by mike | Nov 3, 2014 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
Okay, this week I’m going to be a curmudgeon—something that I do quite well, actually. There are organizations, conferences, workshops—whatever—that stress sitting down with your laptops on fire and writing novels just as fast as you can. Write 5,000 words over a...
by mike | Oct 20, 2014 | Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
Hello, my name is Writer Mike, and I would like to share with you the most amazing book. (Sorry Jacob, I couldn’t resist.) I must say, Jacob Cooper’s epic fantasy novel, Circle of Reign, IS quite amazing, and I’m glad he found his way to me for some polishing. Michele...
by mike | Sep 29, 2014 | Books, Historical Novels, Publishing, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
There is a disturbing true story behind the events depicted in The Hammer of Witches, a newly published historical novel by Basque scholar and good friend, Begoña Echeverria, one of my long-time writers. After a brief synopsis, I’ll have Begoña tell that story. In...
by mike | Sep 15, 2014 | Books, Bookstores, Native Americans, Nightmares, Uncategorized, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
That line, and Stephen King’s Misery—which I wrote about last week—are apparently inseparable. In the hope of finding some more material I entered “writers’ number one fans” into a search engine, and guess what: the first four links that show up are for Misery and...
by mike | Sep 8, 2014 | Books, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Authors, athletes, actors—heck, just about everyone in the public eye—all have a Number One Fan. Or two. Or a thousand. Even I had some Number One Fans back in the day. Sounds like an interesting topic for a post—which will appear next week. Today we’ll talk about...
by mike | Aug 25, 2014 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
In my centuries of evaluating and editing manuscripts I’ve probably been through five million of ’em. (Wait, I’m not supposed to exaggerate; it’s only one million.) With that large a sample size it’s clear that many of the same mistakes plague writers, whether they’re...
