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Mysti Parker’s The Roche Hotel

This is a shameless plug for a good friend of mine who also teaches at Writer’s Village. It’s for her new book which is part of a serial and it comes out October 15. The Roche Hotel Season One A serial romantic comedy by Mysti Parker After her husband ditches her for a blonde actress […]

Shakespeare

So, I have a confession to make. I have always had a very tough time reading Shakespearean English. And it’s not that I haven’t tried. Oh sure, I took Macbeth and Hamlet in school like everyone else and managed somehow to get through it, but that’s it. I want to be able to read it […]

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New Short Story Collection

I am currently in the midst of putting together my second short story collection, Unbroken Horses. This is turning out to be a big book. Over 150,000 words. It may, in fact, be so big that I have to put it into two volumes. I am hoping this is not the case. I wish to […]

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SIWC

< I will be attending the Surrey International Writers’ Conference this year (like I do most years). If you wish to discuss writing with me or get a book signed, feel free to approach me with either. I look forward to meeting you! Michael out.

When Can You Break POV Rules?

I had a recent discussion with a colleague about the pros and cons of writing from third-person point of view vs. omniscient point of view. His book has one storyline from first person POV and the rest are from omniscient, but not true omniscient because he doesn’t really go into any character’s heads. The reason, […]

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Good Morning Vietnam!

I recently met this woman named Mila Herenda www.mizotarot.ca who has literally changed my life and I haven’t even signed up for a single one of her courses (yet). Mila is a tarot card reader. I me her at Chilliwack’s Party in the Park and she’s a big fan on getting things done and growing […]

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Writing Character Biographies

As most of you know, I am a huge fan of keeping “story bibles” for my book. This first came along when my first professionally published story Dream with Little Angels turned into a series (I’m on book four). Without having a bible, the story would’ve been impossible to continue. It takes place in the […]

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Trying to Push Words In: When Your Novel isn’t Long Enough

Many of you out there are reading my southern mystery series that takes place in the mythical town of Alvin Alabama. Book two, Close to the Broken Hearted, has just been released and I am working on book three. Book three has already had a rather interesting life. First, you should know, I have, contractually, […]

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Darkstone Published!

My Buddhist YA book, Darkstone: The Perfection of Wisdom is now published. It is available on Amazon right here. Here’s what the back of the book says: Crescent City: A madman has escaped from the asylum and threatens to destroy the city. Only one person can bring him to justice: A superhero known as Darkstone. […]

Archetypes

ARCHETYPES vs. STEREOTYPES These are the notes from a presentation I’ll be giving over two days talking about Jungian Archetypes and how to keep yours fresh. It’s easy to write stereotypical Archetypes, in fact, the quintessential Archetype would be the stereotype. You will see this document contains both weeks of the presentation. If you have […]