by mike | Aug 4, 2022 | Books, Editing, Life, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Bill Russell, a great basketball player and an even better human being, passed away last week at the age of 88. Russell had an, uh, “interesting” quirk that I’ve written about in the past. Here is that article. What does former National Basketball Association great...
by mike | Nov 8, 2021 | Aging, Books, Editing, Publishing, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
To be honest, I had planned on working into my seventies—where I am now. As a writing coach, editor, and teacher I totally enjoyed what I did, especially when I saw so many of my students and clients find success as published authors. So what changed? I’ll get to...
by mike | Nov 26, 2020 | Books, Editing, Life, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Happy Thanksgiving, all. Now retired from teaching for years, I know that I could never stand in front of an “audience” again. This post first ran in 2017. What does former National Basketball Association great Bill Russell have to do with leading classes and...
by mike | Sep 28, 2020 | Books, Editing, Research, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
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 consistency over the decades that I’ve been engaged in this: I do my best preliminary...
by mike | Aug 15, 2019 | Books, Horror, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
I modeled the writers’ and artists’ colony in one of my novels, Demon Shadows, after this amazing place. This post first ran in 2015. For well over a century the artists’ community called Yaddo, located in Saratoga Springs, NY, has nurtured creativity by giving...
by mike | Feb 27, 2017 | Books, Editing, Life, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
What does former National Basketball Association great Bill Russell have to do with leading classes and workshops about writing novels? I’ll tell you…shortly. But, first things first. MY STUDENTS NEVER KNEW I began facilitating novel-writing workshops in the early...
