by mike | Aug 4, 2016 | Books, Editing, Horror, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
For you writers, or even wanna-be writers out there, this bit of information may be helpful. I first presented it as a newsletter for my writing community years ago, and later in a 2012 post. To some writers, “outline” is a dirty word (much like “synopsis”). To...
by mike | Jul 28, 2016 | Books, Horror, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first published this post in 2012, but its message is timeless. Do you expect to strike it rich writing books? Not likely. Let me share some thoughts from what I’ve experienced over the past gazillion years and nearly thirty novels written. When I made the...
by mike | Jul 18, 2016 | Books, Editing, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Actually, I could have categorized the 2012 romantic drama, The Words, as a film about a writer writing about a writer—who’s writing about another writer. With a top-notch cast that includes Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Dennis Quaid, and Jeremy Irons, among others, I...
by mike | Jun 9, 2016 | Books, Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
In this 2012 post I talk about an amazing discovery that I made about one of my old book covers. These days, I get to play the “age card” for all manner of brain farts and such. It comes in pretty handy when I walk into my office and totally forget why I did, or...
by mike | May 5, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, California, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
In last Thursday’s post I thanked Edgar Rice Burroughs for being my inspiration to write. This post, first published in 2012, tells about his interesting life. In a recent post I noted that Edgar Rice Burroughs was the single greatest source of inspiration for both my...
by mike | Apr 28, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post, an homage to my muse, was the first of two, both of them from 2012. The second one will appear next week. In the 1980s I published a sword & sorcery novel titled, The Twentieth Son of Ornon (reissued a few years ago as The Sons of Ornon). It might have...
