You have to have thick skin. I mean, really thick. Pumpkin pie thick. You’ll want to please everyone, even as people contradict themselves, flip-flop, are ambiguous, have different or changing goals. That’s just the way it is. The question, though, is how do you filter all of the information, get to the core of the [...]
I’m very protective of my time. I have to be. At any given moment, I’m juggling a bowling ball, a flaming torch, a broken bottle, a sledge hammer, and a kitten. When I work, I’m surrounded with all manner of distraction. The key is to be self-aware. To know how to USE THE DISTRACTIONS in [...]
Late Monday, I put the finishing touches on MY version one of EXITUS. We’re about ten months into the project. Many conference calls, concept art, concept videos, and emails behind us. Notes. Notes on notes. Conversations about notes. Good notes. Bad notes. Nonsensical notes. Spot-on notes. Trivial notes. Epic notes. I turned in two long [...]
Well this drama is a bore, And I don’t wanna play no more. Finished version ten of Bockscar Odyssey last night. Bad title. Working on it. Version ten was complete literally to the day of completion of version one and almost two years since my initial notes / thoughts. What did we gain with a [...]
In January, I met with (among other people) Steve Niles on a project we’re collaborating on. Steve’s a biggie in the comic world. Before the meeting, I watched ’30 Days of Night,’ — one of Steve’s many projects. In it ** SPOILERS!** there are a few ax killings. Before I go on, two things… [...]
Forgive me blog readers for I have sinned. It’s been several weeks since my last posting… Here are a few things of note… 1) SaveOnBrew is up and running. That’s the SaveOnBrew guy. After a year of work, we’ve unleashed SaveOnBrew (www.saveonbrew.com). World’s first beer price search engine. Put in your zip, find the lowest [...]
Almost exactly 5 weeks after I FADED RIGHT THE F*CK IN, I, indeed, FADED RIGHT THE F*CK OUT! Caps and all. Version one of Untitled Space Thriller was done sometime on 8/11/10, around 7:45 my time. Not that it’s a race, but it’s also interesting to track the amount of time it takes to get [...]
As I dot the i’s and cross the t’s on UNTITLED SPACE THRILLER there are several things on the checklist that stand out: 1) Write for emotional impact; 2) Make sure reader understands emotional tone; 3) Be global. 4) Let the writing be poetry, but not flowery. Rhythm. Tone. Word choice. 5) Appeal to all [...]
It’s Sunday, July 25th at about 5 in the morning. I curiously awake and eager to get to it. Something changed. Last night, around 7:00 pm. I’m working through UNTITLED SPACE THRILLER, somewhere near page 80. At this point, you have to have a really good idea of where the ending is because, on the [...]
I dilly. I dally. Me, on Monday (4 days ago…) “Yeah, I think I’ll be done by the end of the weekend.” Me, today, Friday, 4 days later “No. Not so much. I don’t know what I was on when I said that.” Here are a few random things that have occurred to me lately… [...]