Category: General
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I’d been browsing Wikipedia a few weeks ago looking for various authors, and noted with interest that Joel Silver had apparently purchased the film rights for Altered Carbon for a reported $1 million. Now, as a developing writer, I want to see what makes a million-dollar novel, so I thought I’d give it a shot…
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I finished the rough draft of my aforementiond second novel a few hours ago. 71,049 words. Knowing me, it will grow somewhat in revision, but hopefully not too much! Like last year’s novel, this wrapped up around the same time as the National Novel Writing Month, but has nothing to do with that contest, as…
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The Toronto Zombie Walk is one of the more amusing things I’ve seen lately. Apparently this is a new trend happening throughout US and Canada. In any case, somebody took a video of a “Thriller” moment during the Toronto walk. The only thing that puzzles me is why they did it Oct. 23 rather than…
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I don’t really think I can say enough to do this band justice, so I won’t. Suffice it to say that if you haven’t heard The Receiving End of Sirens, you should give them at least half a chance. This band combines the best elements of punk, electronica, and progressive rock to come up with…
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I’m sure this is making the rounds, but just in case you haven’t seen it, Lewis H. Lapham has written a piece in this month’s Harper Magazine entitled “We Now Live in a Fascist State.” Touching on the old 14 points from Umberto Eco, this is a fascinating look at why Fascism has succeeded so…
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Every now and then you stumble on a website which seems destined to be A Big Thing. The Bounty Network seems like it could well be one. I’ll say up front that I’m acquainted with one of the guys behind this project, but ordinarily that isn’t enough to make me write about something. (Nor, for…
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Last night, I bought and read the latest installment of the never-ending Wheel of Time epic, Knife of Dreams. I had been fairly anxiously awaiting the novel for a couple of years, so it’s good to see that it’s out. Funny enough, the “gasp” moment that we were supposed to get in the novel flew…
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It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted, so just thought I’d let everyone know what I’m up to. I’ve finally gotten back on the writing roll, pushing 45,000 words on my current writing project – a second novel. It’s a sci-fi novel, a bit cyber-punk maybe, with a lot of action. The basic…
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If you’ve read the Irish myth of the Tain Bo Cuailnge, the epic story of Cuchulainn, you might be familiar with the character Finnabair (sometimes spelled Findabair, apparently). Throughout the story, Finnabair keeps being used as a lure by her mother Medb, queen of Connaught, to get horny men to do various stupid and/or dangerous…
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Looks like one of my short stories, “The Final Casualty,” will be published in an upcoming edition of the UK horror mag Thirteen Magazine – volume 2, number 8. Not a major publication, but still the first time that I’ve gotten something in print, so I’m pretty happy!
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