by mike | Jun 10, 2014 | Books, California, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Native Americans, Research, Uncategorized, Writing |
My Native American-themed ghost story, The Burning Ground, was first published a couple of years ago, weeks after I started this blog. I gave an interview about the story back then, and now that I’m re-releasing the book under my Atoris Press imprint—and since so many...
by mike | Nov 18, 2013 | Books, Bookstores, California, Editing, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
With regard to novelists, I’ve written a great deal about listening to the voices of experience when it comes to a writing coach/editor. I shared the following story some years ago in my newsletter and figured it would be just as relevant today. VINCENT WHO? I...
by mike | Aug 19, 2013 | Adventure fantasy, Books, California, Guilty Pleasures, Holocaust, Horror, Life, Movies, Native Americans, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
Yep, no kidding—this is post number one hundred since I began “Swords, Specters, & Stuff” in late January of 2012. I hadn’t even thought of reaching that number till about a month ago, when my dashboard indicated that I had just posted number ninety-five. Close...
by mike | Aug 13, 2013 | California, Holocaust, Life, Movies, Native Americans, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Does that title offend the living crap out of you? It did me, believe it. I didn’t make it up; it is attributed to a United States Army officer in the late nineteenth century. More on that shortly. The line would become the buzz phrase for many non-reservation Native...
by mike | Jul 15, 2013 | Books, California, Editing, Publishing, Uncategorized, Writing |
I first ran the following thoughts in one of my early newsletters. They are still relevant today. It’s no secret that breaking into book publishing is a difficult endeavor. Hey folks, this is the entertainment business, you know? Even if you’re lucky enough to...
by mike | Jul 8, 2013 | Books, California, Sword & Sorcery, Uncategorized, Writing |
I live in Oceanside, California, which is kind of weird, because my house is nowhere near the side of the ocean. It’s at least, oh, three or four miles, as the crow flies (dumb saying). We have two gates in and out of our complex, and if you go out one of them you’re...
