Welcome...
I am Mike Lewis, an occasional writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
I work as a computer consultant and run Black Hat Miniatures, a Wargaming
Figures company.
Also I write!
I used to write a lot when I was a teenager and into my early twenties. I wrote for fanzines and professional games magazines. I wrote comic scripts and reviews. Then I started writing computer games and I fell out of the habit.
Once the games stopped I went into hotel software and contracting and that took up all my time. I only rediscovered writing whilst in New Zealand where I took an evening class in creative writing at the end of 1997.
I have been writing SF and fantasy short stories with the intention of being published since January 1998. It has been a period with bursts of activity and lulls where my attention has been diverted into other things, but I always come back to writing.
I attended the Clarion East Writers' Workshop at MSU in June/July 2002. That experience was life-changing and intense. I wrote 13 short stories in six weeks and it has made me even more determined to succeed as a writer.
Recently, I have been concentrating on novels and have finished the first draft of a second children's novel "Sheldak". My first novel "Changers' Summer", is currently doing the rounds.