by mike | Dec 15, 2014 | Books, California, Historical Novels, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Uncategorized |
The Modoc People, like all Native American tribes, have their own folklore—myths and legends handed down through time. In my historical novel, Stone Woman: Winema and the Modocs, I insert one of these legends at an emotionally charged moment in the (true) story. It is...
by mike | Dec 9, 2014 | California, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
My previous posts in the “Films About Writers” series, Finding Forrester and Misery, featured fictional writers. In the 1979 movie, Time After Time, we have a real writer, H.G. Wells, put into a fictional story—with some interesting results. Wells—referred to as...
by mike | Nov 10, 2014 | Books, California, Historical Novels, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized |
No, this post is not about a song from Frozen. (Great song, though.) I imagine you all know the old saying that begins, “If you love something, let it go.” Well, that’s exactly what I have just done with a historical novel, titled Stone Woman that—for me—has been a...
by mike | Oct 13, 2014 | California, Life, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing |
Just got back from a short—but real sweet—trip to Idyllwild, a town over a mile high in Southern California’s imposing San Jacinto Mountains. Not that I ever need an excuse to go there, but in this case we made the trip to celebrate a significant birthday for my...
by mike | Sep 2, 2014 | Aging, California, Life, Uncategorized |
“Hi, I’m Mike, and I’m a head case.” Okay, I hope that didn’t prompt you to counter with the typical twelve-step response, because if it did, I gotta worry about you. 🙂 Tell the truth, we’re probably all head cases when it comes to one thing or another—something...
by mike | Aug 4, 2014 | California, Ghosts, Myths & Legends, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Years ago, when I set my ghost story, Fire Dance, in the Anza Borrego Desert east of San Diego, I had no idea just how haunted this bleak landscape actually was. Well, I do now. The following stories are courtesy of the Paranormalistics, a highly trained team of...
