Greasy, shedding things

I listened yesterday to the Fuzzy Typewriter Podcast regarding the movie ALIEN. In light of the forthcoming movie Prometheus, Paul has decided to watch the four Alien franchise movies and discuss them with friends. This podcast covered the first movie, Ridley Scott’s Alien. I’m not going to talk about the movie. I am going to [...]

Productivity meaurement

So, a question for you all. Under what circumstances do you feel most productive? “Feeling productive” can be measured by any means you like. It’s about how you feel, after all. What makes you feel like you are getting things done? Do you make lists? Schedules? Stack up the finished products? Get paid? Win awards? [...]

Too tired to brain

1. Watched Rumble in the Bronx. I love watching Jackie Chan move. 2. Finished first draft of short story. It needs to sit for a day or so, and then I need to tackle it with a pen, on paper, and see if it hangs together. 3. Other short story is at beta. These two [...]

Plot- or character-driven

So, here’s a thing about storytelling. By and large, I tend to prefer stories in which the plot happens because of who the characters are, rather than plots that just happen and to which the characters, whoever they happen to be, must react. The books I love that are most like the second sort, the [...]

February!

I am still home from work. Blea. I have angered the snot gods, it seems. It’s February, so my month off from writing is done. Today will be a day of sorting through my existing projects. I need to find them all, where I’ve saved them or worked on them (hard drive, google docs, Dropbox, [...]

Comics and getting published

1. I’ve gotten art from two artists in the past week, for comics forthcoming. I’m not entirely sure WHEN they will be forthcoming, or in what format. I’m hoping that the revamp on my website will be done soonish. Said revamp with include webcomics, incorporate my blog into the new site, and be pretty spiffy [...]

Achieving goals through trickery

Every day I tell myself that I could absolutely have a caffeinated drink, I certainly could. I tell myself I could certainly have this one, right here, but, I think I’ll skip it. I can buy a coffee at the next gas station, get a chai at the next coffeeshop, get a can of Monster [...]

Busy Wednesday was pretty good

Today was a good day. Busy from six a.m. until 7:45 p.m., but good. 1. Mailed second payment to Chicago Artist. He sent the pdf of the comic, and I just need to contact the printer. 2. Finalized deal with new artist for Next Project, to be done in July. Excellent. 3. I got another [...]

Life Interrupts for sale!

I’m pleased to announce the latest fruit of Slightly Obsessed Studio, Life Interrupts! Life Interrupts is a single-issue mini-comic with art by Sean Lynch, telling of a road trip through the eyes of a highly imaginative boy, Davey. The mundane, boring details of a long car ride are interspersed with Davey’s much-improved perception of events. [...]

A landmark!

I think of myself as the sort of person who has awful follow-through. A person who never finishes projects, who has lots of grand plans that come to nothing. The truth is, in the last four years or so I’ve gotten better at this. I finish more and more things. But I finish them out [...]