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...
by mike | Apr 7, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Fantasy, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
I actually watched this old guilty pleasure a few weeks ago. Here is what I wrote about it in 2012. In a previous post I mentioned that the “guilt” in guilty pleasures comes from worrying about what others might think about one’s tastes, maybe seeing you as a real...
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 | Feb 1, 2016 | Adventure fantasy, Aging, Books, Fantasy, Life, Mystery Novels, Psychological Thrillers, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
Like most Americans these days, I worked full-time into my late sixties. During all my adult years I probably could have made some time to partake in one of my favorite endeavors: reading books. One problem: for most of that time I worked as a writing coach and...
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...
