Last night I finished cleaning most of the studio. I spent about a half hour then working on a drawing called "Learning to Fly". Not sure if I like it yet...but it was nice to get back in there. My studio had turned into a storage area and was filled with cob and spider webs. I've spent too much time on photoshop and not enough time in the studio.
Also, I'm getting a lot of editing done on Entropy Gate Beyond. Now that book one, Journey, is 50,000 words shorter, I'd like to throw it out there to anyone who'd like to read it and give me some feedback.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
They're pulling a Lucas...
Fans of the original Star Trek series need to read an article posted here...
Fans of the original Star Trek series need to read an article posted here...
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Someone asked about a fifth book in the series. It's actually a collections of short stories that I have been periodically working on. They are important stories for the series, but they don't really have to be included with the four books.
HOPE - the story of the doomed ship that first travelled secretly to Venus to explore the Entropy Gate.
GIFTED - originally written for the nanowrimo contest I participated in. Originally titled First Gate. Perhaps some of the very worst writing I have ever done. I liked the initial story but it went oh so horribly wrong. It tells the story of how the pine cone winds up on the planet that lies beyond the Entropy Gate. (that last comment makes sense only if you've read BEYOND.
ICONS - the story of the origins of the pinecone...takes place in Italy during the Italian Renaisance. Michaelangelo has a cameo.
HOPE - the story of the doomed ship that first travelled secretly to Venus to explore the Entropy Gate.
GIFTED - originally written for the nanowrimo contest I participated in. Originally titled First Gate. Perhaps some of the very worst writing I have ever done. I liked the initial story but it went oh so horribly wrong. It tells the story of how the pine cone winds up on the planet that lies beyond the Entropy Gate. (that last comment makes sense only if you've read BEYOND.
ICONS - the story of the origins of the pinecone...takes place in Italy during the Italian Renaisance. Michaelangelo has a cameo.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
part 3
Q: This just as a side note, you said that Jean Reno would be David. How about Michael or Chen?
A: Michael has always been a bit vague in my mind as far as actors go. As far as Chen? Perhaps Lucy Lu. She can be commanding and venerable.
Q: When you start writing, do you know the whole story?
A: I know the beginning and the ending. The middle is always a bit fuzzy. It’s fun to take the characters to strange or emotional or dangers areas and then see how they’re going to get to the end of the story.
Q: It was suggested that you need to trim down the story.
A: By a third.
Q: Yes. How is that going?
A: (not the original answer since I have done that already) It was hard at first because it’s A THIRD OF THE BOOK! But I managed, as I posted here. I’m so much happier with the new version.
Q: What comes after Entropy Gate? More Science Fiction?
A: I have several ideas…but the EG series is quite intense at times and I’d like to write something that my wife might read. I’ve worked a bit, in my mind, on a Romantic Comedy called ARTIST’S KNIGHT.
Q: Romantic…Comedy?
A: So shoot me.
Q: Last Question. New last question, actually. Is Entropy Gate just a guy thing?
A: I’ve actually had a lot of positive feed back from women. In fact, one of the neatest compliments I received was from a lady who accused me of having my wife write the conversations between Abigail and Michael. That was cool.
Q: This just as a side note, you said that Jean Reno would be David. How about Michael or Chen?
A: Michael has always been a bit vague in my mind as far as actors go. As far as Chen? Perhaps Lucy Lu. She can be commanding and venerable.
Q: When you start writing, do you know the whole story?
A: I know the beginning and the ending. The middle is always a bit fuzzy. It’s fun to take the characters to strange or emotional or dangers areas and then see how they’re going to get to the end of the story.
Q: It was suggested that you need to trim down the story.
A: By a third.
Q: Yes. How is that going?
A: (not the original answer since I have done that already) It was hard at first because it’s A THIRD OF THE BOOK! But I managed, as I posted here. I’m so much happier with the new version.
Q: What comes after Entropy Gate? More Science Fiction?
A: I have several ideas…but the EG series is quite intense at times and I’d like to write something that my wife might read. I’ve worked a bit, in my mind, on a Romantic Comedy called ARTIST’S KNIGHT.
Q: Romantic…Comedy?
A: So shoot me.
Q: Last Question. New last question, actually. Is Entropy Gate just a guy thing?
A: I’ve actually had a lot of positive feed back from women. In fact, one of the neatest compliments I received was from a lady who accused me of having my wife write the conversations between Abigail and Michael. That was cool.
Interview part two...
Q: Where did the idea for Entropy Gate come from.
A: I had an idea about a vortex of some sort that was destroying Jupiter and a group of Russian and American scientists explore it.
Q: Didn’t that happen in 2010?
A: Yeah…it sort of did. I was going to scrap the idea, but then I turned it around and went with Venus. Once I did that, any similarity to the movie (and book) dissolved.
Q: And Father Michael?
A: Yes?
Q: I mean, where did he come from?
A: I think he comes from the same place that all of my characters come from. He’s a combination of people I know and, I suppose, a little bit of me.
Q: And the others?
A: David Frank, possibly the most controversial character, isn’t anyone I know, but I always pictured Jean Reno as the actor to play him (if a movie was ever made) and some of the dialog is actually written to match his vocal cadence and vocabulary.
Q: Why do you say controversial?
A: Because I’m writing stories with strong, positive Christian themes and he’s a likable atheist.
Q: And his likeability is an issue?
A: For some it might be. But I have met nice atheists and agnostics who haven’t said I was an idiot for believing in God. I have met, one in particular, who was just a total jerk and threw his atheism around like a hammer challenging everyone who believed that there could possibly be a higher being to argue with him. He was at grad school. We kicked him out of a party.
Q: For being a jerk.
A: Yes. But sometimes the whole notion of having an atheist as a likeable character is odd for me.
Q: Because…
A: A friend I grew up with went from being a Christian to an agnostic to an atheist and I have a hard time with that sort of evolution.
