- I’ve written again. I am not completely whole, but I am no longer damaged goods. Just a little rattled in the box.
I wrote a few pages on my Space! story this afternoon and I feel great after having done it. A persistent cough and a killer lower back cannot hold me down, no way, [...]
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by ryan
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If only that were some kind of music, I would totally dig the shit out of it. Unfortunately, it is more reference to my state of mind at the moment.
I have not written in a few days. I do not like not writing.
ANZAC Day was a day I was prepared to take off, even the [...]
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by ryan
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I’m a comic news junkie. It’s probably not a good thing. I know all about Jason Aaron’s exclusive deal at Marvel well before I hear about a posse of kids in Sydney walking around a high school with machetes looking for the Year 11 kids. My priorities may be tad off, or they could be [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by ryan
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Our favourite comic nerds, Brad and Mike are back. Brad still hasn’t trimmed his beard and Mike still can’t grow one.
They are behind the counter, as usual.
Mike: You are such a fucking idiot!
Brad: What? I’m allowed to have an opinion, aren’t I?
Mike: You shouldn’t be, not when it’s that stupid!
Brad: It doesn’t make sense that [...]
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by ryan
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I’ve finished writing the Fate mini and I couldn’t be sadder about it. Writing it was a real blast, there are so many characters that are already some of my favourite creations. Kid Claw is one I would love to go back to. But, for now, I must fill my days with other writing chores. [...]
Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by ryan
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Stretching and warming up is always important. I once ran a half marathon and I stretched heaps beforehand. I ran the entire thing, didn’t stop (also didn’t take a drink, but the drink stations are a notorious time waster, I loaded up pre-race) and got to the end a tired but happy man. I grabbed [...]
Posted on April 21st, 2008 by ryan
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Man, when things happen they just happen.
I never force myself to sit down and write. I just nudge myself into it, much like exercise. As soon as you make a chore of it, it becomes dead to you. You cannot burn yourself out on it. The Kurgan might think it’s better to burn out than [...]
Posted on April 17th, 2008 by ryan
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I never knew that YouTube could actually be useful, like really useful for stuff. It’s completely trashed by most people, explained away as a pastime of youths doing stupid things for the attention of stupid people. But I never realised that YouTube had so much to offer.
A chance link took me to an old David [...]
Posted on April 15th, 2008 by ryan
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Why is it that when Hollywood has been ignoring someone for years, when that person makes good they throw them straight at the top like they have always been fans of their vision?
David Cronenberg has been one of the most innovative directors in the business of making films for about 3 decades. Now, with 2 [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2008 by ryan
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That’s the title of the latest story I am drafting. It is also how story ideas come to me. I will just be sitting there and usually one image flashes into my head. Instantly I will get another bunch of thoughts around that image; ideas, characters, plot turns, dialogue, whatever. I then have to sit [...]
Posted on April 8th, 2008 by ryan
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