I just capped the end date on the first draft for my third novel. I’m pretty happy with how it’s come out. It’s about 112k of words, and around the 90k mark I wasn’t sure if I had lost my place or not, but it feels like it ends kind of strong. I hope it [...]
Posted on September 29th, 2009 by ryan
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I’m not the DC comics reader. In fact, I don’t currently read any of their business in monthlies, but they do get me through trades a fair deal, but that’s mostly through their Vertigo imprint. That vertical VERTIGO stamp on the spines is nearly as ubiquitous as the vertical MARVEL stamp is on the shelf [...]
Posted on September 28th, 2009 by ryan
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I never make a point to write on the weekend. If it happens, that’s cool, but if it doens’t then I don’t feel bad at all. Every job has to have a weekend, or else you burn out and it becomes real work. Writing isn’t work for me, I still love it, so I don’t [...]
Posted on September 27th, 2009 by ryan
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Here we are, down to the last two, but really they’re my last one. I couldn’t split between them. Both of these characters mean something special to me as a reader and as a writer. They’re shown me style, technique, dialogue, plotting, and how to be downright awesome. I find that comic characters are a [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 by ryan
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I haven’t done a single creative thing this morning. This blog right here is as good as it gets, and it’s only being punched out quickly before I depart for work. It kind of sucks, but I am getting a lot of other crap out of the way. I am applying for a relieving position [...]
Posted on September 20th, 2009 by ryan
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Here are the next group of comic characters who really are my favourites. They’re a quality bunch, and I think fairly varied. Though there are some similarities. Danny Rand – The Immortal Iron Fist I still feel that there is so much about this character that hasn’t been done yet. And I still find his [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2009 by ryan
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I though it might be fun to work out who my favourite comic characters were, and why. There are literally thousands to choose from, but only a special few that really jump off the page and live on for me. Though many automatically write themselves out, I wans’t going to run with The Gibbon, or [...]
Posted on September 16th, 2009 by ryan
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I didn’t write much yesterday. About 200 words in fact. I was going back to the old drawing board at night but instead decided to lay down on my back on this massive rug we had laid out on the lounge floor. I put my hands beneath my head and I stopped looking. My brain [...]
Posted on September 9th, 2009 by ryan
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I love every form of entertainment that is on offer. I have read books ever since I was a kid, and will continue to well into old age, I am certain. I like music and find that it coats the great moments in my life and can bring back memories so effectively that I can [...]
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by ryan
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I had a good week with book purchases. Let’s have a little look-see at the covers of the classics I’ll soon be reading. Ed McBain’s The Gutter and the Grave. I see a lot of McBain fiction on the shelves and have never been particularly drawn to pick it up, but could not pass off [...]
Posted on September 6th, 2009 by ryan
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