Q: Has that changed your character at all?
A: Oh, no. David Franke is locked in. He’s a real person now.
Q: Real-
A: As real as the others. Michael, Chen, Artimus, their all like real people in my mind.
Q: Have you ever had to kill off one of these real characters?
A: Yes…it’s a rather funny story actually. In Return (book two) one of the main characters dies. I had always planned on having him not make it through the story, but my original plan saw him dying a completely different way. I wrote myself into a corner where he was the only one to be able save the rest and so he got killed. I went home from work, where I had written the chapter, and my wife asked why I was depressed. I told her that one of the characters died and she just rolled her eyes.
Q: Who dies?
A: Someone. I’m not telling.
Q: Where did the idea for Entropy Gate come from.
A: I had an idea about a vortex of some sort that was destroying Jupiter and a group of Russian and American scientists explore it.
Q: Didn’t that happen in 2010?
A: Yeah…it sort of did. I was going to scrap the idea, but then I turned it around and went with Venus. Once I did that, any similarity to the movie (and book) dissolved.
Q: And Father Michael?
A: Yes?
Q: I mean, where did he come from?
A: I think he comes from the same place that all of my characters come from. He’s a combination of people I know and, I suppose, a little bit of me.
Q: And the others?
A: David Frank, possibly the most controversial character, isn’t anyone I know, but I always pictured Jean Reno as the actor to play him (if a movie was ever made) and some of the dialog is actually written to match his vocal cadence and vocabulary.
Q: Why do you say controversial?
A: Because I’m writing stories with strong, positive Christian themes and he’s a likable atheist.
Q: And his likeability is an issue?
A: For some it might be. But I have met nice atheists and agnostics who haven’t said I was an idiot for believing in God. I have met, one in particular, who was just a total jerk and threw his atheism around like a hammer challenging everyone who believed that there could possibly be a higher being to argue with him. He was at grad school. We kicked him out of a party.
Q: For being a jerk.
A: Yes. But sometimes the whole notion of having an atheist as a likeable character is odd for me.
Q: Because…
A: A friend I grew up with went from being a Christian to an agnostic to an atheist and I have a hard time with that sort of evolution.
Q: Has that changed your character at all?
A: Oh, no. David Franke is locked in. He’s a real person now.
Q: Real-
A: As real as the others. Michael, Chen, Artimus, their all like real people in my mind.
Q: Have you ever had to kill off one of these real characters?
A: Yes…it’s a rather funny story actually. In Return (book two) one of the main characters dies. I had always planned on having him not make it through the story, but my original plan saw him dying a completely different way. I wrote myself into a corner where he was the only one to be able save the rest and so he got killed. I went home from work, where I had written the chapter, and my wife asked why I was depressed. I told her that one of the characters died and she just rolled her eyes.
Q: Who dies?
A: Someone. I’m not telling.
It is...it isn't...it is...now it's not!
Pluto is no longer a planet, it's a sub planet. So now there are only 8 planets in the solar system when only three days ago the newspaper made some mention about possibly adding a few more...
So???
Well, if you've read book one, you'll know that the 'bad guys' based part of their cult on less than nine planets and that throws off Michael's initial analysis on the writings he finds...so now I have to change the story AGAIN.
Pluto is no longer a planet, it's a sub planet. So now there are only 8 planets in the solar system when only three days ago the newspaper made some mention about possibly adding a few more...
So???
Well, if you've read book one, you'll know that the 'bad guys' based part of their cult on less than nine planets and that throws off Michael's initial analysis on the writings he finds...so now I have to change the story AGAIN.
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Kablooie times 4
1. Computer died. (brother fixed it-but I've been going nuts not able to write)
2. Back went out and I was put on medication that made me into Mr. Hyde...been off of the drugs for a couple of days and I still feel weird, short tempered, edgy.
3. Kristi lost her job (unjustly - legal action is an option)
4. I'm back to three jobs instead of the normal two.
1. Computer died. (brother fixed it-but I've been going nuts not able to write)
2. Back went out and I was put on medication that made me into Mr. Hyde...been off of the drugs for a couple of days and I still feel weird, short tempered, edgy.
3. Kristi lost her job (unjustly - legal action is an option)
4. I'm back to three jobs instead of the normal two.
Thursday, August 17, 2006
I made a transcript of an interview from a short while ago...it sort of explains some of (what my wife calls) the weirdness that is my brain.
PART ONE
Q: Why do you write and when did it all star?
A: I write because film costs too much.
Q: Film-
A: As a kid I had a super 8mm camera and I used to make short films. I’ve always liked film and love movies. I like any medium that can tell a story. I used to get mad when people said my paintings and drawings looked like illustrations, but then I realized that that isn’t a bad thing. I’m a story teller.
Q: Would you rather be making movies, if the cost wasn’t so high?
A: I will one day. I had a project for this summer, but it fell through. Next summer, maybe.
Q: Was it part of the Entropy Gate trilogy?
A: Not really. Quadrillogy, actually, though there is a possible fifth story. Quintilogy? Quintology, I don’t know. What was the first question?
Q: I guess, why do you write, or more accurately, tell stories?
A: My brother.
Q: How so?
A: It’s totally his fault. He was an insomniac so I used to make up stories to try to get him to fall asleep.
Q: Did it work?
A: Yes.
Q: So your stories are boaring? Sleep inducing?
A: Then maybe. Not now, I hope. But what was interesting was I would continue the story in my head after he fell asleep.
Q: Your current series is Science Fiction. Were the bed time stories sci-fi?
A: No. I did not like Science fiction as a kid. I saw an episode of Star Trek (Is There in Truth no Beauty) where Spock’s brain sort of wigs out after looking into a box that contains some sort of glowing alien light and they used a fish eye lens on the camera and it creeped me out. Besides, Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone (the series) which ever it was, was on at the same time. We had foster kids living with us so we had two TVs. Imagine that two, in one house hold. I had to watch on the small black and white in my parents’ room while Dad and the others watched on the big black and white in the family room.
