by mike | Oct 21, 2019 | Ghosts, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Nightmares, Paranormal, Uncategorized |
Having viewed over 17 million horror movies since the invention of celluloid, I’m pretty jaded when it comes to being scared by any of them. But I just about had to change my shorts after watching the 2013 thriller, The Conjuring. If it isn’t the scariest movie I ever...
by mike | Oct 14, 2019 | Books, California, Horror, Native Americans, Uncategorized, Writing |
By way of self-evaluation, The Modoc Well (originally published as The Well by Bantam Books) is the goriest of my four horror novels. This particular shocker of a scene will illustrate that. The setup: The Lowell family has relocated to the small Northern California...
by mike | Oct 7, 2019 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Quotes |
Thoughts about writing from successful writers can inspire—or perhaps deflate, depending how they are taken. Here are a few gems. “I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.” – Sylvia Plath “If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to...
by mike | Sep 30, 2019 | Baseball, Horror, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror, I’ve had plenty of time to collect my share of “stuff.” I thought it might be fun to have a look at some of the more interesting things, so consider “Curious Possessions” the first of a new, occasional series for my...
by mike | Sep 23, 2019 | Adventure fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Uncategorized |
By my own checklist the 2003 historical adventure-fantasy film, 47 Ronin, is the perfect Guilty Pleasure. It bombed at the box office: check. Critics hated it: check. Yours truly loved it: double check. The film is based on actual events, which took place in...
by mike | Sep 16, 2019 | Aging, Editing, Humor, Life, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing Quotes |
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), known by his pen name of Mark Twain, is considered this country’s greatest humorist. William Faulkner even went as far as calling him “the father of American literature.” Here are some of his best and most meaningful quotes....
