by mike | Jun 19, 2025 | Books, Humor, Movies, Mysteries, Mystery Films, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
I did a follow-up to this 2022 post a year later, involving major changes in a couple of characters from this series. That post will run next Thursday. Despite our affection for British mysteries, my bride and I had passed on Father Brown for quite some time. I mean,...
by mike | Jun 12, 2025 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Ghosts, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Uncategorized |
I’m happy to report that I am writing again! The new book is titled, THE MAGIC OF THE BIKE PATH and is the sixth entry in my comedy-science fiction series that began many years ago with BICYCLING THROUGH SPACE AND TIME. In the meantime, enjoy a scene from my Sword...
by mike | May 1, 2025 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
This sci-fi thriller amazed readers nearly ninety years ago. I first presented this post in 2022. A magazine called Astounding Science Fiction, later renamed Analog Science Fact and Fiction, was highly influential in bringing the sci-fi genre into the mainstream many...
by mike | Apr 3, 2025 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
You know what they say about “opinions.” I first presented this post in 2022. I had a “gimmick”—for want of a better word—that I used when facilitating novel-writing workshops and classes at writers’ conferences and other venues. While discussing the fear of having...
by mike | Mar 13, 2025 | Books, Humor, Science Fiction, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized |
These books are so much fun to write. I first presented this post in 2022. Indeed he is, still the reluctant hero in my novel, The Horrors of Harrmel. Bernie first appeared in my 2016 Sword & Planet spoof, The Wizard from Harrmel, where he was zapped up from an...
by mike | Mar 10, 2025 | Adventure fantasy, Aging, Books, Death, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized, Writing |
I’m finding it hard to wrap my head around the reality that next month will mark one year since I lost my beloved Jacqueline. Often I find myself floating around my empty house in a daze of denial. Still, she made me promise to take care of myself and to keep on...
