by mike | Oct 13, 2016 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post first ran in 2012. Obviously, the second Tyron novel mentioned in it was published the following year. I’ve written about this being my third writing career, with a gap of about seventeen years since my second writing career until starting up again in 2011....
by mike | Sep 29, 2016 | Books, California, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Writer’s block has been around since primitive men and women had difficulty deciding what to scrawl on cave walls. This 2012 post would have been relevant even back then. Okay, I don’t mean to belittle a malady that is prevalent among so many writers. It’s just that...
by mike | Sep 26, 2016 | Books, Bookstores, Editing, Films About Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
It is pretty well accepted that reading books can influence people in many ways, both positively and negatively. But can they drive readers to madness and murder? In the Mouth of Madness, the bizarre 1995 film—its title is an homage to H.P. Lovecraft’s At the...
by mike | Aug 25, 2016 | Baseball, Books, Magical realism, Publishing, Sports Movies, Uncategorized, Writing |
This story, first posted in 2012, was a joy to write, and equally to revisit. W.P. Kinsella is, without a doubt, one of my favorite writers. “Three years ago at dusk on a spring evening, when the sky was a robin’s-egg blue and the wind as soft as a day-old chick, I...
by mike | Aug 22, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
With the recent publication of my Sword & Planet novel, Slaves of Maldrinium, I am close to fulfilling a promise that I made to myself a few years ago. The catalyst for this occurred during the start of my writing career, when I was fortunate—or maybe...
by mike | Aug 18, 2016 | Books, Death, Editing, Life, Mystery Novels, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Tomorrow, August 19th, marks the four-year anniversary of the passing of Jeff Sherratt, a wonderful writer and an even better friend. Knowing that he was terminally ill I wrote a post about Jeff in July of 2012, because I wanted to make sure he got to read it. I also...
