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 | Jul 7, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
Not having felt “guilty” for a while, I dug way down into the well of duds for this 1998 action-horror flick. I mean, how could I not like a movie co-starring Famke Janssen (X-Men’s Jean Grey and a Bond villain in GoldenEye) and a bunch of giant, multi-tentacled sea...
by mike | May 20, 2014 | Books, Editing, Ghosts, Horror, Paranormal, Writing |
During my 200+ years as a writing coach, I’ve seen it all when it comes to manuscripts by wanna-be authors. Issues with plotting, characterization, dialogue, pacing, and all other elements of a novel come to mind—oftentimes in glaringly high definition and even IMAX....
by mike | May 14, 2014 | Books, Editing, Ghosts, Holocaust, Horror, Paranormal, Psychological Thrillers, Publishing, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
PRAISE FOR FIRE DANCE: “Sirota returns…with this atmospheric tale of horror in the American Southwest. Horror fans will enjoy this updated take on the western ghost town.” – Publishers Weekly, 12/6/10 As many of you know, I’m big on second chances. (Check out my first...
by mike | May 6, 2014 | Ghosts, Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Be forewarned: the 2002 horror flick, Ghost Ship, has one of the most memorable—and gross—opening hooks in all of filmdom. We find ourselves aboard an Italian luxury ocean liner, the Antonia Graza, in 1962. As Francesca, a sexy singer, croons a tune, dozens of...
by mike | Apr 23, 2014 | Guilty Pleasures, Horror, Horror Movies, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
When I saw that Michael Gross, who played whacko right-wing survivalist Burt Gummer in the first three Tremors films, also starred in Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, I assumed this was yet another sequel. But no, this one takes place in 1889, about a century before the...
