Happy Birthday, Salomé! If our friends Danny and Xia are like a CBS sitcom, as he suggests, then I’m thinking Salomé and I are like the Jeffersons. Louise Jefferson is a warm-hearted person. Her personality is completely opposite from that of her husband George, who is quick-tempered and opinionated. She is levelheaded where George is
Review: Iron Man #1
Issues with Marvel’s questionable relaunches aside, I admit to being…intrigued. I wasn’t going to buy it at all but, seeing how Marvel didn’t release a single title of interest to me this week, I figured I’d take a gamble. It’s no secret that Warren Ellis is a good writer, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed his run
Pumpkin Seeds: Kitchen Sink Edition
1. David Twohy, director of The Chronicles of Riddick, told Now Playing Magazine that further installments of the proposed Riddick trilogy of films will depend in part on the performance of the upcoming Riddick director’s-cut DVD, which hits stores next week. The first Chronicles of Riddick film didn’t fare well at the box office in
BABE IN THE WOODS: Nine
Thursday, October 31, 2013: Sherman Park, NY, USA Herman Ruth stood perfectly still, partially hidden behind a large oak tree three hundred yards into Leitas Pond Park, directly across from Detective Eric Pearson’s house. It was the first time he’d observed the house, but it was the first time he had company doing it. His
BABE IN THE WOODS: Eight
Thursday, October 31, 2013: Sherman Park, NY, USA Eric Pearson gave the hot water knob another turn, wanting more than anything at that moment to scald away the invisible layer of fear coating his entire body. He winced sharply, but didn’t back away from the steaming spray showering down on him. He’d been standing there
NaNoWriMo 2004 Word Count, Day 15
Babe in the Woods, NaNoWriMo Word Count, Day 15: 13,297 (-11,708) For the second time in three days, I managed to crank out more than the 1,667 words/day minimum, resulting in a 121-word dent in my overall Word Debt. If not for the whole working and sleeping thing, I’d have made even more progress as
BABE IN THE WOODS: Seven
Thursday, October 31, 2013: West Point, NY, USA “Trick or treat, Vargas! Time to move!” Damon shifted under his green flannel bedsheet, slightly damp from a night of fitful sleep, as he teetered on the edge of consciousness, desperately trying to ignore the insistent knocking at his door. Pulling the lumpy pillow over his head
Apropos of Nothing, Monday at 3:45pm i want to smack you so hard, your ears pop i want to smack you so hard, your clothes come back in style and your thinking goes out of fashion i want to smack you so hard, you fast-forward to the middle of next week past your next three
NaNoWriMo 2004 Word Count, Day 14
Like so many things with me, once I get past the hump of actually getting started on something, I tend to jump into it completely and, as much as possible, make the most of the moment. Like spring cleaning, of the sort we did yesterday after continually putting it off for the past few weeks.
NaNoWriMo 2004 Word Count, Day 13
Babe in the Woods, NaNoWriMo Word Count, Day 13: 10,874 (-10,797) Roughly 50 double-spaced pages so far, surpassing the length of my old screenplay’s first draft, many moons ago! (Though that was cranked out over three days, so perhaps it’s not so impressive.) Still deep in the Word Debt hole, though, but the past couple