by mike | Jan 7, 2016 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Since this post first appeared in 2012, there have been positive and negative things happening for this country’s indigenous People. On the one hand, fewer cities are acknowledging Columbus Day and have even renamed the holiday Indigenous Peoples’ Day. On the other,...
by mike | Dec 24, 2015 | Books, California, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
My ghost story, The Burning Ground, was first published in 2012. Here is an interview I did back then about the book. Q: How did you get the idea for The Burning Ground? A: One of the most used and abused books in my collection is A.L. Kroeber’s Handbook of the...
by mike | Dec 17, 2015 | California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
Many writers dislike research. I’m just the opposite. For me, research is one of the most important and fun things that I do. This post from four years ago tells about one of my best research trips ever. The sign on the shoulder of SR 49 in California’s Sierra Nevada...
by mike | Dec 10, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Fantasy, Ghosts, Horror, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Research, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
With over two hundred posts in the nearly four-year existence of my blog, I thought it might be fun to revisit some of the older stories. Beginning today, in addition to the new posts on Monday I will use the Wayback Machine every Thursday to summon up the past....
by mike | Jun 29, 2015 | Books, California, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Research, Romance, Uncategorized |
My blog dashboard informed me that last week’s post was number 199. Being the math whiz that I am, it didn’t take me long to figure out that this week’s post would be a monumental number two hundred! Yes, three-and-a-half years, and I’m still at it. That’s because—as...
by mike | Nov 10, 2014 | Books, California, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized |
No, this post is not about a song from Frozen. (Great song, though.) I imagine you all know the old saying that begins, “If you love something, let it go.” Well, that’s exactly what I have just done with a historical novel, titled Stone Woman that—for me—has been a...