Q: So what turned you on to Science fiction?
A: My dad. Star Wars and 2001. But my dad was the main thing. He took me to see Star Wars at age 10 and it blew me away. Then (a few years later) I saw 2001 (on video) and was stunned again, though as a kid I preferred the action.
Q: And that did it?
A: Oh, yeah. After Star Wars I started watching Star Trek, Space 1999, anything with space ships and lasers and robots.
Q: And did your bed time stories change too?
A: By that time I wasn’t really telling stories anymore because my brother had beat insomnia and passed it on to me.
Q: Do you still have a hard time sleeping?
A: I have a love/hate relationship with sleep. I hate to go to sleep, but once I’m out, usually after 1:00 am, I hate to get up.
Q: What was the first Science Fiction story you wrote?
A: Well, the first one wasn’t ever really written down. I came up with these two characters, based loosely on me and my best friend Mark (RIP). We would have all of these adventures and I would play these stories out in my head like a self contained movie-
Q: Like day dreaming?
A: -like, yes, like day dreaming. Except that my brother and I had three paper routes that we ran and I’d play out the stories in my head while delivering the papers. Sometimes I’d play back the ones, the episodes if you will, that I really liked.
Q: That’s odd.
A: Isn’t it?
PART ONE
Q: Why do you write and when did it all star?
A: I write because film costs too much.
Q: Film-
A: As a kid I had a super 8mm camera and I used to make short films. I’ve always liked film and love movies. I like any medium that can tell a story. I used to get mad when people said my paintings and drawings looked like illustrations, but then I realized that that isn’t a bad thing. I’m a story teller.
Q: Would you rather be making movies, if the cost wasn’t so high?
A: I will one day. I had a project for this summer, but it fell through. Next summer, maybe.
Q: Was it part of the Entropy Gate trilogy?
A: Not really. Quadrillogy, actually, though there is a possible fifth story. Quintilogy? Quintology, I don’t know. What was the first question?
Q: I guess, why do you write, or more accurately, tell stories?
A: My brother.
Q: How so?
A: It’s totally his fault. He was an insomniac so I used to make up stories to try to get him to fall asleep.
Q: Did it work?
A: Yes.
Q: So your stories are boaring? Sleep inducing?
A: Then maybe. Not now, I hope. But what was interesting was I would continue the story in my head after he fell asleep.
Q: Your current series is Science Fiction. Were the bed time stories sci-fi?
A: No. I did not like Science fiction as a kid. I saw an episode of Star Trek (Is There in Truth no Beauty) where Spock’s brain sort of wigs out after looking into a box that contains some sort of glowing alien light and they used a fish eye lens on the camera and it creeped me out. Besides, Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone (the series) which ever it was, was on at the same time. We had foster kids living with us so we had two TVs. Imagine that two, in one house hold. I had to watch on the small black and white in my parents’ room while Dad and the others watched on the big black and white in the family room.
Q: So what turned you on to Science fiction?
A: My dad. Star Wars and 2001. But my dad was the main thing. He took me to see Star Wars at age 10 and it blew me away. Then (a few years later) I saw 2001 (on video) and was stunned again, though as a kid I preferred the action.
Q: And that did it?
A: Oh, yeah. After Star Wars I started watching Star Trek, Space 1999, anything with space ships and lasers and robots.
Q: And did your bed time stories change too?
A: By that time I wasn’t really telling stories anymore because my brother had beat insomnia and passed it on to me.
Q: Do you still have a hard time sleeping?
A: I have a love/hate relationship with sleep. I hate to go to sleep, but once I’m out, usually after 1:00 am, I hate to get up.
Q: What was the first Science Fiction story you wrote?
A: Well, the first one wasn’t ever really written down. I came up with these two characters, based loosely on me and my best friend Mark (RIP). We would have all of these adventures and I would play these stories out in my head like a self contained movie-
Q: Like day dreaming?
A: -like, yes, like day dreaming. Except that my brother and I had three paper routes that we ran and I’d play out the stories in my head while delivering the papers. Sometimes I’d play back the ones, the episodes if you will, that I really liked.
Q: That’s odd.
A: Isn’t it?
Things sort of went Ka-Blooie with the Church I have been attending for the last ten years...that's a whole 'nother story in itsself...but needless to say my wife and I have visited other churches in the surrounding area. We went to one last week and it was nice (though the music was way to loud for my parents and son (who has hearing problems)). The drummer was a young woman who I found out has already published a trilogy and just signed a four book deal. She writes stories that are more toward the "romance" genre...maybe I've found something my wife will read since she hasn't read my book yet.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
I've been chugging through the pages and a lot is changing with book two...for those of you who have read bok two, here are some of the changes...
1. There is no distant feelings between Chen and her father...she's too tough for that and I feel that it weakened her character.
2. The 'stealing of the Aquila and the Orca' is much more action packed...they don't just walk in...and Will Kensel and Scrap are armed with large Power Welders - dangerous.
3. The 'cult of Silla' has a much larger roll at the beginning...
more later
1. There is no distant feelings between Chen and her father...she's too tough for that and I feel that it weakened her character.
2. The 'stealing of the Aquila and the Orca' is much more action packed...they don't just walk in...and Will Kensel and Scrap are armed with large Power Welders - dangerous.
3. The 'cult of Silla' has a much larger roll at the beginning...
more later
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Thought I was ready...again...
I rearanged some of the first fifty pages of the manuscript.
Instead of it all being about Michael in the desert, I now have...
Chapter One - A scout class vessel sent by Dr. Dolson orbiting Venus and the murder of Dolson.
Chapter Two - Michael meeting Artimus and leaving with the Deep Prophets.
Chapter Three - Chen boarding the Corona and learning aout her mission.
Chapter Four - Michael agreeing to the mission.
