All-Nighter
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View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “A Pilgrim’s...
Intro to a 1999 piece on country genius Marty Stuart. From “Big Boy’s Big Rig,” available here. NOTE: Since I began posting the daily “From the Little Writing Room Above the Garage” posts, I’ve been...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “Chicken Coop Campout”
My daughters have given me so many unpredictable, goofy, and gentle joys. From the book “From the Top.” NOTE: Since I began posting the daily “From the Little Writing Room Above the Garage” posts, I’ve...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “A Smashing Souvenir”
From the new book “Million Billion.” Kindle link and paperback pre-order info right here. NOTE: Since I began posting the daily “From the Little Writing Room Above the Garage” posts, I’ve been getting...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “Bye-Bye-Beardie”
From the new book “Million Billion.” Kindle link and paperback pre-order info right here. NOTE: Since I began posting the daily “From the Little Writing Room Above the Garage” posts, I’ve been getting...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “Deer Strike”
…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 the Garage” entries,...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: “Indie Bookstores”
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, where a whole...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “Truck Snacks”
You tell your wife, because she knows anyway. 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...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “Sugar Bombs”
The chocolate-dipped kiwi thing is humiliating. 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...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “Slowfoot”
Dude, so sweaty. But thematically consistent. 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...
View ArticleFrom the Little Writing Room Over the Garage: Mike Reads “The Scavengers” intro
In which we meet Ford Falcon and Hatchet the rooster. The Scavengers available in hardcover, paperback, audio and ebook. NOTE: Since I began posting the “From the Little Writing Room Above the Garage”...
View ArticleMike reads “Gratitude”
REPOSTED FROM 2020: Had a snowed-in Easter with our little family of four. Kinda redundant, to be snowed in during a quarantine. Anyways, we had a good day, a good evening, now the fire’s banked, and...
View ArticleMarking It Up
This is me revising a manuscript. Toward the end, in the polishing stage. When it’s down to tweaking a word or a syllable, trying out different looks, sounds, rhythms, meanings. The only downside is I...
View ArticleQuiet Joy
“Joy” is a tricky word for me because I’m not a skippity-bippity jump-for-joy kinda guy. But I welcome quiet joy, and I felt that when someone shared the above photos with me. There are a lot of...
View Article“Somewhere South of Sunday” Live at The Stoughton Opera House
Back in 2022 Mike and the Long Beds rambled down to The Stoughton Opera house to share Mike’s songs (described as “roughneck ballads and freight train rockers”) and hilarious off-the-cuff tales of a...
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