Jun

26

Goodbye Geek Fu

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Mur Lafferty announced that she is ending Geek Fu Action Grip after 103 great episodes. It was one of the first podcasts that I started to listen to and I have gobbled up everything that she has produced since then. Geek Fu will be missed, but I hope that given the extra time for all her other endeavors, that they will become even better than they were (which is hard to believe, everything she does is so amazing.) I credit her with re-igniting the desire to write in me. If it wasn’t for Mur, I would never have attempted NaNoWriMo last year. She has done so much for us her listeners, and I don’t think we can thank her enough. I hope that she understands, she has a great fan base, and we will support her whatever she does. Good Luck Mur in everything you do, we are all looking forward to reading or hearing it. I myself am looking forward to Earth, and can’t wait to listen to the first installment.

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Jun

22

Some notes about Life…..

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Karate Boy
Just figured I ramble a bit about the things going on in my life. I noticed last night, while my son was in his karate class, which was just before mine, that it seems to come so easy to him. All the forms, the exercise, the stretches, it all comes so easy to him. Granted he’s been doing it a lot longer than I have. I sat there, listening to my podcasts, watching him breeze through it all. He looks so smooth at his forms, even the new ones he is learning, and I am amazed. I look at myself as I do the ones I need to, and I am just the opposite. Everyone says I am doing well, but I was so out of shape before I started that I feel like I’ll never get to the point when 25 crunches won’t hurt. I think a lot of the anxiety is brought on by the fact that I am testing for my yellow belt on Saturday. Unlike the kids tests, I can fail this. I know the forms I need to, but the crunches and pushups, I’m worried to death. I don’t want to make a fool out of myself either. I can see it now. I need to do 35 crunches and I can’t do 20. “Sorry, Scott, you fail.” What kind of example am I setting for my son. You know the purple belt that says, “Don’t worry Dad, it is an easy test.” Sure, and if I fail will you look up to me the way you do now? I guess that is really the question, isn’t it. I don’t want my son to realize that his dad can be a failure. I don’t want to look bad in his eyes.

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Jun

21

Hell, I’m the Duke!

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Your Score: John Wayne

You scored 47% Tough, 19% Roguish, 14% Friendly, and 19% Charming!

You, my friend, are a man’s man, the original true grit, one tough talking, swaggering son of a bitch. You’re not a bad guy, on the contrary, you’re the ultimate good guy, but you’re one tough character, rough and tumble, ready for anything. You call the shots and go your own way, and if some screwy dame is willing to accept your terms, that’s just fine by you. Otherwise, you’ll just hit the open trail and stay true to yourself. You stand up for what you believe and can handle any situation, usually by rushing into the thick of the action. You’re not polished and you’re not overly warm, but you’re a straight shooter and a real stand up guy. Co-stars include Lauren Bacall and Maureen O’Hara, tough broads who can take care of themselves.

Find out what kind of classic dame you’d make by taking the
Classic Dames Test.

Link: The Classic Leading Man Test written by gidgetgoes on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the The Dating Persona Test


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Jun

15

Wow, I feel accomplished.

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I’ve been back at writing for what 3 maybe 4 days and I haven’t really been making it easy on myself. I haven’t carved out any time just to write. I haven’t asked the family to miss me for a few hours. I’ve just sort of fit it in when I can. I’ve been following the advice of Mr. King in that I really don’t know where the story is headed, I’m just uncovering more of the fossil as I go. It is kind of nice, but also a little scary. I really have no idea where this story is going other than I have about 7500 words as a goal. I know enough about the star wars universe that I feel comfortable writing in it. I still need to do research (I guess having seen all the movies, read a ton of books, and played the roleplaying game for years as a GM aren’t enough to make it a realistic start wars tale) and I learn new things every day. I’m enjoying this a lot, and looking forward to finishing it soon.

A Jedi Tale
Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
1,180 / 7,500
(15.7%)


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Jun

14

Some good writing Advice from a very talented writer

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Acw-1
I have been catching up on my podcast backlog, which let me tell you will take a great while to finish. I was listening to the Seanachai, which let me tell is a great podcast in and of itself. Mr. McLean mentioned in one of his podcasts that he had started a writing site at Good Words (right order) which mainly discusses business writing but I have found it to be help in all writing endeavors. To quote his words, in his first meaningful post on the site:



“I teach people to get their point across simply and effectively.
Nothing flowery. Nothing esoteric. I seek to impart an honest trade —
one that is more like carpentry than it is “creative” writing.

From my experience, all writing is creative.
(for that matter, so is engineering and mathematics) But the more “creative”
writing I do the more I realize the wisdom of William Zinnser -

“First learn to hammer in the nails, and if what you build is
sturdy and serviceable, take satisfaction in its plain strength.”

And that’s really what good words (right order) means.
It is the simplest definition I can give to good writing. Sturdy, serviceable and strong.”

I really agree with this point of view. The best part is he has included a video cast on the site for those of us who are dreadful at rewrites. I know that this will help me immensely. I just figured I’d point anyone else who has an interest in writing in his direction. Any help at all can’t be that bad.

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Jun

12

I did it!!!!!

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I started writing again today. It felt good, damn I missed it. I cranked out a few words while I was at work, between everything else I had to do. It was a good feeling, putting my story ideas on paper (or screen in this case) again. I just hope that I can continue with this and keep the momentum going. Just a few words a day right. it isn’t that hard.

A Jedi Tale.

Zokutou word meterZokutou word meter
441 / 7,500
(5.9%)


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Jun

7

Must be nice…

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to not have anything else to do but play with an electric fly swatter. I should be writing.


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Jun

1

Been bouncing a story around in my head…..

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Jedi Battle
for a really long time now. I haven’t been sure that I could write it and do it justice, but I need to do something new. I’ve gotten so far removed from the Demonblade (it has been since November of 2006 since I wrote a word of it) that I’ve been having a problem picking up where I left off. The characters aren’t talking to me anymore so I need to reconnect with them before I can get serious about finishing the text. So I plan on attempting, with a little help from my family, writing a short story that has been bouncing around in my head for years. I never thought I could do it justice since it was set in the Star Wars universe.
Force Push
It is about a jedi at the end of the clone wars and his struggles to escape his own troops and to deal with being pursued by an unknown person who dogs his every step. I just never wrote it down because at first I never knew much about the clone wars, except for some cryptic words in the movies and books, and then after the fifth movie, where the clone wars start, and the various books released after, I had enough info, but didn’t have the confidence in myself. I had also heard how difficult it can be to write in another persons world. Now I figure that it is time. It will give me something to work on that doesn’t have a deadline and I figure it will just be a short story, about 7500 words or so. I know that I need to get writing again. Things are starting to get back to a normal level in my life, so now is the time. I need to get that joy back that I felt creating in November during NaNoWriMo. The joy of writing something and creating a story that could be told to others. I really miss that, more than I realized. Plus it will be a good primer to get me ready for NaNoWriMo 2007.
Vader Commands

PS don’t worry Chris, I’m not giving up on the Vampire story. That will be my Project for NaNoWriMo this year, just taking the story in a different direction.

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