In the run-up to this summer’s superhero blockbuster, The Avengers, I’ve decided to take some time and look at the core heroes of the much-anticipated movie. This is partly an exercise in meme-mining for my own uses, since I have a deep interest in what makes successful superheroes iconic, but mostly because I just find … More Captain America, Superpatriot.
Wing feather bat leather, hollow bone, gift of Icarus and Oberon. Dream of the earthbound, spin and flow, fledge and flutter and fly and go! (Natsumi Hayashi, headed to work.) I had no intention of posting again so soon, but this article caught my funny-bone. To summarize, it’s about a young female photographer in Tokyo … More Pixie Dust and Happy Thoughts.
Bite Me, the story of Artemis’ adventures in New Orleans between the events of Wearing the Cape and Villains Inc. is taking awhile, but coming nicely into shape. So, just for fun and to get a little feedback along the way, here is the first chapter. Note that the awesome portrait below is not of … More Bite Me: Big Easy Nights–Preview
Being a writer, I have to paint with words, using description, comparison,and imagery, to help the reader paint a picture in his head of the people and places in my stories. But the world in my head is unique to me; each reader has his own world, and the words echoing there will strike light … More Painting Pictures
Zombies are like credit card payments. If you keep getting rid of the minimum amount, you’ll never win. (From X-Heroes by Peter Cline.) Amazon has become like its namesake river; deep, dark, populated by secret tribes of headhunters and cannibals…a mystery uncertainly navigated. A short while back I made the pleasant discovery that Amazon was … More Mysteries of Amazon, And A Drawing.
Let’s go back to January 1st, 2011. I had finished and re-finished Wearing the Cape, and while I turned to three other projects (to see which one would pop in my head), I sent query letters to close to 100 agents and publishing houses. The response was underwhelming if not unexpected. The odds of a … More What A Difference A Year Makes.
I didn’t start this blog with the intent of weighing in on social-political issues of the day, and my one foray into “modern events” so far has been some thoughts on the economic downturn helped along by the housing-market bubble (and this mostly from a personal financial advisor’s standpoint). But today I read an article … More Who Wants To Live Forever?
Villains Inc., Episode Three is finally out–a week behind my self-imposed deadline, but well worth the final days put in on it. So now we’re in the home stretch as I pound away at my draft for Episode Four: Endgame, which should be out mid-December. The entire novel will also become available in December, just … More Astra’s Adventure Continues.
Ever have one of those days when you realize that the words you write will never equal the world in your head? I just spent the entire day sweating out one scene of dialogue. It’s a good scene, but I know that it’s not the scene I wanted. I think every writer goes through this–and … More One Of Those Days
Being a financial advisor is a lot like being Cassandra, the Greek prophetess everyone completely ignored; her last piece of advice had to do with the wisdom of bringing a wooden horse inside the walls of Troy. Becoming a financial advisor isn’t difficult, nor does it require a great deal of arcane knowledge; the core … More For What It’s Worth, II
Marion G. Harmon, A Writer in Vegas. 