I've seen this on a t-shirt in a few different places. It's supposed to be some kind of devil-may-care, "I'm try-sexual - I'll try anything" type of declaration. But I saw it worn by the co-author of Hard Case Crime's brilliant comic, Peepland. And it might as well be the thesis for film noir, and… Continue reading Bad Decisions Make Good Stories
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Narratives in Echo Chambers
Warning! The following article will have a discussion of events in Orlando, as well as spoilers for The 100 and Penny Dreadful. Please proceed at your own risk. To act as a buffer, please enjoy this artwork of Chirico Cuvie from Armored Trooper VOTOMS...shirtless: Humans build narratives. We have a need to understand, and to… Continue reading Narratives in Echo Chambers
Dialog or Get the Chatter Down
I've been thinking about my process for building scenes and crafting prose. Slowly, I'm admitting to myself I go for dialog above description. If a building needs to appear in the story, my first instinct is to have the characters talk about the building. ("Huh. Your apartment looks like the one from Ghostbusters." "What, the… Continue reading Dialog or Get the Chatter Down
National Novel Chainsaw Month
So, November. NaNoWriMo month. Alas, it's also the month I was hit with a really awful chest/throat cold which turned me into a virtual hermit for weeks on end. So no NaNoWriMo events for me; no writing in the company of others lest I pass along this dread disease. Instead, I've been revising stories and… Continue reading National Novel Chainsaw Month
Welcome to the World of the Future
I cannot escape it. The time has come to once again set mile-markers in the ground and see how I do. And there is still one big item looming on my personal goals: Ivre - at this point, the novel is over 130,000 words and I'm still 14 or so scenes from completing it. At… Continue reading Welcome to the World of the Future
Long Climb to the New Year
Long Climb to the New Year It comes time for reflection on the past year, and looking forward to the new one. It also comes time to review my goals and see where I stand. For those who do not remember, my original goals from 2013. Reviewing all I had planned, and all I did,… Continue reading Long Climb to the New Year
Reflections and the forthcoming year
For notes of a more personal nature, I would suggest visiting my LiveJournal. But this is for my writing , so I will stay relatively focused. In terms of my goals, this year has been a mixed bag. I have written three short stories, and have begun subscribing to and supporting two very good SF/Fantasy… Continue reading Reflections and the forthcoming year
On Structure & Chaos
I'm reserving a photography related post for later. The day after my birthday graced me with some amazing pictures of an ancient & beautiful cemetery in Washington, DC, and the two deer who took shelter there. But, as I hinted before, this post will discuss novel structures, story structures, and other manner of madness. Once… Continue reading On Structure & Chaos
Biomechanoid Blues 