by mike | May 11, 2020 | Books, Fantasy, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Not much to laugh about these days, so for a break from all of the bad news, here is a rather outrageous scene from The 22nd Gear, the third book in my “Bicycling” trilogy. The setup: my protagonist, Jack Miller, has ridden his mountain bike onto a world where lesser...
by mike | May 7, 2020 | Books, Editing, Films About Writers, Movies, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Where there are writers, there are words. I first presented this post in 2016. Actually, I could have categorized the 2012 romantic drama, The Words, as a film about a writer writing about a writer—who’s writing about another writer. With a top-notch cast that...
by mike | Apr 16, 2020 | Books, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
This series is about one of the scariest, most famous horror stories of all time. The post first ran in 2016. A while back I wrote a post titled, “A Jack Nicholson Snow Globe?” Inside the globe Jack’s dead eyes stare out through the snow in a scene from Stanley...
by mike | Apr 2, 2020 | Books, Death, Editing, Horror, Uncategorized, Writing |
Okay, if this scene doesn’t make you wonder about me, nothing will. 😊 I first presented this post in 2016. At the beginning of last week’s post I mentioned that I was a real weenie. People who know me often ask, “How can you write that stuff!” Like I said, the best...
by mike | Mar 26, 2020 | Books, Editing, Horror, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Just how cathartic is writing? More than you can imagine. This post first ran in 2016. My self-assessment is that I’m one of the most passive guys on the planet. That’s why, when I go back and read one of the (many) violent, bloody scenes that I’ve written in my...
by mike | Mar 12, 2020 | Horror, Museums, Nightmares, Uncategorized, Writing |
This was a memorable visit to Edgar Allan Poe’s old haunts, to be sure. The post first ran in 2016. During a recent trip back east I stopped by the Poe Museum in Richmond and caught up with my old friend Edgar. I thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating tribute to a great...
