Today's Slacker's tune: Have the Time.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Yeah, looks like I'm switching to the detective story after all
Here's the teaser for Bullets Don't Blink:
A young woman pays down on his luck ex-con David Garvin to investigate her friend's suspicious suicide. Garvin's investigation gets him entangled in a web of deceit, drugs, and death! Can Garvin find the woman's killer before he ends up dead or back in jail?
When you're staring down the barrel of a gun...
Bullets Don't Blink!
Now I just have to write the damn thing.
A young woman pays down on his luck ex-con David Garvin to investigate her friend's suspicious suicide. Garvin's investigation gets him entangled in a web of deceit, drugs, and death! Can Garvin find the woman's killer before he ends up dead or back in jail?
When you're staring down the barrel of a gun...
Bullets Don't Blink!
Now I just have to write the damn thing.
9 Days and Counting
Nine more days until the Slackers come to town. Today's song - The Fried Chicken Song.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Shouldn't my excitement level be higher than this?
I find myself lacking enthusiasm about NaNoWriMo. Don't get me wrong, I'm still looking forward to it. I'm just not as gung-ho about it as I've been in previous years.
The idea of setting aside The Big Red Ragnarok and doing a regular detective novel has crossed my mind quite a bit recently. For one thing, I'm not in a fantasy type of mood and for another, I've been wanting to write one for a long time.
I've still got a couple weeks to decide, I guess.
The idea of setting aside The Big Red Ragnarok and doing a regular detective novel has crossed my mind quite a bit recently. For one thing, I'm not in a fantasy type of mood and for another, I've been wanting to write one for a long time.
I've still got a couple weeks to decide, I guess.
Two Countdowns? It just isn't done!
There are 19 days until NaNoWriMo kicks off. However, there is another impending date that's getting priority for the moment.
My favorite band, The Slackers, are coming to St. Louis in a mere ten days. To celebrate the occasion, I will be posting a youtube video each day until then highlighting one of my favorite Slackers tunes. Here's today's, You Don't Know I.
My favorite band, The Slackers, are coming to St. Louis in a mere ten days. To celebrate the occasion, I will be posting a youtube video each day until then highlighting one of my favorite Slackers tunes. Here's today's, You Don't Know I.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
That Damnable Seductress!
For the past couple years, I've been watching less and less TV in order to do more reading. It's gone very well. My unread pile continues to dwindle and I shouldn't have very many books when 2012 hits. However...
... Around the beginning of July, I began watching the DVD backlog I'd been accumulating and discovered that not all television sucks. First, I watched both seasons of Flight of the Conchords in near record time. After that, it was the first season of Soap. From there, Futurama season 5 and the second season of the Sarah Silverman Program.
In the last month, I've watched a shameful amount of television. It all started when Deadwood was the deal of the day on Amazon. I burned through five episodes one Sunday afternoon and watched all 36 episodes in two weeks. That'll put a damper on anyone's reading.
As I neared the end of Deadwood, Justified became my new target. I finished the final episode of season 1 last night. Luckily I've become enamored with the Matt Smith version of Doctor Who lately and series 5 was in my gold box on Amazon the other day. I'll be watching the good Doctor in the coming weeks and plan to have it wrapped up before NaNoWriMo kicks off.
It's odd. I've always been apprehensive about dipping my toe in the Doctor's universe. There are hundreds of episodes and multiple Doctors. Until recently, the only ones I've ever seen have been John Pertwee or Tom Baker episodes. For some reason, every time I visit my parents, BBC America has a Dr. Who marathon and I've since become hooked on the Matt Smith version. I don't intend on backtracking at this time but you never know.
... Around the beginning of July, I began watching the DVD backlog I'd been accumulating and discovered that not all television sucks. First, I watched both seasons of Flight of the Conchords in near record time. After that, it was the first season of Soap. From there, Futurama season 5 and the second season of the Sarah Silverman Program.
In the last month, I've watched a shameful amount of television. It all started when Deadwood was the deal of the day on Amazon. I burned through five episodes one Sunday afternoon and watched all 36 episodes in two weeks. That'll put a damper on anyone's reading.
As I neared the end of Deadwood, Justified became my new target. I finished the final episode of season 1 last night. Luckily I've become enamored with the Matt Smith version of Doctor Who lately and series 5 was in my gold box on Amazon the other day. I'll be watching the good Doctor in the coming weeks and plan to have it wrapped up before NaNoWriMo kicks off.
It's odd. I've always been apprehensive about dipping my toe in the Doctor's universe. There are hundreds of episodes and multiple Doctors. Until recently, the only ones I've ever seen have been John Pertwee or Tom Baker episodes. For some reason, every time I visit my parents, BBC America has a Dr. Who marathon and I've since become hooked on the Matt Smith version. I don't intend on backtracking at this time but you never know.
Research Shmesearch
If past years are any indication, I should have a lot more in the way of written notes for my NaNoWriMo story by now. As it stands, all I have are a few emails to myself and some post-its. Oh, and the beginning and ending are both pretty well formed.
I'm a little conflicted on how much prep I should do before November 1 hits. In 2009 and 2010, I had pages of stuff and a rough outline by now. On the other hand, in 2009 and 2010, the story didn't feel as lively as my Camp NaNoWriMo novel, Sweating Bullets did.
Sweating Bullets had the back cover teaser, some character names, and a few scenes ideas when July 1st hit. Sweating Bullets was the first story in a while where the characters felt like they were doing what they wanted, not what I wanted. Sweating Bullets didn't need the worldbuilding that I'm going to need for The Big Red Ragnarok, though.
At the very least, I think I should come up with a few characters for Loki to interact with on each of the Nine Homeworlds and some visuals. I know my dwarves are going to be steampunky and the elves of Alfheim will probably be feral cannibals. Not sure about the giants of Jotunheim yet apart from them being quite tall.
Another aspect of the story I'm still waffling on is who will be tagging along with Loki as he tries to piece together who was behind the attempt on Odin's life. Odin had two ravens that served as his spies and I'm thinking about one or both of them tailing the Trickster, mostly so he'll have someone to banter with. Another idea I had was having a Valkyrie tag along, possibly with her own agenda.
I'm a little conflicted on how much prep I should do before November 1 hits. In 2009 and 2010, I had pages of stuff and a rough outline by now. On the other hand, in 2009 and 2010, the story didn't feel as lively as my Camp NaNoWriMo novel, Sweating Bullets did.
Sweating Bullets had the back cover teaser, some character names, and a few scenes ideas when July 1st hit. Sweating Bullets was the first story in a while where the characters felt like they were doing what they wanted, not what I wanted. Sweating Bullets didn't need the worldbuilding that I'm going to need for The Big Red Ragnarok, though.
At the very least, I think I should come up with a few characters for Loki to interact with on each of the Nine Homeworlds and some visuals. I know my dwarves are going to be steampunky and the elves of Alfheim will probably be feral cannibals. Not sure about the giants of Jotunheim yet apart from them being quite tall.
Another aspect of the story I'm still waffling on is who will be tagging along with Loki as he tries to piece together who was behind the attempt on Odin's life. Odin had two ravens that served as his spies and I'm thinking about one or both of them tailing the Trickster, mostly so he'll have someone to banter with. Another idea I had was having a Valkyrie tag along, possibly with her own agenda.
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