Mike is about to make a sandwich.
He does like sandwiches. But beyond that, Mike Fertig is also currently working as a full-time freelance writer. Over the years, he’s written hundreds of children’s phonics books, workbook stories, and supplemental materials for phonics-based reading programs. Beyond that, he’s written on-line content for a handful of websites, as well as helped to produce print ads for such corporations as JPMorgan. In his spare time, Mike writes essays, short stories, and lists of things he wants to be when he grows up. Currently, “botox injectionist” is at the top of his list.
Mike has a winter home in the Irving Park area of Chicago, which also happens to be his summer home. Mike likes to vacation at such places as: his apartment, the Southport City Saloon, his parents’ house around dinner time, and the golf course.
Beyond his literary endeavors, Mike is also the bass player in an up and coming band called Slazenger 7.
Mike once ran full speed into the side of a picnic table while playing whiffle ball at a family picnic. He had a charlie horse the size of a pancake, but he made the catch.
And here we see Mike, relaxing on a comfortable summer afternoon in his apartment.
