Hey, everyone. By way of a quick update, I've been busy hauling artwork to Far Rockaway for the Rockaway Artists Alliance's A Salute to Rockaway exhibit. I've submitted six photos I was pretty proud of from my trips to Rockaway Beach and Fort Tilden. Pieces like Far Shore, Lagan, and POOPDICK. Again, that's POOPDICK. The... Continue Reading →
Game for Writers: Metroid Prime
I know it's been a while since my first entry in the Game for Writers series. I can only say that I've been busy editing and taken the delay to make sure I presented a good second entry. After much debate, I'm glad to say I finally settled on a second title that I can... Continue Reading →
6 Degrees of Bad Fantasy
Most mornings, when pretty much everyone ever is still asleep, I'm shelving in the Sci-Fi / Fantasy section at my job and listening to an audio book on my iPod. It's a new thing for me, listening to the audio book, but it's something I enjoy... Well, something I enjoyed until I decided it would... Continue Reading →
A Quick Update
I just thought I'd check in with you guys-I haven't been the best blogger in the universe, I know. This is because my free time = Work, Tutoring, Writing, Editing, Character Design. Regardless, the latter part of all of that means I'll be posting new content sooner than later. And in the meantime, at least... Continue Reading →
The Hallucinations Will Not Come
It's 7 PM and it's at least 10 degrees hotter in the dining room than it is outside. The dining room, now full of the brain cell-eating tang of very, very strong markers and a cup long emptied of ice water. Louis is ready to start hallucinating. He feels it's the next step after the... Continue Reading →
Fantasy NYC: Lev Grossman signing at Borders at Columbus Circle
From the start, Lev Grossman, the author of The Magicians was disarmingly awkward. Well, not from the start. He eased into it, if such a thing is even possible. But still, it was disarming. I'd spent the previous night absorbing the first 100 pages of Grossman's first fantasy novel and feeling dwarfed by it's prose.... Continue Reading →
Games for Writers: Silent Hill 2
When I got serious enough about my writing career that I started feeling guilty for spending a bunch of my time playing video games, I started to rationalize my pass time by calling it research. Example: "Yeah... I can play Final Fantasy XII today because, hey, maybe it'll give me some inspiration." Not the worst... Continue Reading →
The Editing Process
Around when his eyes start to sting and his head begins to throb, Louis realizes he misses the writing process and very much prefers it to the editing process. Fondly, he remembers that the former was like this: -Louis sits down at his computer and rereads the pages he wrote the previous day (or the... Continue Reading →
Character Design: Why Bother?
I was sitting in class at City College once, not taking notes - drawing instead. One of my peers looked over and asked what I was doing. I turned my book so she could see a sketch of one of my favorite main characters. It wasn't enough for her. "Who's that?" I told her and... Continue Reading →
The War is Almost Over
Just finished hand editing the first draft of Exiles. A week of power typing and I start submitting. But that also means that by at latest Wednesday, I'll be posting the first chapter of War of Exiles here! Awesome! Also, phew!
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