by mike | Sep 5, 2013 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Holocaust, Horror, Life, Native Americans, Publishing, Science Fiction, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Through the centuries decades I’ve been asked a thousand times, “Mike, why do you write?” Being of eastern European descent I always answer that question with other questions. “Why do I write?” you ask. “Why do I breathe? Why do I eat and drink?” That’s about how...
by mike | Aug 30, 2013 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The Hotel del Coronado, which opened in 1888, is one of San Diego’s most famous and iconic structures. It has hosted all manner of royalty, both foreign and domestic. Marilyn Monroe lived on site during the filming of the 1959 comedy classic, Some Like It Hot. The...
by mike | Aug 6, 2013 | Books, Holocaust, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I wrote an early draft of my recently published thriller, Freedom’s Hand, many years ago—out of anger. So why an emotion like that as a catalyst for writing a novel? Let me explain. My parents were Eastern European Jews who immigrated here in the early twentieth...
by mike | Jul 31, 2013 | Books, Holocaust, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Just like the name of my blog—and one of my websites—professes, most people know me as a writer in genres such as sword & sorcery, sword & planet, horror, paranormal, fantasy, and science fiction. That is why my newly released novel, Freedom’s Hand, may come...
by mike | Jun 27, 2013 | Books, California, Horror, Native Americans, Publishing, Writers' Retreat, Writing |
Writing is, for the most part, a solitary avocation. I know that when I write my books I’m confined to my guy cave for endless hours at a time each day. So on those rare occasions when writers let themselves out into the real world and fill up a room or two at some...
by mike | Jun 12, 2013 | Adventure fantasy, Books, Fantasy, Writing |
The answer to that is a great big YES. At least I do. I’ve been thinking about that a lot in recent months for a specific reason. Let me explain. I just reissued one of my long-ago adventure fantasy novels, The Beasts of Zammar, the fourth book in the Ro-lan series....
