by mike | Oct 14, 2021 | Books, Films About Writers, Humor, Life, Movies, Non-Fiction, Publishing, Romance, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing |
Authors who come out of their writing caves do have some interesting life experiences. This post first ran in 2018. In 1996 Frances Mayes, a writer, book reviewer, teacher, and foodie extraordinaire, published a memoir—replete with recipes—called Under the Tuscan Sun....
by mike | Sep 30, 2021 | Books, Editing, Humor, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first presented this post in 2018, BEFORE I rewrote and reissued my comedy/sci-fi trilogy. Not only are they all available by now, I also wrote a fourth book in the series last year! As one who loves to write, I enjoyed creating all my many published novels. But my...
by mike | Sep 13, 2021 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
In my comedy/science fiction series, bicyclist Jack Miller enters numerous worlds through “gates” along the cosmic tunnel known as the Ultimate Bike Path. It could be Earth’s past or future, otherworldly dimensions, even the pages of literature, among many others....
by mike | Sep 6, 2021 | Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Life, Medical Thrillers, Publishing, Read & Critique, Uncategorized, Writing |
It may be fifteen years that Courage to Heal, a novel based heavily in fact, was released by Sunbelt Publications, but its history goes back farther than that. As an editor and writing coach I worked on the project with its author, Dr. Paul Bernstein, years earlier....
by mike | Jul 29, 2021 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’d like to share a creepy scene from The Burning Ground, one of my four horror novels. This is the final scene in chapter one, which takes place in 1849. (The balance of the story is contemporary.) I first presented this post in 2017. The setup: gold has been...
by mike | Jul 22, 2021 | Books, Holocaust, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Sadly, this award-winning novel—about a brutal white supremacist group in the 1990s—continues to be relevant today, as it was in 2017, when I last presented this post. I began writing the bare bones of Freedom’s Hand many years ago and ultimately published it in 2013....