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 | Feb 7, 2022 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
When the pandemic drove us indoors in early 2020 (and wiped out the NCAA basketball tournament; I’m still not over that one…), I found a number of ways to keep busy. At that point I hadn’t written a new book in years, but circumstances being what they were, I decided...
by mike | Jan 21, 2021 | Books, Death, Holocaust, Life, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Once again, I’m re-running this post from a few years back. Why? Because it seems that EVIL is running rampant, not only around the world, but also in our own country. And if anything, it is getting worse. This morning my bride picked up the main section of our local...
by mike | Oct 22, 2020 | Books, Films About Writers, Movies, Non-Fiction, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
The famous White Whale of literature is grounded in fact. This post first ran in 2017. Okay, calling this 2015 historical adventure a film about a writer may be a reach. Then again, one of the primary characters is Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, so it may not...
by mike | Sep 28, 2020 | Books, Editing, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Yes, I mean that literally…but not in a nasty way. Quite the opposite. I’ve written over two dozen novels and countless stories, articles, blog posts, etc., and there has been one consistency over the decades that I’ve been engaged in this: I do my best preliminary...
by mike | Sep 10, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Magical realism, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Major League Baseball is paying tribute to the late Roberto Clemente, a great ballplayer and an even greater humanitarian. In a post about the late writer, W.P. Kinsella (author of “Field of Dreams”), I had included excerpts from one of his short stories, “Searching...
