by mike | Feb 19, 2024 | Baseball, Books, Movies, Musical Theater, Sports, Uncategorized |
I don’t recall exactly when The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, published in 1954, came into the Sirota household. Maybe I picked it up at a library sale…a possibility, as back then I haunted the West Farms Branch (in The Bronx) of the New York Public Library....
by mike | Feb 15, 2024 | Death, Horror, Myths & Legends, Nightmares, Uncategorized |
This story is enough to spoil anyone’s appetite. I first presented this post in2020. When Wes Craven, the late film director, needed source material for his 1977 horror classic, The Hills Have Eyes, he turned to a story that combined truth and possibly fiction. An...
by mike | Feb 12, 2024 | Books, Bookstores, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
I’ve been through starts and stops with my writing career. At present I’m in a “hold” pattern, for unavoidable reasons. I addressed one of the “stops” at a long-ago book launch for my novel, The Burning Ground, one that I repeated shortly afterward as keynote speaker...
by mike | Feb 8, 2024 | Books, Editing, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
To me, walking is more than just exercise. I first presented this post in 2020. Yes, I mean that literally…but not in a nasty way. Quite the opposite. I’ve written over two dozen novels and countless stories, articles, blog posts, etc., and there has been one...
by mike | Feb 5, 2024 | Aging, Death, Football, Life, Movies, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
I was saddened to learn about the passing of Carl Weathers last week. The ex-football player-turned actor died “peacefully,” according to his family, in his sleep at the age of 76. Mr. Weathers played linebacker for Don Coryell at San Diego State University in the...
by mike | Feb 1, 2024 | Aging, Baseball, California, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
So glad NOT to be in the cave anymore, although we remain cautious. This post first ran in 2020, during the heart of the pandemic. Day 11,587 of the Coronavirus Pandemic (give or take): feels like it anyway, right? We all want it to be over, but the reality is that...
