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Ventrella Quest (Political Blog)
- Aspiring Authors Unite! Learn From My Mistakes (and Advice from the Experts)
Interviews
- Ackley-McPhail, Danielle
- Barnes, Steven
- Bashman, Janice Gable
- Beagle, Peter
- Beck, Jerry
- Bell, Darrin
- Brayton, Stephen
- Brin, David
- Butler, S.C.
- Caine, Rachel
- Christian, Claudia
- Cole, Myke
- Constantine, Storm
- Corvisiero, Marisa Iozzi
- Crispin, A. C.
- David, Peter
- Davis, Jeffrey
- DeCandido, Keith
- Desberg, Peter
- Douglas, Deron
- Elrod, P. N.
- Enge, James
- Faust, Gabrielle
- Flynn, Michael
- Foster, Alan Dean
- Freeman, William
- Freer, Dave
- Frost, Gregory
- Galanti, Donna
- Gerrold, David
- Goldsher, Alan
- Grant, Cat
- Griswold-Ford, Val
- Habib, Alia Hanna
- Hoare, Christopher
- Huff, Tanya
- Hunt, Walter H.
- Jacobs, J. Richard
- James, Tommy
- Jameson, Kelly
- Kabongo, Mike
- Kaylan, Howard
- Kimmel, Daniel
- Lake, Jay
- Lamba, Marie
- Lang, Michele
- Lee, Sharon
- Maass, Donald
- Maberry, Jonathan
- Martin, Gail Z.
- McGoran, Jon
- McPhail, Mike
- Merz, Jon F.
- Miller, Steve
- Morris, Janet
- Morris, Tee
- Morris, Tracy S.
- Morrow, James
- Norris, Christine
- Nye, Jody Lynn
- Orullian, Peter
- Palmatier, Joshua
- Pang, May
- Perkins, Lori
- Pinto, KT
- Pollotta, Nick
- Powers, Tim
- Prellwitz, Peter
- Redding, Chris
- Resnick, Mike
- Ringo, John
- Rosenberg, Joel
- Ruggiero, Tony
- Sawyer, Robert J.
- Schoen, Lawrence M.
- Shirley, John
- Silverman, Hildy
- Snodgrass, Melinda
- Sparhawk, Bud
- Spinrad, Norman
- Spoor, Ryk E.
- Steele, Allen
- Syed, Karen
- Tafoya, Dennis
- Tan, Cecilia
- Van Name, Mark L.
- Waid, Mark
- Watt-Evans, Lawrence
- Webb, Betty
- Wellington, David
- Williams, Tad
- Wilson, Alyce
- Wilson, David Niall
- Wold, Allen
Mike's Comments
- A Bard in the Hand
- A Bard's Eye View
- As You Know, Bob…
- Attending Conventions
- Cutlass and Musket
- Damn you, Real Life!
- Don't Give Up Your Day Job
- Establishing a Fantasy World
- Friends, Fans, and Facebook
- Get a Good Editor
- Heroes
- Honesty is the Best Plot Twist
- How Not to Develop Characters
- Ideas Aren't Everything
- It's the Characters, Stupid
- Learning How To Read
- Leggo My Ego
- Meet the "Bard's Eye View" Authors
- Networking
- Obvious Writing Rules That Aren't That Obvious
- Plowing Through That First Draft
- Prologues: The Devil's Work
- Rum and Runestones
- Self Promotion
- Short Stories
- Start in the Middle
- The Axes of Evil
- The Curse of Enthusiasm
- The Curse of Self-Publishing
- The P.O.V. Waltz
- The Query Letter
- The Reluctant Hero
- The Secret of Success
- Three Acts?
- To Hell With Outlines!
- Twisted Tails
- Using Outlines
- When It's OK to Self-Publish
- Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
- Write What You Don't Know
Resources for new writers
- 25 Hard Truths About Writing and Publishing
- A Guide to Literary Agents
- A Long Lonely Road
- A Newbie's Guide to Publishing
- Alison's CWIM Blog
- An Englishman in New Jersey
- Book View Cafe
- Buzz, Balls and Hype
- Crowe's Nest
- Editor Unleashed
- Editorial Ass
- Evil Editor
- Janet Reid, Literary Agent
- Jonathan Maberry's Big Scary Blog
- Life as a Literary Agent
- Marie Lamba, writer
- Nathan Bransford, Literary Agent
- Philadelphia Stories
- Preditors and Editors
- SlushPile Hell
- Tess Gerritsen's Blog
- The Author Chronicles
- The Blood Red Pencil
- The Book Connection
- The Bookshelf Muse
- The Kill Zone
- The Mad Genius Club
- The Rejector
- There Are No Rules
- Wednesday's Words for Writers
- Writer Unboxed
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Mike’s Books
"Humor, danger and a twisted tangle of unlikely prophecies make for a page-turning adventure." - Gail Z. Martin, author of The Chronicles of the Necromancer series
“Clever, funny and suspenseful. Normally, I would rather eat bees than read fantasy novels, but this one is great.” – Mark Waid, author of Kingdom Come and Birthright
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Mike’s Upcoming Appearances
Mike’s Interviews
Donna Galanti's Blog (April 2013)
Juniper Grove Blog (January 2012)
Laurel Ann Hill's Blog (May 2011)
Writing From the Dark Places (May 2011)
Alyce Wilson's Blog (December 2010)
Tracy S. Morris' Blog (November 2010)
Chris Redding's Blog (May 2010)
Ghost in the Machine podcast (March 2010)
Teen Book Connection (March 2010)
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