ve come across in all the years that I’ve been doing this blog. The post first ran in 2018. “There’s a sucker born every minute,” someone once declared. No, it wasn’t P.T. Barnum, the great showman, as many believe. But Barnum did...
by mike | Oct 28, 2021 | Books, Movies, Non-Fiction, Travel, Uncategorized |
I probably wouldn’t survive for a day in the jungle! What this man did was remarkable. In 1981 a young Israeli man, Yossi Ghinsberg, went backpacking around the globe in search of adventure. During a trek through a minimally explored jungle in Bolivia, he found more...
by mike | Oct 14, 2021 | Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Life, Movies, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Romance, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing |
Authors who come out of their writing caves do have some interesting life experiences. This post first ran in 2018. In 1996 Frances Mayes, a writer, book reviewer, teacher, and foodie extraordinaire, published a memoir—replete with recipes—called Under the Tuscan Sun....
by mike | Aug 2, 2021 | Death, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movies, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized |
Last month I watched the much-honored 1997 film, Titanic, for the first time in many years. (I almost made it through the three-plus hours without bawling, until Jack bobbed up and said his farewells to Rose…) It reminded me that I had heard a replica of the doomed...
