by mike | Aug 4, 2025 | Books, Fantasy, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Readers of sword & sorcery, sword & planet, science fiction, fantasy, and horror undoubtedly know the name of Robert E. Howard. For the majority of people, not so much. But just about everyone is familiar with the name of Howard’s most famous creation: Conan...
by mike | Mar 13, 2025 | Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
These books are so much fun to write. I first presented this post in 2022. Indeed he is, still the reluctant hero in my novel, The Horrors of Harrmel. Bernie first appeared in my 2016 Sword & Planet spoof, The Wizard from Harrmel, where he was zapped up from an...
by mike | Aug 29, 2024 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
This time travel novel, The Sword of Tyron, is one of my earliest efforts. I first presented this post in 2021. A reader in the UK, one of my 17 international fans, 😊 recently wrote me to say that his old copies of my Sword & Sorcery novels, Berbora and Flight...
by mike | Apr 29, 2024 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
Circumstances preclude my presenting a new post for today. But here is one of my favorites from long ago. 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...
by mike | Apr 15, 2024 | Books, Fantasy, Horror, Nightmares, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
Circumstances preclude my presenting a new post for today. But here is one of my favorites from long ago. What’s the deal? A guy who writes horror, fantasy and other weird stuff thinking that creativity is a curse? To be honest—no, not the majority of the time. My...
by mike | Apr 8, 2024 | Books, Fantasy, Research, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
Circumstances preclude my presenting a new post for today. But here is one of my favorites from long ago. Everything I write—everything that just about all novelists write—begins with those two words. I prepare detailed outlines for my stories, so that I always have a...