NOW I'm ready.
I rearanged some of the first fifty pages of the manuscript.
Instead of it all being about Michael in the desert, I now have...
Chapter One - A scout class vessel sent by Dr. Dolson orbiting Venus and the murder of Dolson.
Chapter Two - Michael meeting Artimus and leaving with the Deep Prophets.
Chapter Three - Chen boarding the Corona and learning aout her mission.
Chapter Four - Michael agreeing to the mission.
NOW I'm ready.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
The plot sickens...
At first I thought, wow, I feel kind of bad for this kid...but then when it was revealed that she had lifted lines from an author she 'greatly admired' or some such thing, I kind of thought, what a little thief...but then I thought, well, she was 17-19 when she wrote the story so cut her some slack...now, after reading THIS I have no sympathy for her...at all...period...or even three periods in a row!
At first I thought, wow, I feel kind of bad for this kid...but then when it was revealed that she had lifted lines from an author she 'greatly admired' or some such thing, I kind of thought, what a little thief...but then I thought, well, she was 17-19 when she wrote the story so cut her some slack...now, after reading THIS I have no sympathy for her...at all...period...or even three periods in a row!
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
the controversy continues...what makes me scratch my head is the fact that this girl didn't think she'd get caught...
click here for more info...
click here for more info...
I was reading about a young woman who had her first book published at 19. I was thinking, 'how does that happen?'...then I read further and it turns out that one of her profs was a published author and he showed the manuscript to his agent. The young author made a six figure deal and sold the rights to Dreamworks...click HERE to read about the trouble that has caught up with her. Makes me wonder if anyone can think of anything original anymore...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Now that Entropy Gate Journey is done, I'm really looking forward to editing the follow up, Beyond. In the mean time...I'm finishing teaching my four classes at IPFW, about half way through writing next year's musical production "Come in out of the Rain" (a musical comedy that takes place in a club in the 1940s...all of the characters are named after characters in Humphrey Bogart films), halfway through two classes at ITT, and currently reading Edmond Rostand's "Cyrano de Bergerac".
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Haven't done much this week on the book due to the big show coming up on Sunday at the Scottish Rite. As some of you know, I am director of the Jesters, a theater and art orginization for people with special needs. This year's show is HELLO NOON. It's a western. Last year was THE PIRATES OF CHARITY ISLAND. For some cool images of last year's show, check out BRAD's site by clicking here. Then go to galleries then commision work and the then go to JESTERS.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Sunday, February 26, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Monday, February 20, 2006
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Monday, December 05, 2005
Frustration...sometimes it's difficult to be a writer/artist...sometimes the idea of having a real job seems so tempting and you wonder why you spent 6.5 years at colleges that gave you a degree to teach at colleges...I'm teaching art, but is that enough? I should have been a history teacher...or, at 6 ft 7 in and 285lbs a construction worker (or body guard/bouncer)...hmmm...well, editing is going okay...I picked up my own copy of Entropy Gate - Journey and it feels good to know that there are 200 copies out there (some across the ocean). But it needs to be a primary source of income...it has to become the bread winner. I know it can become that...but it's just going to take time...I wish I wasn't so impatient...sigh (cue sad music)...enough (cue triumphant music) of this pity party crap!!!! Time to get back at it!!! YEAH!
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Saturday, November 26, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
Monday, August 29, 2005
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Monday, August 22, 2005
Monday, August 15, 2005
Friday, August 12, 2005
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Editing is an interesting process…what I hate is the time consumption…time I could spend telling new stories instead of rehashing old ones…however, as I was editing today, I recalled a frequent comment…most people said (regarding my book) "once you get into it, it really moves and is hard to put down…" (or some such thing.) I always focused on the latter part…but I’m realizing that there is a lot of excess in the first part of the book that really DOES slow the reader down…I’m cutting out anything that seems to slow down the story…the manuscript was 154,500 words…I’m a little over half way through part one and it’s down to 135, 655…I actually can’t wait to go back and read it once it’s done…
A little web page update…the guy who is helping me with the we page has had a series of family problems and I don’t want to bug him to help me get it finished…hopefully we’ll be able to tackle it this weekend.
Also, occasionally I’ll post something here or at the other blog and it won’t have a picture along side…but then, viola, a few days later there is a picture…this is due to the fact that my home computer is dial up and my ITT (work) computer is not. I can’t seem to get blogger to accept my images from the home computer no matter how long I wait.
And one final thing…this post is also on the other blog…the only time I’ll "double post" is in situations like this…
Also, occasionally I’ll post something here or at the other blog and it won’t have a picture along side…but then, viola, a few days later there is a picture…this is due to the fact that my home computer is dial up and my ITT (work) computer is not. I can’t seem to get blogger to accept my images from the home computer no matter how long I wait.
And one final thing…this post is also on the other blog…the only time I’ll "double post" is in situations like this…
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Someone asked what HOPE was about...I thought I'd give a brief description (without spoilers) of each story. JOURNEY, BEYOND, REPERCUSSIONS and RETURN are all stories about Michael Connelly and his "Journey". A more descriptive...Description, will soon be posted at the site...ICONS is actually the first in the entire EG saga...right now it is merely five pages long and most likely destined to be a graphic novel...it sets up events that take place in BEYOND...but it actually takes place during the Italian renaissance...I have a drawing of the characters and will post it soon...FIRST GATES was written during a one month period of coffee induce speed writing two years ago. There is a site that encourages one month of writing (November) and there is a challenge to bang out a novel with a certain, insane word count. I was ahead of schedule most of the way, but then, with only five days left, I awoke one morning with a cold that trashed me until Christmas break...the story (horribly written) involves a young girl in High School who discovers that there is a portal in her closet...early Entropy gate stuff...the book actually takes place in the 80's and 90's as it tracks her from New Haven High School to the University of Saint Francis to Bowling Green...I went to all of those places and even make a cameo...man was I drinking WAAAAAYY too much coffee...I don't know if it will ever get edited...it's that bad...I might just rewrite the entire thing from scratch...DARKNESS AFTERMATH is best described here...and finally, the HOPE...It's hard to explain really because what it does is answer all of the questions that are raised and hinted at in the entire series...it's sort of the background, subtext, hints and allegations, secrets, truths and yadda, yadda of the series...if you have had the opportunity to read JOURNEY or BEYOND, then you know that the HOPE is the name of the doomed ship that...well...is responsible for many of the problems that Michael encounters...there...vague enough for you?
