by mike | Nov 14, 2012 | Books, Editing, Mystery Novels, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
I’ve worked with countless writers over the decades as a coach and editor, and interacting with the majority of them has been a joy for me. But with some, not so much. The difference? The “not-so-muchers” don’t take critiquing well, are defensive, and some actually...
by mike | Oct 25, 2012 | Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
I’ve written about this being my third writing career, with a gap of about seventeen years since my second writing career until starting up again in 2011. One constant, as I’ve come to realize throughout a span of over three decades, is that the majority of...
by mike | Aug 13, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Horror, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
For you writers, or even wanna-be writers out there, this bit of information may be helpful. I first presented it as a newsletter for my writing community a while back. To some writers, “outline” is a dirty word (much like “synopsis”). To others, it is an...
by mike | Jul 3, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Sword & Sorcery |
I gotta say, when it comes to guilty-pleasure horror movies I’m a sucker for anything BIG. Give me giant arachnids, rats, bugs of any kind, reptiles, dogs, cats, lions, tigers, and bears—even Fifty-Foot Women or Amazing Colossal Men—and I’m as happy as a clam. (Good...
by mike | Jun 28, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
These days, I get to play the “age card” for all manner of brain farts and such. It comes in pretty handy when I walk into my office and totally forget why I did, or worse, when I leave my car keys in the refrigerator. But since what I’m about to tell you has a shelf...
by mike | Jun 11, 2012 | Books, Bookstores, California, Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
The thundering drums from Basil Poledouris’s awesome score tell me that, for perhaps the hundredth time, I’m about to immerse myself in the 1982 screen exploits of author Robert E. Howard’s most famous character, Conan the Barbarian. What can I say? I love this film,...
