by mike | Nov 17, 2025 | Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
In my latest opus, The Magic of the Bike Path (A Jack Miller Senior Moment: Book Six), Jack has been tasked with being the “ghost guide” for Ebenezer Scrooge on the night that he’s visited by all those spirits. This is during my rather, ah, different take on the...
by mike | Dec 24, 2017 | Fantasy, Ghosts, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Nightmares, Romance, Uncategorized |
As a Jewish kid growing up in The Bronx—in a neighborhood of mostly other Jews—I had little exposure to Christmas, other than learning it wasn’t “our” holiday. Even so, I enjoyed many of the Christmas movies that played all through December on our 12-inch, black &...
by mike | Feb 10, 2013 | Books, Editing, Publishing, Writers' Conferences, Writing |
A novel is made up of quite a few elements, among them characterization, dialogue, point of view, setting, and so on. But in my mind, the most important element—without question—is the story’s opening, what we call the HOOK, or more specifically, the narrative hook....