P.S. The sandwich...has nothing to do with Entropy Gate...I just made it for lunch the other day, ate the whole thing and was unable to do any writing or editing because I was about to explode...
Monday, August 08, 2005
Sunday, August 07, 2005
The daily grind...I hate editing...it's so unlike writing for me...I decided that while I'm editing Journey, I'd also work on HOPE. Problem is, HOPE is kind of dark...so I've been tempted to work outside of the Entropy Gate universe on a romantic comedy that I promised my wife I would eventually do for her...it's called Artist Knight...but, like I said, it's not EG so I'll probably not have any updates here...might need to have yet another blog for that...
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Someone asked about the four books in the trilogy...er, quadrilogy...Why four...why not three or why not go the route of the left behind series and have a 147 books, or how ever many they have now...
Well, to be honest, when the book sells and if it really takes off (giving me time to write more) I do have other stories to tell. Here is the full list in chronological order of events...
(asterix implies the original 4)
ICONS
HOPE
Entropy Gate - First Gates (I wrote this two years ago during the Nov. write-athon)
Entropy Gate - Journey*
Entropy Gate - Beyond*
Entropy Gate - Repercussions*
Darkness Aftermath
Entropy Gate - Return*
Monday, August 01, 2005
Just got another rejection slip for the Entropy Gate manuscript. It was humorous in the fact that the first line of the letter was "I am sorry that this is a form letter...I hate getting them and hate sending them..." They all ready had their maximum manuscripts for the year and were no longer accepting any.
No sweat...there,s more out there...
No sweat...there,s more out there...
Sunday, July 24, 2005
Thursday, July 21, 2005
I have another blog going...if you've been to the web site, you might be aware of DARKNESS AFTERMATH...this is the Darkness Aftermath Report.
Friday, July 15, 2005
hello? (there is a long, drawn out echo...)
Finally Entropy Gate is back on track...the web site is up and running, thanks to JOHN LYONS!!! Kudo to my brother as well for all he has done...the book has been going through a severe editing thanks in part to the Scribe, Mary Lou and Anne, and thanks to Steve Laub...more on him later...
There are several new additions to the EG web site...the second half of Vow of the Sword is going to be available early next week...FINALLY! It's been done for over a year, I've just not been able to get the site going to show all of the really fantastic artwork that went into it!
Also new is the expanded page on the web site...there are still some pages that need to be worked on, but the DARKNESS AFTERMATH page is worth the look...
And speaking of D.A., there will be a blog for that as well...hopefully as soon as Saturday...
sorry it's been so long...
Finally Entropy Gate is back on track...the web site is up and running, thanks to JOHN LYONS!!! Kudo to my brother as well for all he has done...the book has been going through a severe editing thanks in part to the Scribe, Mary Lou and Anne, and thanks to Steve Laub...more on him later...
There are several new additions to the EG web site...the second half of Vow of the Sword is going to be available early next week...FINALLY! It's been done for over a year, I've just not been able to get the site going to show all of the really fantastic artwork that went into it!
Also new is the expanded page on the web site...there are still some pages that need to be worked on, but the DARKNESS AFTERMATH page is worth the look...
And speaking of D.A., there will be a blog for that as well...hopefully as soon as Saturday...
sorry it's been so long...
Thursday, January 06, 2005
So where have I been?
Busy, for one, but everyone is busy. I've just been trying to prioritize my life...three jobs, two kids, a wife, two cats a dog, book covers, writing, fixing up the house, (all of the DVDs I got at Christmas), reading (two books right now, William F. Buckley's the Right Word and David Gallertner's Drawing Life - a D.G. was one of the Unibomber's victims), digging cars out of the snow, chipping away at ice...well, you get the picture...blogging hasn't been at the top of the list. Neither has the revamped web site, but that, unfortunately, is due to finances. Who knows when it'll be ready...it was supposed to be done many moons ago. When the money is there, it'll be up and running.
more later...
Happy New Year!
Busy, for one, but everyone is busy. I've just been trying to prioritize my life...three jobs, two kids, a wife, two cats a dog, book covers, writing, fixing up the house, (all of the DVDs I got at Christmas), reading (two books right now, William F. Buckley's the Right Word and David Gallertner's Drawing Life - a D.G. was one of the Unibomber's victims), digging cars out of the snow, chipping away at ice...well, you get the picture...blogging hasn't been at the top of the list. Neither has the revamped web site, but that, unfortunately, is due to finances. Who knows when it'll be ready...it was supposed to be done many moons ago. When the money is there, it'll be up and running.
more later...
Happy New Year!
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
THIS SHOULD BE GOOD
Many months ago I had posted info about BATTLE ANGEL ALITA and said that she seemed to be like Silla from Entropy Gate. Now I read this from Darworlds.com
NEXT CAMERON PROJECT: The DARK HORIZONS website reports that James Cameron’s next project is entitled BATTLE ANGEL ALITA. “He's been scripting it for several years, the lead character will be a total CGI-character and that he's implementing some new 3D cameras that he's used on his ALIENS OF THE DEEP (documentary). It's estimated to take a year and a half to complete but no time-tables or casting has yet happened.”
