by mike | Apr 20, 2015 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Nightmares, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
In last week’s post I discussed a movie, The Whole Wide World, which chronicled a brief period of time in the all-too-short life of writer Robert E. Howard. Best known for his stories about Conan the Barbarian, Howard is considered by many to be the “father” of the...
by mike | Mar 16, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Horror, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Advice about the business and the craft of writing seldom gets dated. Every so often I will be revisiting previous posts, such as this one from 2012. Did you expect to see the word “profit” in that title? Not likely. Let me share some thoughts from what I’ve...
by mike | Jan 5, 2015 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
Back in my salad days, when I took on just about any writer who had a pulse, I worked with a woman from the Midwest—let’s call her Helen—who had written, according to her, about three-quarters of a thriller. I first evaluated what she’d completed, and quite frankly,...
by mike | Dec 5, 2014 | Books, Humor, Life, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Dude, you gotta read this book! About a year ago I had the great pleasure of working on The Everweed State (subtitled E Cannabis Unum; how cool is that!) with author Rebecca Baumgartner, who had a good deal of help with research from her husband, Tracy. This...
by mike | Nov 24, 2014 | Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
I managed to nab the URL of mikesirota.com a long time ago, and ever since then it has connected people to my Mike Sirota Writing Services website. That time has come to an end, as I’ve officially retired from coaching writers, and evaluating/editing manuscripts....
by mike | Nov 3, 2014 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
Okay, this week I’m going to be a curmudgeon—something that I do quite well, actually. There are organizations, conferences, workshops—whatever—that stress sitting down with your laptops on fire and writing novels just as fast as you can. Write 5,000 words over a...
