by mike | Oct 27, 2016 | Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Mystery Novels, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
How’s this for a storyline? A young woman named Eve so strongly supports a candidate in her bid to become America’s first female president that she takes a bullet for her. But Eve doesn’t mind. She’s actually not a “young” woman; she’s over three hundred years old,...
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 | Feb 18, 2016 | Books, Horror, Nightmares, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
In this post from 2012 I talk about how my dreams—good and bad—influenced so much of my writing, especially back in the day. What’s the deal? A guy who writes horror, fantasy and other weird stuff wondering if creativity is a curse? To be honest—no, not the majority...
by mike | Jan 21, 2016 | Books, Fantasy, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
With a new Conan movie supposedly on the horizon—although I think it’s been stuck in “development hell” for a while—I’d like to revisit this post about the barbarian’s creator, Robert E. Howard. Readers of sword & sorcery, sword & planet, science fiction,...
by mike | Jan 14, 2016 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Are the happenings weird—or is it me? You be the judge after you read this post from 2012. In a recent post I wrote about my trip to Downieville, in California’s Sierra Nevada foothills, to do some background research for my ghost story, The Burning Ground. Some weird...
by mike | Jan 11, 2016 | Books, Editing, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Research, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
This 2010 political drama, directed by Roman Polanski, stars a young Obi-Wan Kenobi (wait, I mean Ewan McGregor) as “The Ghost.” He is never referred to by name, an indication that there will be something “different” about this meticulously paced and intriguing film....
