Last night, I decided to delete a chapter and a new character from the book. Don't freak out! Doing this hasn't set me back at all. To the contrary, getting rid of an entire chapter and a new character who wasn't exactly helping is incredibly healthy. Particularly for a first time writer who intends to submit... Continue Reading →
Brand New Day – Week 9 – When the Night Comes
When I was young, I used to get upset when the night came. A better word would probably be "afraid," but that implies that I was just scared of the dark (which I was, but it isn't that simple). I used to be afraid that the day was ending and I didn't do enough with... Continue Reading →
Brand New Day – Week 3 – Caught Between the Bell Curves
It's Thursday night. I want to knock out a post before I get to bed; I'm going to Queens Comic Con tomorrow with Kenney Broadway and Chaos Mechanica. It's an outing that was pretty exciting until I 8PM hit earlier and I realized that I somehow didn't get anything done for my book today. I know that's not exactly... Continue Reading →
‘Wearing the Cape’ by Marion G. Harmon – Probably the Best Hero Fantasy Novel You’ve Never Read
A few months ago, Marion G. Harmon contacted me about doing a review for his first book. I was immediately flattered (an author? Writing to me? With a request?). I was also apprehensive, because I'm honestly not in the business of pulling punches; if I don't like something that even a friend has written, I'm... Continue Reading →
Brand New Day – Week 1
Last week, on Wednesday, the 14th, I worked my last day at Borders. The rest of that week and the weekend that followed disappeared in a bunch of Borders closing parties (and the hang-overs that followed). Yesterday, Monday, the 19th, was a brand new day. In short, it was the beginning of my gamble to... Continue Reading →
Saying My Goodbyes
This isn't going to be another extremely bleak post; despite the title, I've decided that it won't because, although I still stand by everything I said in Preparing for the Storm (despite how embarrassingly true all of it was), I'm determined to not be as depressed as I was when I wrote that post. Today's my... Continue Reading →
Preparing for the Storm
Before I get into my thoughts, I wanted to thank everyone who liked The Turning Point. I usually don't get a lot of attention here in my small corner of wordpress (especially since all of my entertainment posts went over to Infinite Ammo) so getting likes from four people (avelainegauvin, mavisephaneuf, arienneflamand, and, of course, chaosmechanica) at once was really... Continue Reading →
Infinite Ammo
The weeks since my last post, "The Turning Point", have been pretty hectic. Work is, naturally, depressing, and afterward home is—more so than before—a constant effort to get as much professional work done as humanly possible. Why "more so than before"? Because directly after "The Turning Point", I rallied Chaos Mechanica to start on that new... Continue Reading →
The Turning Point
I've danced around the topic a few times on this site, careful to not talk about the actual experience or give any details about it, but, at this point, I don't see a reason to hide that I work at Borders. I'm still not going to talk about working there or any of the people... Continue Reading →
RED Comics #2 – There and Back Again
Disclaimer: RED Comics are written and assembled by Louis Santiago using screen caps from DVD’s. All issues of RED are free; they are made as non-profit entertainment by a man who loves to distract himself from his writing. However, the RED name / logo and the Louis Santiago logo (aka my own face) are creative property of Louis Santiago. Enjoy!