by mike | Jun 6, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
This post is an homage to my muse, Edgar Rice Burroughs. I can never say enough about this legendary author. In the 1980s I published a sword & sorcery novel titled, The Twentieth Son of Ornon (reissued a few years ago as The Sons of Ornon). It might have been my...
by mike | May 23, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
These lesser known works by Edgar Rice Burroughs foreshadowed a dystopian future. This post first ran in 2015. I’ve written a great deal about my muse, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and how as a kid I read just about all of his seventy-plus novels. His adventure stories both...
by mike | May 2, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Death, Editing, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized, Writing |
Getting a chance (and having the time) to rewrite some problematic novels from the past is one of the great joys of retirement. This post first ran in 2015, and I mostly left it as is. In order to introduce my latest re-release, Warlord of Maldrinium (World After...
by mike | Apr 29, 2019 | Creature Features, Films About Writers, Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
The 1986 comedy/horror flick, House, not only fits the bill as a film in which the main character is a writer, but more specifically, a horror writer. I’ve written about a bunch of movies in my “Films About Writers” series, and a number of them focus on those of us...
by mike | Apr 25, 2019 | Books, California, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Paranormal, Publishing, Romance, Uncategorized, Writing |
Is “Romantic Horror” oil and water? Or bacon and eggs? This post last ran in 2015. My ghost story/horror novel, The Burning Ground, contains enough juicy, gory, creepy scenes to satisfy the horror purist. But the story is also about relationships—in particular the...
by mike | Apr 4, 2019 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Historical Novels, Horror, Native Americans, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’ve said before that good writing never goes out of style. Nor do good writing tips. This post last ran in 2015. Did you expect to see the word “profit” in that title? Not likely. Let me share some thoughts from what I’ve experienced over the past gazillion years and...
