by mike | Aug 20, 2012 | Books, Mystery Novels, Writing |
Last month I wrote a post titled “Celebrating a Friend” in which I shared some thoughts and feelings about mystery writer and good friend, Jeff Sherratt. At the time Jeff was quite ill, and I wanted to make sure that he, above anyone else, read those...
by mike | Aug 13, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Horror, Research, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
For you writers, or even wanna-be writers out there, this bit of information may be helpful. I first presented it as a newsletter for my writing community a while back. To some writers, “outline” is a dirty word (much like “synopsis”). To others, it is an...
by mike | Aug 2, 2012 | Books, California, Native Americans, Research, Science Fiction, Writing |
Those of us who write novels have a great platform for saying pretty much anything we want. The characters we create often reflect our likes, our dislikes, our politics, our worldviews, and many other things. And there is nothing wrong with venting our spleens through...
by mike | Jul 16, 2012 | Books, Writing |
It may surprise you to know that my favorite literary character is not John Carter of Mars, or Conan the Barbarian, or even Frodo Baggins. That distinction goes to a rather odd, middle-aged, seventeenth century Spaniard named Alonso Quijano. If that name doesn’t ring...
by mike | Jul 9, 2012 | Books, Bookstores, California, Mystery Novels, Writing |
Jeff Sherratt is a Newport Beach, CA mystery writer with three published novels among his credits. Jeff is also my friend. In recent years the younger (and even older) generation has overused the slang word “bro” to the point of meaninglessness, even referring to...
by mike | Jun 22, 2012 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Horror, Movies, Romance, Sword & Planet, Writing |
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 nearly thirty novels written. When I made the commitment to start writing novels a long, long time ago I began...
