If you’ve liked my Facebook Author page (www.facebook.com/MitziFlyteAuthor) or even read this blog over the last few years (Who ARE you?), you know that I’m drawn to the “things that go bump in the night.” That could be aliens staring in the window, monsters hiding under the bed, ghosts blowing in and out of the … More Why I Like Scary Stories and Weird Stuff
One of my favorite books, one that I listen to each year (“listen to” because it is read by the author) is: I’ve read that many writing courses use this book.. I firmly believe that King’s books will be taught just as we now teach Poe, Hawthorne, Faulkner, Hemingway. One of my favorite quotes from this book: … More On Reading AND Writing
I read two books in the last three days. One book I’d ordered to receive on publication date and the other one I checked out of the library. In Finders Keepers, the sequel to Mr. Mercedes, King once again enters to world of the Thriller. King starts this new book by introducing a famous reclusive … More Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Readers, Writers, and Serendipity
When I was a kid, I had night terrors…nightmares that would grab me and not let me go. For eight years my bedroom as at one end of our apartment and my parents’ room was at the other. A fairly large living room and steps leading downstairs and outside separated us. I felt lost, a … More Freaky Friday – Why I love the paranormal
I write horror. And paranormal romance but mostly I write dark—sometimes very dark. When I tell people that, I may get the “Ewwwww. I can’t read that stuff.” “How can you write that stuff?” “I could NEVER read Stephen King.” (More on that remark later) And variations on that theme. Yes, I’m a woman … More Women in Horror Month
I have a short story (“To E. A. Poe”) in Tales from the Mist an anthology that’s now #2 on Kindle’s Fantasy list. “That’s not my cup of tea” is the phrase I hear sometimes when I tell people what I write. Okay, I write horror and paranormal. I’ve been known to write something with … More
This is not a blog about writing. This is a blog about reading. In the late 1970s—maybe 1977 or 1978—I carried a very large book around with me, telling people, “You must read this. You must read this author.” The book was The Stand and it was the second book by Stephen King that I’d … More 11/22/63 A Novel
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