Many months ago I had posted info about BATTLE ANGEL ALITA and said that she seemed to be like Silla from Entropy Gate. Now I read this from Darworlds.com
NEXT CAMERON PROJECT: The DARK HORIZONS website reports that James Cameron’s next project is entitled BATTLE ANGEL ALITA. “He's been scripting it for several years, the lead character will be a total CGI-character and that he's implementing some new 3D cameras that he's used on his ALIENS OF THE DEEP (documentary). It's estimated to take a year and a half to complete but no time-tables or casting has yet happened.”
Monday, November 22, 2004
BOOK COVER IS DONE
The first comissioned book cover is done and sent off to the publisher. Every time I design a new cover for someone else it gives me ideas for my own cover. Obviously when my book gets published there will be a new design. The chances that I would be asked to design my own cover is slim...it would be really interesting to see what some other artist would do with my book cover.
The first comissioned book cover is done and sent off to the publisher. Every time I design a new cover for someone else it gives me ideas for my own cover. Obviously when my book gets published there will be a new design. The chances that I would be asked to design my own cover is slim...it would be really interesting to see what some other artist would do with my book cover.
Saturday, November 20, 2004
BOOK COVER
The first book cover is almost finished. I sent it off to the publisher and she sent it to the author. Both loved it and it was only about 80% finished. The title of the book is MINDLING - Encounters within Inner Space. Hopefully I'll have permission to post these various book covers on the web site...
The first book cover is almost finished. I sent it off to the publisher and she sent it to the author. Both loved it and it was only about 80% finished. The title of the book is MINDLING - Encounters within Inner Space. Hopefully I'll have permission to post these various book covers on the web site...
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Special thanks to my brother (ken) for redoing my blog! You can finally leave comments again. Its been a while since last I blogged so lets get caught up.
BOOK INFO
The book is edited, the querry letter written, the outline finished and the synopsis is almost ready to be sent out. Kristi has been finding literary agents that will accept first time authors. She has found quite a few and we are psyched.
WEB SITE INFO
The Entropy Gate Web Site redux will go up next week because we will be including it in the packet that we'll be sending out. Look for it next friday!
ART INFO
I have been commissioned to create some book covers for a publishing company and a few weeks ago I was at a party where I did about 50 caricatures in a little over four hours. Other than that I've just been sketching a lot.
MOVIES
Saw the teaser for STAR WARS. PSYCHED!!! Saw The Incredibles...a 10 if there ever was one. What a fantastic ride. It was nice taking the boys to a 'family' film that was truely a FAMILY film. The sly little winks and inuendo of the Shrek films has always bothered me. The Incredibles was clean and entertaining!
BOOK INFO
The book is edited, the querry letter written, the outline finished and the synopsis is almost ready to be sent out. Kristi has been finding literary agents that will accept first time authors. She has found quite a few and we are psyched.
WEB SITE INFO
The Entropy Gate Web Site redux will go up next week because we will be including it in the packet that we'll be sending out. Look for it next friday!
ART INFO
I have been commissioned to create some book covers for a publishing company and a few weeks ago I was at a party where I did about 50 caricatures in a little over four hours. Other than that I've just been sketching a lot.
MOVIES
Saw the teaser for STAR WARS. PSYCHED!!! Saw The Incredibles...a 10 if there ever was one. What a fantastic ride. It was nice taking the boys to a 'family' film that was truely a FAMILY film. The sly little winks and inuendo of the Shrek films has always bothered me. The Incredibles was clean and entertaining!
Thursday, October 14, 2004
STAR WARS revisited part 2
I have talked to so many people that say the "new" Star Wars movies don't live up to the classics. Usually these are 'kids' who weren't even born during the release of "A New Hope". When you look at the first SW film it seems amazing because it had never really been done before. I remember thinking that it was the fastest moving movie I had ever seen. But then Raiders of the Lost Ark came out and that seemed even faster. But if you look at either film now, they both move rather slowly compared to any current fast paced movie. So George is now competing with current movies as well as the classic Star Wars movies and the preconceived notion of how wonderful the originals were...(and they were wonderful). Sure the dialog in the current films might seem a bit cheesy at times, but remember, a certain future Jedi once whined, "But I was going to go into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters."
What George has managed to do is create a series of fun movies (and he even admits himself that some of the fans try to make these films deeper than they are) that I can watch with my kids. Little, if no cursing. Comic book-like action/violence (come on the Road Runner and Tom and Jerry were far more violent than any Star Wars movie). And no sex...though every so often George likes to flash skin...ST 2 had a deleted scene with Amadalia showing more torso than she did in the 'gladiator' fight. ST 6 (redo) had more skin (blue green and white) showing in Jabba's entertainment hall than Princess Leah showed in her slave garb...
My only concern about episode 3 is that it could be quite dark and violent...not that I mind, but my boys might have to wait a few years.
I have talked to so many people that say the "new" Star Wars movies don't live up to the classics. Usually these are 'kids' who weren't even born during the release of "A New Hope". When you look at the first SW film it seems amazing because it had never really been done before. I remember thinking that it was the fastest moving movie I had ever seen. But then Raiders of the Lost Ark came out and that seemed even faster. But if you look at either film now, they both move rather slowly compared to any current fast paced movie. So George is now competing with current movies as well as the classic Star Wars movies and the preconceived notion of how wonderful the originals were...(and they were wonderful). Sure the dialog in the current films might seem a bit cheesy at times, but remember, a certain future Jedi once whined, "But I was going to go into Toshi Station to pick up some power converters."
What George has managed to do is create a series of fun movies (and he even admits himself that some of the fans try to make these films deeper than they are) that I can watch with my kids. Little, if no cursing. Comic book-like action/violence (come on the Road Runner and Tom and Jerry were far more violent than any Star Wars movie). And no sex...though every so often George likes to flash skin...ST 2 had a deleted scene with Amadalia showing more torso than she did in the 'gladiator' fight. ST 6 (redo) had more skin (blue green and white) showing in Jabba's entertainment hall than Princess Leah showed in her slave garb...
