So it was a crazy weekend around here. And I mades some progress in editing, but not much. I also had a post I started to draft on Walter White and Frank Underwood, but life doesn't much care for my plans. In place of any other update, here's a snippet from an older work. “Higher.… Continue reading Snippet in place of an update
Author: Mark Ladouceur
FARLOST: Episode 30
John Mierau is creating a cool, new SF universe. Give it a listen for free (but start with episode 1). Hopefully it leads you to some of wide variety of his other works. I like his creations enough that I'm supporting him on Patreon.
Slick opening line
"Ray Morgan was driving too fast on the icy road when he died for the first time."
Writing Progress
Made some good progress editing my novelette "Failure of Flesh" tonight. Only 50 manuscript pages left to go. Snippet: "Wild Bear, chieftain of the people of Cold Lake, felt every one of his fifty-three years burning in his chest as he sucked in gasp after gasp of frigid air. Blood’s coppery taste filled his mouth, and… Continue reading Writing Progress
A bit of the magic is gone
My oldest daughter figured out the Easter Bunny wasn't real this Easter. We put their initials on the girls' eggs using stickers and my daughter spotted one of those stickers stuck accidentally to my wife's shirt. She asked about it and my wife came up with some excuse. But it started the wheels turning. The… Continue reading A bit of the magic is gone
Captain America: The Winter Soldier – My Review
When I saw Captain America a few years ago my review was pretty much, "better than I expected," because I had no preconceived opinion or emotional investment in the character. Even going into this second movie, I thought this would be an entertaining film, but Cap was never what Superman was to me, so even… Continue reading Captain America: The Winter Soldier – My Review
Day 23: Writing Progress
I was able to sit down today and spend time editing a story today; a novelette that got me honourable mention in the Writers of the Future contest a few years back. I trimmed a lengthy opening down by pages and pages to get things rolling along faster. If I make enough trims, I might… Continue reading Day 23: Writing Progress
Writing Anticipation
Tomorrow is a statutory holiday here in Canada on account of this: two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change ― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy And so I get to not go work, try… Continue reading Writing Anticipation
Snippet: Live with your past
blast tore through the fighter. Alarms wailed to life. The master-systems monitor lit up red on almost all of the plane’s systems. Smoke poured from the instrument panel. Max lost the feeling of Sally’s presence in the helmet. “Sally?” No response. “Sally?!” <Critical damage, Max. Targeting systems offline, avionics offline, structural integrity failing. Damage to… Continue reading Snippet: Live with your past
Music for writing
Do you write to music? If so what do you like when putting the hammer to anvil and smithing words? Something loud or soft, vocal or not? On whole, I like non-vocal music, and most often pieces from soundtracks. Since they're cinematic, they fit the mood I'm trying to put myself in. What genre I'm… Continue reading Music for writing
Dispatches from Obscurity 