by mike | Aug 3, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve written a great deal about my muse, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and how as a kid I read just about all of his seventy-plus novels. His adventure stories both on (and in) Earth—Tarzan, Pellucidar, Caspak—and on other worlds—John Carter of Mars, Carson of Venus—sparked...
by mike | Jul 17, 2015 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Death, Editing, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
In order to introduce my latest re-release, Warlord of Maldrinium (World After Death: Book One), I have to go way back in time. I’m talking 1978, just about when humankind discovered fire. At least movable type had been invented by then, because in that year I...
by mike | May 18, 2015 | Books, California, Death, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Spirituality, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
WRITING AFTER DEATH A good friend of mine, who died a long time ago, has written a new book. Say what!? Are you kidding, Mike? Actually, I’m not. Today (5/18/15) is the release date for a non-fiction book titled, Between Now and When: How My Death Made My Life Worth...
by mike | May 4, 2015 | Books, Editing, Epic Fantasy, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
Here is another post that came through time via the Wayback Machine. Useful writing tips never become outdated. But first, I’d like to brag about a couple of my writers, both of whom I’ve heard from in the past week. They must’ve listened well to some of the things I...
by mike | Jan 13, 2014 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Life, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
This story is about the best day ever for a first-time published author: me. Naturally it took place a long, long time ago: 1978, to be exact. My sword & planet novel, The Prisoner of Reglathium (first in the five-book Dannus series), had just come out. I had an...
by mike | Aug 19, 2013 | Adventure fantasy, Books, California, Guilty Pleasures, Holocaust, Horror, Life, Movies, Native Americans, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Yep, no kidding—this is post number one hundred since I began “Swords, Specters, & Stuff” in late January of 2012. I hadn’t even thought of reaching that number till about a month ago, when my dashboard indicated that I had just posted number ninety-five. Close...