My only concern about episode 3 is that it could be quite dark and violent...not that I mind, but my boys might have to wait a few years.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
STAR WARS...revisited part 1
When I was ten, my father took me to see Star Wars at the local theater. It had been playing for some time and the hype was explosive! I recall waiting in line (something I had not done, ever, while waiting to see a movie) outside of the theater. The opening scene fulfilled my excitement...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
STAR WARS
then the opening crawl...the rebel blockade runner, the star destroyer, all of it...it all changed my life...
I decided right then and there that I would make something creative and cool with my life!
Star Wars changed me...
flash forward to present...
I bought the box set...or I should say, my fantastic wife, KRISTI, bought it for me, and I felt a youthful excitement all over again.
all of those dreams and ideas have come back in a flood of creative excitement! It is unlike anything I have ever experienced...
I am ready to plunge into my childhood dreams!
Thank you George...
part 2 coming soon...
When I was ten, my father took me to see Star Wars at the local theater. It had been playing for some time and the hype was explosive! I recall waiting in line (something I had not done, ever, while waiting to see a movie) outside of the theater. The opening scene fulfilled my excitement...
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...
STAR WARS
then the opening crawl...the rebel blockade runner, the star destroyer, all of it...it all changed my life...
I decided right then and there that I would make something creative and cool with my life!
Star Wars changed me...
flash forward to present...
I bought the box set...or I should say, my fantastic wife, KRISTI, bought it for me, and I felt a youthful excitement all over again.
all of those dreams and ideas have come back in a flood of creative excitement! It is unlike anything I have ever experienced...
I am ready to plunge into my childhood dreams!
Thank you George...
part 2 coming soon...
Monday, September 20, 2004
I got sick last week...
What a week. I woke up Monday morning with a sore throat...it continued down hill from there.
Needless to say I got very little editing done. Good news is, I have less than 30 pages to go.
Re: the web site...as some have asked...the money just isn't there in the budget yet. I know it's not that much, but anyone with kids will understand how a budget can be tight. Hopefully soon it will be up.
What a week. I woke up Monday morning with a sore throat...it continued down hill from there.
Needless to say I got very little editing done. Good news is, I have less than 30 pages to go.
Re: the web site...as some have asked...the money just isn't there in the budget yet. I know it's not that much, but anyone with kids will understand how a budget can be tight. Hopefully soon it will be up.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Less than 50!
I have less than fifty pages of corrections to complete and EG - Journey will be ready to send to the final editor! Next week I start sending out letters to publishing houses. I was getting discouraged for a while there, but what was interesting was hearing that Robert Ludlum didn't write his first novel until he was forty. I'm only 37...there is still time.
I have less than fifty pages of corrections to complete and EG - Journey will be ready to send to the final editor! Next week I start sending out letters to publishing houses. I was getting discouraged for a while there, but what was interesting was hearing that Robert Ludlum didn't write his first novel until he was forty. I'm only 37...there is still time.
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
What a weird day...
I woke up this morning to the sound of my wife calling me from downstairs. She was frantic and when I finally made it to the living room she was crying. Seems the local boys who have been skulking about our neighborhood vandalizing cars and stealing radios and CD players got my wife's car.
This has very little to do with Entropy Gate...in fact...it has nothing to do with it except for the fact that I would really like to toss the BOZOS through the "Gate" and see them rot on the other side...
I know, not very Christian of me, but come on, they actually stole my 6 year olds' "Veggie Tales Rocks" CD...
I tell ya, someone is going to pay...big time!
I woke up this morning to the sound of my wife calling me from downstairs. She was frantic and when I finally made it to the living room she was crying. Seems the local boys who have been skulking about our neighborhood vandalizing cars and stealing radios and CD players got my wife's car.
This has very little to do with Entropy Gate...in fact...it has nothing to do with it except for the fact that I would really like to toss the BOZOS through the "Gate" and see them rot on the other side...
I know, not very Christian of me, but come on, they actually stole my 6 year olds' "Veggie Tales Rocks" CD...
I tell ya, someone is going to pay...big time!
Sunday, September 05, 2004
1. Star Trek influences
2. Star Wars worries
3. Two Samurai
4. and a prayer request.
1. M. L. Rigdon (friend and fellow author) gave me some great advice. For those of you who have read EG - Journey, you may have noticed that Chen seems to be competing with Captain Kirk for dangerous stunts...M pointed out to me that most commanders would not be doing that. They would send out their underlings to dispatch the bad guys and so forth. I always knew that Chen was doing these dangerous things to compete with her "legendary father", but no one else on board the ORCA seemed that worried about her actions. I have inserted two new sections where Derek Shelby confronts Chen on her actions and she tries to defend herself.
(spoiler alert)
It makes far more sense, then, that Derek would insist he go to the mystery QUANTUS ship that has been following them.
2. I've been bouncing around on the net reading various reports re: Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith. I found some interesting photos of a badly burned Anakin that were rather graphic...this, however, was not my worry. There seems to be an awful lot of chatter about the Wookies in this movie. My biggest complaint about Return of the Jedi (which originally was titled Revenge of the Jedi) was the fact that teddy bears helped wipe out the Empire. I really hope that G.L. has abandonded the "cute-factor" for this movie. If we have wookies swinging through trees, howling like Tarzan as they dispatch the bad guys, well, that would be about as dumb as "Greedo shooting first"...oh wait...that did happen...
3. Saw THE LAST SAMURAI. Loved it! Top notch. Read THE SAMURAI by Shusaku Endo. Loved it! Read also SILENCE, by Endo. Fantastic books!
4. Say a prayer for my Uncle Jerry and his family in Florida. U. J. has left comments on my blog many times so some of you may know who I'm talking about.
2. Star Wars worries
3. Two Samurai
4. and a prayer request.
