The Web Haunt of Ryan K Lindsay

Ryan K Lindsay is a young male and an Australian writer. He spends most of his time writing different things; novels, scripts for film, television and comics. Here he discusses his craft, the craft of much better writers and just stuff about books, music, teev, flicks and comics. This site is for when any other shade of brown just won't do.

Are You Talking To Me(me)?

This is a stolen meme from a mate who I know won’t mind. Thanks, Rol.
1. You’re building your dream house. What’s the one thing that this house absolutely, positively MUST HAVE? (other than the obvious basics of course)
A library. Preferably with one of those ladders on the wheels, and a fireplace. And an nice big [...]

LOST Finale - My Two Cents

As I’ve said previously, it’s been six years of my life. I was there at the start and a natural disaster wouldn’t even keep me from being there at the end. I sat down to watch the entire finale and these are my random thoughts on the whole shebang. And, now, with SPOILERS!

I liked it. [...]

LOST, Where Has The Time Gone?

I can remember when LOST began, all those years ago. It was a different time, I had just started teaching, I was in my early 20’s, I was living on my own. The world was a different place but it would become so much more as this show began.

The ads came on and it was [...]

The Seas of the Abarat

I’m reading Clive Barker’s Abarat to my class. I never thought I’d get the chance to read Clive Barker to little kids so I am relishing this opportunity. And they’re digging it, from all accounts.
To kick it off, I did an art lesson based on the opening lines of the book:
The storm came up out [...]

Shutter Island - A Study of Identity Noir

I am a massive fan of Scorsese, always have been. I watched Taxi Driver as a young teen and was completely won over. Through repeat viewings over time and age I understood more and more of the film and it now ranks as number two on my all-time list. Scorsese was a master, no doubt [...]

Sneaky Moments

My writing regimen is a little scattered what with my return to work. I got a solid two hours yesterday morning, and yielded a very nice 1k of words out of it. Quota had been met for the day and I was happy. There was no need to stress or overthink the process or the [...]

Comics Say The Darnedest Things - tre

This week brings 3 more titles back into my life, which seems to be a bit of a good number each week. I wonder how I’d go round-tabling with nine comics in one week. I’d have to keep it short, but this week won’t be short because I’ve got three very interesting, very talkative titles [...]

Wednesday Comics or Months Later Comics

Comic buyers always debate which to buy; floppies or trades. There are pros and cons for both, which I’ll attempt to enumerate quickly right now.
Floppies – the monthly comics
-due to the publishing schedule this means you get to go to the comic store every week to pick up at least one title
-you get the story [...]

Hey Comics! Let’s Plan 2010

2010 is going to be a big year for comics. No doubt it’s already been planned out so far that writers are already getting promotions based on speculated sales alone, but let’s take a moment to project just what 2010 should and could be like for the four colour medium, or at least how I [...]

Writing & Reading in 2010

I have never felt so defined by a date change. Coming into 2010 really seems to mean something to me, whereas usually a new year just means a hangover and a continuation of my end of year holiday. Instead, i find myself looking at 2009 and all that I managed to accomplish in 12 months [...]