Whew, it’s been a busy few weeks here. I’ve been a bit slow in updating the blog, but I assure you it’s all for a good cause. There’s a lot happening on the Zeus is Dead front, which is what’s filling up most of my time, and most of that is due to the final edit on the manuscript itself. My Booktrope editor is giving me a lot of great comments and notes. It’s making the novel even better than it was, but it does mean that much of my time is taken up in reviewing and incorporating those notes into revisions. It’s fun (and it’s fantastic to work with someone as excited about the book as I am), but time consuming. Our deadline is April 15th, so I’m working hard to meet that. [Read more…]
Simpsonized Twin Peaks Characters!
Okay, as both a Twin Peaks fan and a Simpsons fan (obligatory “not as good as it used to be, yadda yadda yadda” comment here), this is just pretty freaking cool. As reported by WelcomeToTwinPeaks.com, Belgian illustrator and art director Adrien Noterdaem has “Simpsonized” 15 Twin Peaks characters. Click on Leland Palmer below for all of the images and the full ensemble picture…
Time to go back to Missoula, Montana!! |
Top 5 List: Sci-fi/Fantasy Books
Well, an unspecified amount of time has passed, and you know what that means! (Okay, so actually you probably don’t, but just pretend like you do. Then again, you probably did see that whole “Top 5 List” thing up above there, so as you’re likely a reasonably observant person, you probably do have at least some inkling.) That’s right, it’s time for another geek-related Top 5 List, as always, chosen and voted on by an exclusive panel of me! This random period of time’s list is…
Once again, the list is in no particular order, because I have enough trouble narrowing the list down this far already, to say nothing of actually ranking favorites. [Read more…]
Announcing Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure
It’s official: My upcoming comedic contemporary fantasy, previously titled Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet, now has a final title and release date! (Cue the lights and some manner of musical gravitas!) Coming from Booktrope on July 21, 2014…
Writing Zeus is Dead
In part two of my reblogging some entries written a few years ago when I finished writing the original manuscript of what’s now titled Zeus is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure (a comedic contemporary fantasy coming soon from Seattle publisher Booktrope!), I talk a little about the process of writing the novel itself. (See part one for the origin of the idea.) Writing it was a blast, though not without difficulties…
(Note that the working title of the novel was Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet.)
In my last entry I wrote about how I originally embarked on writing the (completed) manuscript I’m now calling Murdering Zeus for Fun and Prophet. At the time I began, I only made a few veiled comments about what I was working on. “Somewhat less serious” was the phrase I used when comparing it to my previous work, but I didn’t mention anything at the time about Greek gods.
“The Spaceship”
So I’m in the process of moving to a new home (nowhere far, just from one Seattle neighborhood to another), which means I’m going through my stuff and culling the herd a bit to make moving easier. I’ve been here for a while, so there’s quite a bit of stuff to go through, and in a box in the back of my closet I found something amusing: The very first book I ever wrote.
Note that I did this in elementary school in 1985. I’d like to think my writing has improved at least a little bit since then. It was a class project, if I remember right. Every student wrote one, as well as doing the actual binding and illustrations. (I’d like to think my drawing has improved at least a little bit since then, too. I’d like to. But it hasn’t.) So now, without further ado, I present to you my first ever novel, the sci-fi tour de force known as…
(Is that an awesome title or what?)
It was the 1980s. Cover art wasn’t as important back then. Apparently. |
Look at that quality binding! Yessir, slathered rubber cement! |
See, there it is. Proof I wrote it, right there in…pencil! I know, the title page gives away a major plot twist. I was young and naive. |
See? Copyright! All rights reserved! No stealing this for your next movie, Shia LaBeouf! (Always copyright your schoolwork, kids. The teacher will add 10 points right off the bat, I swear.) |
“He was walking on the field (after the fight) and he saw a silver disk coming down. Then a read beam came down and zapped him up!” (The exclamation point tells you it’s exciting!) |
“Then he pushed a button and the door flew open. He went inside and got in the spaceship inside.” (It’s important to demonstrate how doors get opened. Buttons!) |
THE END Wasn’t that a fantastic book, boys and girls? Well? Wasn’t it? And yet there was never a movie deal or even a sequel. |
Top 5 List: PC Games
This being the Internet, a person can only have a blog for so long before they’re legally required to post one of three things: top 5 lists, cat photos, or porn. (Don’t blame me! It’s the LAW! We must comply lest the Internet gods smite us from the face of the Web!) Since I don’t own a cat and few people (myself included) want to see me naked on the Internet, I bring you the first of a series of geek-related Top 5 lists! All lists shall be chosen and voted on by an exclusive panel of me. This week’s list:
Well huh. After the arduous task of coming up with a list of only five, I’m suddenly faced with the question of whether or not to rank them. More decisions! Just picking them was hard enough! So, in no particular order (unless I change my mind): [Read more…]
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