by mike | Aug 22, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Editing, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
With the recent publication of my Sword & Planet novel, Slaves of Maldrinium, I am close to fulfilling a promise that I made to myself a few years ago. The catalyst for this occurred during the start of my writing career, when I was fortunate—or maybe...
by mike | Jun 2, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
I’ve watched John Carter a number of times since writing this post in 2012, and I enjoy it even more each time. Maybe now that the Edgar Rice Burroughs Estate has reacquired the rights, we may yet see a sequel. Okay, if you read this blog you must know how I feel...
by mike | May 12, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post, about another popular pulp writer from the early twentieth century, first appeared in 2012. Since I’ve spent the last two Throwback Thursday posts on my favorite and most inspirational writer, Edgar Rice Burroughs, I decided to continue that theme with a...
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 | Apr 25, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Horror, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
I am happy to report that Book Three in my “World After Death” series, Dark Seas of Maldrinium, has just been published. The story is a “revised-the-living-crap-out-of-it” version of a book that first came out in the late 1970s. It is also the first half of a strange...
