Took me ’til the sixth draft until I spotted the ridiculousness of this adjective and cut it: ..on a fifteen-below winter day…

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This was originally recorded for BookStock.com but I couldn’t get the upload to work, so I’ll share my gratitude for indie bookstores here, then encourage you to check out BookStock,…View post

…and finds a typo. From the new book “Million Billion.” Kindle link and paperback pre-order info right here. NOTE: Since I began posting the “From the Little Writing Room Above…View post

Every week the Wisconsin State Journal runs “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be adapted from Mike’s Tent Show Radio monologues). This week’s…View post