The best authors are transparent, their phrasing and word use as deft as an artist’s brush. Their art paints the lives of their characters, while we, the readers, follow the flow of their work in silence.
But I do wonder sometimes just how the author might phrase their work aloud, what they’d emphasize, how they’d punctuate. [...]

Good news and great personal reviews are coming in every week from readers who’ve read The Gospel of Matthias Kent.
Today, Author Mike received a request to meet with the Mystery Readers of the Camp Hill Barnes & Noble for a discussion of the book to be held in August. Yes, that means they’re selecting Gospel [...]

The Midtown Scholar hosts the first annual book fair in Harrisburg’s historic Midtown on Saturday and Sunday, June 26th & 27th. Author Mike will be on hand from 1-4 on Saturday during the Fiction portion of the event that brings in more than 50 regional authors to meet, greet and speak with Harrisburg’s amazing reading [...]

Author Mike and Susquehanna Writers members, Tina Crone, Don Helin, and John Sprunk, had a great time discussing Fahrenheit 451 as a part of Jumpstreet’s Big Read this past Saturday. It was great to talk about so many aspects of the book versus the film as well as getting the audience’s take on what Ray [...]

A good crowd turned out at the Midtown Scholar Bookshop for Author Mike’s riff on Ray Bradbury’s impact on our present day world. Among the attendees were various and sundry members of the Pennwriters and Susquehanna Writers. Judging by the lack of boos and hurled vegetables, everyone enjoyed the speech. Thanks to Cindy Dlugolecki and everyone at [...]

Rae and Sam have invited me out to the Bookworm Bookstore in the Lemoyne Farmers Market on Saturday, December 5th, from 9:00 AM until noon to sign copies of It Came From Beyond the Sun, my anthology of tabloid sci fi.
The Bookworm is one of those great bookstores  of collectible, used, and new books that’s [...]

Author Mike will be appearing at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Book Shop on Sunday, November 22nd, 2009, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM to sign and share his anthology of tabloid sci fi, It Came From Beyond the Sun.
 
 
 
 
.

Ah, the day of the big keynote for the Big Read is fast approaching and author Mike is hard at work finalizing all the details for an entertaining and thought-provoking speech called “I Blame Ray Bradbury” — a tongue-and-cheek look into uber-author Ray Bradbury’s iconic work - Fahrenheit 451. 
Jumpstreet coordinator Cindy Dlugolecki has been equally hard [...]

The above number is NOT the anti-Christ in hexadecimal, nor is it this week’s winner lottery number. Just what it it?
It’s the number you should give to the person at the register of your local Barnes & Noble on Saturday, October 24th, 2009. By giving them that number, a portion of the proceeds goes to support Jumpstreet. This [...]

Author Mike made a brief appearance (time-wise, not undergarments-wise) at the Jumpstreet Spectrum Awards Breakfast to invite everyone to the Big Read Keynote on November 21st, 2009 at 2:00 PM at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore on 3rd Street in Harrisburg, PA.
The Spectrum Awards are Jumpstreet’s way of recognizing community and business leaders for their amazing and generous [...]