16 Jul
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… [...]
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09 Jan
Venture / Void / Osiris is about a group of people who are trapped in a escape shuttle in the middle of space. The story is about how they cope with the predicament. When I wrote it, I thought I was writing a horror movie first, a suspense movie second. Venture (as it was called [...]
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29 May
I’ve been in re-write hell for … ohhhh… 3 months now. With the year nearly half-gone, I’ve only completed one script, THE DISCIPLE, which, truth-be-told, was half-written the previous year. First there was a light re-do on THE DISCIPLE. No big whoop. Then 2+ months on BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL which became THE POSSESSED (10+ [...]
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17 Apr
Not much time right now. Here’s the short version. Went through about 15 heavy re-writes on The Possessed (formerly Soul Purpose, formerly Between Good and Evil). We’ll do the full project update next Friday. You can read the first 10 pages by clicking on the link on the left side of the page. Just back [...]
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10 Apr
Shhhhhh Be back next week. M A R K
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13 Feb
Whelp. It’s been a long road for The Disciple, but it’ll be “done” (whatever that means, huh?) on Tuesday, February 24th. A year to the day from finishing Big Blue Meanie aka “Hot Metal” (boooo — LAME-O title!). Oddly, The Disciple’s already listed on IMDB. (Tip from me to you: The info on IMDB is [...]
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23 Jan
As I lay sick and broken Viva Mexico My eyes just won’t stay open And I dream a dream of home I dream a dream of home Where there’s coffee on the table And kindness in your hand Honey I’ll help you when I’m able But right now I’m feeling bad Right now I’m feeling [...]
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16 Jan
The Disciple is eating my lunch. Well, that and the lack of sleep… Well, the lack of sleep, the drugs, the pain… OK OK OK… wait. The lack of sleep, the drugs, the pain, and the fact that I’m not bought in. So, with my pile of ailments, I try to press forward. It occurs [...]
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09 Jan
Ok… so not my best end of year, medically. Thanksgiving week I had both my knees ‘scoped. Christmas week I had my right shoulder ‘scoped. Yeeee-ow! The shoulder, she’s a screamin’ All sorts of pain. Oh the suffering… the sweet, sweet suffering. The shoulder hurts about 100 times worse than the knees. Apparently, and I’m [...]
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