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...
by mike | Mar 17, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Humor, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
With regard to writing novels I had to start somewhere, as noted in this post from 2012. What? No, this isn’t about THAT first time. This blog is about writers, and writing, and fantasy, and horror, and stuff like that. Besides, that would be telling. This is about...
by mike | Mar 14, 2016 | Baseball, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Horror, Life, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I had lunch last week with a horror writer from Maine. (No, not THAT horror writer.) Hank Garfield and his wonderful girlfriend, Lisa, were in San Diego for a vacation, as well as to visit some of Hank’s family. I hadn’t seen my old friend since he moved back to Maine...
by mike | Feb 4, 2016 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post from back in time talks about a two-word phrase that, without question, is an integral tool in every novelist’s toolbox. Everything I write—everything that just about all novelists write—begins with those two words. I prepare detailed outlines for my...
by mike | Jan 18, 2016 | Books, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
A rather recent rancid review prompted me to write this post. Sure, most writers are sensitive to criticism; I was like that too, back in the day. But I’ve been writing since the dawn of time and have learned to accept bad reviews as part of “the cost of doing...
