by mike | Dec 10, 2012 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Nightmares, Science Fiction |
THE ULTIMATE UNDERGROUND MOVIE. IT WILL LEAVE YOU LEGLESS! Yep, that was a tagline for the 1990 horror/comedy flick, Tremors. It didn’t bother me one bit, because—heck, they had me at its main protagonist, Kevin Bacon, one of my favorites. (Factoid: he played in the...
by mike | Dec 4, 2012 | Life, Publishing, Writing |
I made it through December 3rd yesterday. December 3rd? It comes after Thanksgiving and before Christmas, Kwanza, and (most of the time) Chanukah. This year it falls on a Tuesday, an innocuous day of the week at best. So what’s the big deal? Three years ago, on...
by mike | Nov 27, 2012 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Writing |
A person of some fame and accomplishment (in endeavors other than writing) contacted me some years back to see if I could assist her in writing a book about her life. At first thrilled and honored, I quickly re-evaluated the possibility of this happening when she...
by mike | Nov 14, 2012 | Books, Editing, Mystery Novels, Publishing, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
I’ve worked with countless writers over the decades as a coach and editor, and interacting with the majority of them has been a joy for me. But with some, not so much. The difference? The “not-so-muchers” don’t take critiquing well, are defensive, and some actually...
by mike | Nov 8, 2012 | California, Horror Movies, Movies, Science Fiction, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
I spent part of last weekend giving workshops at the 12th Annual La Jolla Writer’s Conference down in San Diego. This excellent conference was launched in October of 2001—it almost got canceled because of 9/11—and I served on its founding faculty, as well as on every...
