MIKEL J. WISLER

Limitations can really suck. Especially if you have big ideas. It doesn't matter if you're an artist, an entrepreneur, or just trying to...

Dealing with grief is on my mind right now, as my last post might indicate. But can stories help us deal with grief? Our brains are great...

Given that Contact is on my mind these days, I can't help but be reminded of the running theme in the film where Ellie's dad instructs...

And that's why we can't get enough of them. I have this particular lens through which I often view stories. It really doesn't matter to...

While I believe all storytelling helps us examine life, there's one particular genre that stands out to me as the most uniquely equipped...

A great story is something special to me. I love all kinds of stories. But what's a T-rex got to do with a wormhole and my love of...

A common bit of advice given to new writers is, "write what you know." But what if that's bad advice? Okay, I'll admit that as I started...

Happy New Year! I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty freakin' happy to have 2016 behind me. And in talking with a lot of people, it seems to...

In total nerd fashion, I keep track of what I read every year. I've been doing this since 2001, believe it or not. Back then I was a busy...

Being an indie-published author is both exciting and incredibly--at time unbelievably--challenging. The opportunity to see one's work...