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....
by mike | May 23, 2013 | Books, Editing, Fantasy, Myths & Legends, Native Americans, Psychological Thrillers, Writing |
Holy cow, a semi-retired guy isn’t supposed to be this busy…is he? I’ll soon be evaluating a manuscript for a Buddhist monk (a novel!), and doing a re-read of a 176,000-word epic fantasy novel. I’m writing a new ending for my fourth and final Ro-lan novel (more on...
by mike | Apr 16, 2013 | Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies |
You might feel a bit…well, sleazy watching this 1982 “erotic remake” of the 1942 movie that bore the same title but, understandably, had way less sex and violence. I suppose that would qualify it as a guilty pleasure. But even though it wasn’t a box office smash, Cat...
by mike | Dec 27, 2012 | Books, Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies |
BENEATH HEAVEN LIES HELL. BENEATH HELL LIES… The Cave. Actually, I probably could’ve designated this claustrophobic 2005 horror flick as a Guilty Pleasure, even though I’ve always enjoyed watching it. Not so others, apparently. Research revealed that it barely broke...
by mike | Oct 25, 2012 | Fantasy, Publishing, Sword & Planet, Sword & Sorcery, Writing |
I’ve written about this being my third writing career, with a gap of about seventeen years since my second writing career until starting up again in 2011. One constant, as I’ve come to realize throughout a span of over three decades, is that the majority of...
by mike | Oct 3, 2012 | Books, Fantasy, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Publishing, Science Fiction, Writing |
No, this post is not about a cop show in Hawaii, and it’s definitely not about me approaching a significant birthday. OH, I WISH! I passed that particular milestone a long, long time ago and just kept on truckin’. So what is this all about? Well, I started this blog,...
