Thursday

Thursday is a big day. I'm headed 2 the bank to open up a business checking acct and a paypal.

Still working on a name 4 the publishing company since alc publishing is already taken.

Feeling good

I'm moving ahead. I'm ready to publish again. I know what my business model is. What my publishing schedule will be. What the titles are going to be

Dean Wesley Smith

Hey there.

While I'm not a huge fan of his fiction outside of Star Trek, I encourage any newbie writer or someone trying to restart a career to read Mr Smith's blog.

He had LOADS of advice on publishing and writing that gives hopes to us all...especially struggling writers like myself.

Google him, read him, and absorb what he is saying.

more later... 

The Devil in the Details

I'm wanna of those people who likes to watch the "behind the scenes" footage on blu rays. I'm interested in how writers and directors think about characters, plot, story etc.

I'm a TREMENDOUS fan of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Most of all because in my humble opinion he gets the concept of Batman right. As wonderful as the bad guys are (Cat woman, Bane, and the Joker of course) Batman still is Nolan's greatest achievement.

My favorite of many favorite scenes in the series is when Batman fetches the Chinese bad guy who is handling the mobs money in the DARK KNIGHT. After Batman whips several of the other guy's henchman, he literally drags the guy to the open window. Now that is who Batman is. Basically he is saying without uttering a word...I'm tired, bring your ass here.

Anyway I brought Nolan up because he says in one of the many documentaries in The DARK KNIGHT RISES how he and his crew made the characters Nolan's characters.

In other words, no matter how an author has portrayed a character, plot, or story, what makes it different than it's ever been portrayed before is that it is my way of doing things.

Powerful stuff indeed.       

you learn something new everyday.

Look, I consider myself as computer literate as the next guy, but I just used a spreadsheet for the first time today. Man, this thing is great for tracking characters and any other information you may want to write down and update as you move along.

I highly recommend using it to anybody out there.   

just speakin...

Just speakin. I try to post at least once per day on my blog.

I had some unexpected personal issues to deal with today and probably tomorrow.

Sometimes real life gets in the way...

Pray for those in Boston

No one knows the exact cause of the explosions that occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, but some people have been reported to been severely injured, perhaps even killed.