Write It Like You Mean It!

Okay, I'm not really digging MSN Live's bloggerverse, so here I am. Again. Right back where I started. My dreams were my ticket out. Now I'm back, at that same old blog that I laughed about (sorry Mr. Kotter)...

UPDATE CENTRAL:


Bubba: sometimes the only way you can really appreciate the development of a child is to step back and remember what he was like 1/2/3/4 years ago. This kid never ceases to amuse me. He's gone from hating school to "when can I go to school?" in the span of less than a month. God bless 'em.

The Mrs.: nothing dramatic. Anybody really surprised?

School: new semester, new brain drainage. This quarter's contestants are neuroanatomy, personal adjustment (total 'skate' class) and Round 2 with Statistics for Psychological Analysis. The one good thing is the foreknowledge I got last semester has allowed me to not only keep up but actually get ahead some in this one. Added bonus: I actually understand about 60% of what we're doing now!


Work: still waiting for new years to pursue assistant psychologist position at YAI. No sense risking a bad grade or 2 because I overextended myself.


Creative: Many chickens in this particular pot.

As those in the know know, I published "The Big Book of Useless Examinations" in 2005to excellent reviews (both of them) and crap sales. I'd blame the marketing department if I had one. Get it?

Anywho, my follow-up was to be the novel "mageOps", about a special forces team that deals with magical threats. Most of the book is on paper, but I've come to realize most of my fantasy work translates better into the comic medium right now, considering people are more likely to shell out $3-5 for a comic book several times a year instead of reading one $30.00 wordbundle. So be it.

As of now I've got 2 projects gearing up: "Sons of the Blue Sheild", which is a police drama in a world where magic is the science of the land and "mageOPS" the comic book.

For SOTBS I've gotten a gent by the name of Gino Collins to do the pencilwork. He's new but he's got serious potential, and his style is organic and dynamic which is great for fantasy. Plus he knows angles and perspectives, which is pretty rare in comics. This will be the first project sent out to publishers when we have a proper proposal portfolio together. I'm hoping for a Spring '09 start on that. Lots of knocking on doors and mewling phone calls, you can be sure.

The mageOPS project, which will be grounded in our "reality" and where magic is hidden but known to Senate panelists, one government agency and obviously the threats is just now being solidified. The artist for this one will be (hopefully, as he as agreed but until you start paying anything goes) Larry Watts, the next Steve McNiven as far as I'm concerned. His realistic detail and spot-on gadget linework is like watching the next Marvel headliner from the beginning.

Finally my personal guilty favorite, "Cold Dead Heart" which is - I can say without hyperbole - a zombie story you have never seen before which will creep you out in new and fun ways. No artist yet, but I'm looking for someone with a thick, almost watercolory style. Maybe. But this one will do some damage, let me tell you.


Where do I find the time to go to graduate school, raise my son and write a bunch of comic books you ask? Crack Flakes! At least 3 bowls a day...



I've also become more of a torent whore since getting the new desktop, what with a quad processor, 1TB of storage and a sweet Smasung TOC widescreen monitor to watch HD video on while others are hogging the T.V. (don't worry, they have the option of 2laptops hooked into the home network or the old desktop, which is no slouch).

All Hallows Eve is soon upon us, and while Bubba has already decided he wants to be Luigi I have yet to choose my getup. I'm leaning towards a "Dr. Horrible" ensemble, but I loves my latex too much not to think of trying another undead appliance - perhaps something with internal bladders.

Finally, my mind is reeling from the influx of ideas for my research paper. After I play with some giant axons and neural somas from fresh squid I'm going to look into the possibility of expanding Loewi's experiments to find out if it is possible to transfuse active neurochemical transmitters from mentally healthy subjects to those with severe psychological defects, and what the result may be. That or creating a negative action potential caused by artificial triggers in the voltage and ions of the soma. One's cheaper, one's cooler. Time will tell...

I know, I know: I always promise to write again soon, but this time I'm serious. I have to - my birthday's in a few weeks!

Chow,

jdk