I will finally be travelling abroad. It has been well over a decade since I left the shores of Australia, but now is the time. We will be in France for one week and then Italy for two whole glorious and inspirational weeks. I cannot wait. I don’t even know what excited me the most; [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by ryan
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It only took me seven weeks to write. It then took another eight weeks to reread meticulously and polish. It seemed like forever for it to print, especially because the ink cartridge was running out and the last few pages felt like some tense political thriller while the senator tries to hide the body of [...]
Posted on May 22nd, 2009 by ryan
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It’s official, the flick my brother wrote and came up with, The Pessimist, has been accepted at a film festival. The honourable and distinguished Dungog Film Festival will be screening The Pessimist on Sunday the 31st of May. It is an honour to see the Lindsay name getting some screen time. I am very proud. [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2009 by ryan
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I stumbled across a blog of a bloke and it was one I actually liked, which is rare in the blogosphere, so much of it is crap. This guy has good tastes and similar to mine, hence the compliment. Go give him a crack, Sunset Over Slawit. I have stolen the following book meme from [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2009 by ryan
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I learnt something new today. I watched Æon Flux and it was a terrible movie. I don’t know how good actors can turn out such dreck. But I suppose De Niro has made two Focker movies and Landis directed Meet The Stupids, but I digress. Charlize Theron is wicked hot, but she is also a [...]
Posted on May 20th, 2009 by ryan
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I’ve posted before about titles and how important and fun I think they can be. Some books do not employ chapter titles, but I always like to at least try to. Most of my chapters remained untitled until recently, but then in an inspired fit I went through and named a slew of them. I [...]
Posted on May 19th, 2009 by ryan
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We all know we are getting Andy Diggle writing the words on Daredevil come issue 501, but the artist has been well kept under wraps. Diggle has worked many times with Jock in the past and now there seem to be hints that we will get Jock on the book, or possibly at least covers. [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by ryan
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I am off this weekend to France for one week, for a family wedding, and then splinter off to take the lady through Italy for two weeks. In all of the preparation of packing to ensure we stay within our weight limits and still have everything we need, I have amassed a small collection of [...]
Posted on May 18th, 2009 by ryan
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I was shuffling through the local second hand book store, the underground den that I love so much, and hoping to find something. I have noticed that a lot of the good stuff doesn’t last on the shelves there very long. They had a copy of Richard Stark’s The Hunter, with Lee Marvin on the [...]
Posted on May 17th, 2009 by ryan
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Over at Marvel.com they are having a massive vote to work out the Top 70 Comic Covers of All Time. There is a lot to choose from, and it is a nifty idea for Marvel to kick around. This is the sort of stuff DC just doesn’t come close with, which is a shame. The [...]
Posted on May 13th, 2009 by ryan
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