May 2012
1 post
Breakthrough.
One challenge in creating an enjoyable story is making it stand up to basic human realities. As you are writing, it is easy to get wrapped up in the details and forget that your characters (and the readers) are human and act logically according to necessity and free will. Ignoring this leads to forgettable fiction. An easy way to test validity is to ask one question as you are writing: Why?
Why...
April 2012
3 posts
More of the same.
Edited the wiki tonight. Still developing plot for what I am planning to be three complete novels. Trying to make this airtight so that I don’t have to come up with weak answers later for things not really planned. Which is both good and bad. Some things are likely better unplanned, but I’m just a tad OCD. So it goes.
Continuation.
Still cleaning up the wiki this morning. Connected some old fuzzy dots and now the origination of the story is becoming much more clear.
Back on track.
Editing the SUBJEKS wiki like mad today. Adding links and cleaning up a lot of bookmarked information.
March 2012
1 post
At SXSW
Had the Dublin retreat but ended up getting sick the last week I was there. Have been brainstorming a lot on who the hero of the story is supposed to be. While most of the scenery is in place, and a lot of characters are present, it is still a little unclear who the hero might be. It reminds of something I heard about early iterations of Star Wars, and how Luke was an old general instead of a...
February 2012
2 posts
Retreat
Spending a couple of weeks on our Dublin home to research and write more for 1947. Goal is to get a treatment together to have in case of emergency, or opportunity, at SXSW.
Codename.
Title of first book is not determined yet. The codename for it will be 1947.
January 2012
4 posts
Field trip.
A field trip is in order. Possibly two field trips. With all of the reading work about places, it would be beneficial to reach out and touch some of the locations being written about in SUBJEKS.
One location is relatively close to me, in nearby Montauk, New York. A simple trip by car. And as long as I’m driving by it on my way, I might as well throw in a requisite Hamptons visit. It...
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Tweak.
Will be doing a bit of design changes to this theme. Haven’t played with CSS/XMTHL is some time. Trying to also figure out the Tumblr stuff so if things seems chaotic please pardon the dust my legions of loyal followers.
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“Consider the peoples in your world who have lost their freedom because they...”
– The Allies of Humanity, Book One.
Research on the brain.
The New Year is here and I plan to get a first draft of SUBJEKS completed this year. I have as of late been relegated to a world of what I would like to think could be regarded as “high research”. But then, that sounds way too sexy for what it really is.
In any event, it has been an enjoyable learning process to cover things not learned before like alchemy, foreign mythology, and...
November 2011
1 post
NaNoWriMo, here we go!
I have been contemplating the format of SUBJEKS for a while now. Should it be a comic book, should it be a graphic novel, should it be a novel… Perhaps it is a nudge from the gods, but coincidentally today begins NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. The whole goal: write a novel in the month of November.
And so begins my quest in completing SUBJEKS as a written novel…
September 2011
6 posts
although I’m replacing it with a lightning fast Macbook Air, I’m a little sad to say goodbye to the trusty old netbook hackintosh I built.
Alright Tuesday, let’s do this!
Eating cheese, chocolate, crackers, and meat while drinking a bottle of Caymus and reading books about alchemy is what is really going on.
Kicking this holiday weekend off with a Louis season 1 marathon, streaming on @netflix.
Fight on NYC subway. First I’ve ever seen or filmed. http://t.co/yClstGu
RT @DamonLindelof: I wonder if the finale will be better appreciated if we have Vincent shout “NOOOOOOOOO!” over the final shot.
August 2011
7 posts
RT @fearingamerican: Your site is still totally dependent on Flash? Really? #fail
RT @davidjklass: NYC-Irene- Never forget!! http://t.co/Ehf9OAy
Thought my cat was knocking into my desk swivel chair looking for some love. That’s what a 5.8 feels like I guess. #earthquake
The parody series Script Cops by @scottricefilms is absolutely hilarious http://t.co/408Um4u
finished Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle http://t.co/1tSFS8x #Kindle
Streaming ‘The Kennedys’ in stunning HD. In spite of all the negative attention, it is a pretty good miniseries. #netflix
RT @piersmorgan: So #Arsenal just lost our own competition to an American team lead by #ThierryHenry - words fail me.
July 2011
19 posts
And wow War Horse was amazing stuff. Bravo!
Watching Jersey Boys. #broadway (@ August Wilson Theatre) http://4sq.com/rpguhZ
RT @squibble: USING CAPS LOCK IS WEAK. I JUST HOLD DOWN THE SHIFT BUTTON THE WHOLE TIME LIKE A GODDAMN CHAMP
RT @baratunde: been up and at it for 2 hours. loving this late to bed/early to rise system of awesome. #hustletunde
MLS All Star game on ESPN2. Damn our Red Bull Arena looks hot in primetime! #RBNY
RT @espn: The lockout is DEAD! Long live FOOTBALL!!!
Vamos #Uruguay !!! #CA2011
Spent the AM reading about the formation of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, a war projects think tank. Fascinating. #WWII
Not sure what is up today but the message in my head keeps repeating “I want cookies”.
Luis Suárez killing it tonight in the Copa America semifinal v Peru. Go #Uruguay !
The white jerseys/shorts is the combo that was worn in the 5 nil drubbing of Toronto FC. Lets go Red Bulls. #RBNY
If you’ve got a couple hours to kill, The Guns of Navarone is just starting on @TCM. A smash hit blockbuster from 1961.
Watching Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark. #broadway (@ Foxwoods Theatre (formerly Hilton Theatre)) http://4sq.com/nzdHBY
Streaming Madigan’s Millions, Dustin Hoffman’s first movie, in standard definition. Lord, this movie is terrible. #netflix
“Toto’s ‘Africa’” by Ernest Hemingway.: http://t.co/rhKABQO
One thing you can bet on: Joey Chestnut loves him some #Nathans Famous hot dogs.
Happy birthday USA!
RT @JackieGoldstein: There’s a Twilight Zone marathon tomorrow and Monday on @SyFy
Happy Canada Day.
On that note…Luigi, sorry I outed you dawg. I love ya, but we gotta work on staying more stationary in the moment of truth.
June 2011
4 posts
RT @toomuchnick: Breaking: MySpace sold for Google+ invite
New #Wiiu controller from #Nintendo looks like another game changer. http://bit.ly/iIUm4P
Holy moly the new chorizo at #Chipotle is yummy!
May 2011
8 posts
Watched ‘You’ve Got Hate Mail’. #offbroadway (@ Triad Theatre) http://4sq.com/kekwtQ
RIP Mark Haines #CNBC