I have fond memories of the days at university when the lights would go out, we’d sit on the couch or floor with our hastily-cooked meals and wait for The X-Files to come on. We drank in the ambiance, the supernatural nature of the weekly problems and the interplay between Mulder and Scully. Not to… Continue reading On The Tube: Fringe
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Works in Progress IV: Now With Pictures!
I don’t want to be the kind of writer who blames an abstract personification for their shortcomings. I know for a fact that I need to work on my time management and maintaining motivation & energy when I get home from the day job, so that my writing can continue and I’ll have more pebbles… Continue reading Works in Progress IV: Now With Pictures!
Canned Goods: History of Lighthouse
Since even after the lion’s share of my first day back at work I still have a veritable mountain of e-mails to which I must respond lest a client become incensed or the universe explodes or something else monumentally dire occurs, here’s something related to the novel upon which I’d be working if I had… Continue reading Canned Goods: History of Lighthouse
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Push
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/push.mp3] Push came out in the midst of the resurgence of the super-hero film. After the success of X-Men and Spider-Man, and the advent of Heroes on television, there have been super-hero stories both good and bad brought to the big screen. Comparisons between Push and, say, Iron Man are pretty much inevitable. While it… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Push
Cut Scenes: MacKenzie's End
Since Lighthouse is being written entirely in first person, scenes like this will no longer appear in the text. This doesn’t make them bad scenes, however: they just don’t fit into the perspective. I’m trying to maintain some mystery and suspense in the story, after all. Anyway, here’s a murder scene from the original iteration… Continue reading Cut Scenes: MacKenzie's End
Lighthouse, Day 1
I think I can finally get this serial off the ground.
True Blood vs. Twilight
Notes About Vampires
Inspired by a quick rant I did over on GeekTyrant, I thought I’d get some of my thoughts on how I’d like to portray vampires “jotted down”. I’m doing it in this way to get some feedback, so please, feel free to comment. Also, in case I need to mention this for the casual passer-by,… Continue reading Notes About Vampires
Shattered Code, Day 1
Built on some ideas and characters from my first novel attempt, this 14-day story arc is more than just an espionage thriller. ~ ~ ~ My name is Morgan Everson. People use a lot of different words to describe me, ranging from glowing praise to muttered expletives, but ‘conventional’ is not one of those words.… Continue reading Shattered Code, Day 1
Akuma
Set in feudal Japan, this story is not for the faint of heart. Until her release from the Hell of the Vast Cold countless days after the night of her murder, Lady Takahashi Makoto did not fully grasp the concept of cosmic balance and the role of akuma, or demons, within it. On that night… Continue reading Akuma