by mike | Feb 27, 2020 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I have a snow globe containing a dead guy who had froze to death in the snow. What does that say about me? This post first ran in 2016. There are gifts, and then there are GIFTS. You know the kind: where the Giver is totally in tune with the Givee and knows what would...
by mike | Jan 30, 2020 | Films About Writers, Movies, Non-Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
Issues with our government have prevailed from the time we first HAD a government. This post first ran in 2016. Some critics—predictably—knocked the 2015 biographical drama, Trumbo, for its “historical inaccuracies.” Still, this excellent film, starring Bryan Cranston...
by mike | Jan 16, 2020 | Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
This film can generate a bad case of the willies. I first wrote about it in a 2016 post. In the 2015 Gothic thriller, Crimson Peak, director Guillermo del Toro has crafted an atmospheric period piece designed to scare the living crap out of viewers. Young, aspiring...
by mike | Jan 9, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Horror, Life, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I still keep in touch with old friend Hank Garfield. This post first ran in 2016. I had lunch last week with a horror writer from Maine. (No, not THAT horror writer.) Hank Garfield and his friend, Lisa, were in San Diego for a vacation, as well as to visit some of...
by mike | Dec 5, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Aging, Books, Fantasy, Life, Mystery Novels, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Since first presenting this post in 2016, I’ve read a heck of a lot more books just for fun. As one of my fridge magnets says, “Yaay Books!” Like most Americans these days, I worked full-time into my late sixties. During all my adult years I probably could have made...
by mike | Nov 25, 2019 | Books, California, Fantasy, Life, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
In addition to Thanksgiving, this week is notable for two special anniversaries. Twenty-nine years ago, on November 26th, I met Jacqueline for the first time. Seven years later, on November 29th, she became my bride. I’ve been blessed to have this remarkable woman in...