1. M. L. Rigdon (friend and fellow author) gave me some great advice. For those of you who have read EG - Journey, you may have noticed that Chen seems to be competing with Captain Kirk for dangerous stunts...M pointed out to me that most commanders would not be doing that. They would send out their underlings to dispatch the bad guys and so forth. I always knew that Chen was doing these dangerous things to compete with her "legendary father", but no one else on board the ORCA seemed that worried about her actions. I have inserted two new sections where Derek Shelby confronts Chen on her actions and she tries to defend herself.
(spoiler alert)
It makes far more sense, then, that Derek would insist he go to the mystery QUANTUS ship that has been following them.
2. I've been bouncing around on the net reading various reports re: Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith. I found some interesting photos of a badly burned Anakin that were rather graphic...this, however, was not my worry. There seems to be an awful lot of chatter about the Wookies in this movie. My biggest complaint about Return of the Jedi (which originally was titled Revenge of the Jedi) was the fact that teddy bears helped wipe out the Empire. I really hope that G.L. has abandonded the "cute-factor" for this movie. If we have wookies swinging through trees, howling like Tarzan as they dispatch the bad guys, well, that would be about as dumb as "Greedo shooting first"...oh wait...that did happen...
3. Saw THE LAST SAMURAI. Loved it! Top notch. Read THE SAMURAI by Shusaku Endo. Loved it! Read also SILENCE, by Endo. Fantastic books!
4. Say a prayer for my Uncle Jerry and his family in Florida. U. J. has left comments on my blog many times so some of you may know who I'm talking about.
Monday, August 30, 2004
WOW!!!!
We were driving through the country on our way to drop off the boys last Saturday in Decatur when Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" - "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" (performed by the OPERA BABES) blared out of the CD player in the car. What followed was an inspiring 3 minutes of fantastic mental images that played out like previews for a movie...the movie? ENTROPY GATE - BEYOND. It was so cool...I closed my eyes and listened to the music (for those of you who have no idea what music I'm talking about, it's the music they used in Exaliber and and almost every sword movie since. But what was amazing was that I saw scenes unfolding in my mind as if I were sitting in a theater watching the previews.
I am going to be published! Failure is not an option!
We were driving through the country on our way to drop off the boys last Saturday in Decatur when Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" - "Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi" (performed by the OPERA BABES) blared out of the CD player in the car. What followed was an inspiring 3 minutes of fantastic mental images that played out like previews for a movie...the movie? ENTROPY GATE - BEYOND. It was so cool...I closed my eyes and listened to the music (for those of you who have no idea what music I'm talking about, it's the music they used in Exaliber and and almost every sword movie since. But what was amazing was that I saw scenes unfolding in my mind as if I were sitting in a theater watching the previews.
I am going to be published! Failure is not an option!
Friday, August 27, 2004
Found some bizzare and yet styrangely interesting images here...http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/journal.asp...
Also, Entropy Gate - Journey is almost finished (with the re-re-re-re-re-editing). Probably about a week and a half away. I'm looking for five volunteers to read (or if you've already read it) re-read it. I can't send hard copy, but I will email the manuscript to you if you promise feed back.
Also, Entropy Gate - Journey is almost finished (with the re-re-re-re-re-editing). Probably about a week and a half away. I'm looking for five volunteers to read (or if you've already read it) re-read it. I can't send hard copy, but I will email the manuscript to you if you promise feed back.
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Rain and entropy and other stuff...
This whole rain thing has become rather interesting for me...several people have left comments re. their enjoyment of rain. Perhaps there is a group of people out there that truly are happiest when clouds blot out the sun and rain falls. It is interesting to think about. The news people always refer to bad weather as the sort that includes rain...maybe some of us think of "six days of sun" as too much...maybe that's okay to call six days of sun, "bad weather"...regardless, my first "novel" LIGHTS IN THE SHADOWS had rain every day (okay, I stole the idea from SE7EN-though not intentionally) until the last day - the climax - when the bad guys get their just deserts and suddenly the sun is out. Okay...I'm rambling.
Tomorrow I'll have something better...more interesting to say...promise.
This whole rain thing has become rather interesting for me...several people have left comments re. their enjoyment of rain. Perhaps there is a group of people out there that truly are happiest when clouds blot out the sun and rain falls. It is interesting to think about. The news people always refer to bad weather as the sort that includes rain...maybe some of us think of "six days of sun" as too much...maybe that's okay to call six days of sun, "bad weather"...regardless, my first "novel" LIGHTS IN THE SHADOWS had rain every day (okay, I stole the idea from SE7EN-though not intentionally) until the last day - the climax - when the bad guys get their just deserts and suddenly the sun is out. Okay...I'm rambling.
Tomorrow I'll have something better...more interesting to say...promise.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
hey, sorry about the AOL, site with the SCREAM thiefs...here's what's up...someone stole the scream and the Madona (both by Edvard Munch) from a gallery in Oslo...crazy, man!
Now, with regards to Entropy Gate stuff...I've actually got a painting in the studio that I'm proud of (as of late I have been painting pets, lighthouses and landscapes...for cash...) This, however, is actually art. It is really coming together and I'll have a set of images when the EG website is up and running...stay tuned...
Now, with regards to Entropy Gate stuff...I've actually got a painting in the studio that I'm proud of (as of late I have been painting pets, lighthouses and landscapes...for cash...) This, however, is actually art. It is really coming together and I'll have a set of images when the EG website is up and running...stay tuned...
Monday, August 23, 2004
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Rain and more...
I recieved a lot of private (aka annon) feedback from people regarding my obsession with rain. I'm curious to know if people are sending annon. posts or if there is once again trouble at blogspot central...anyway, I'm working like crazy to get EG - Journey edited, but what amazes me is how one person can just suck the creativity out of you...
prayers and encouragement accepted here!
I recieved a lot of private (aka annon) feedback from people regarding my obsession with rain. I'm curious to know if people are sending annon. posts or if there is once again trouble at blogspot central...anyway, I'm working like crazy to get EG - Journey edited, but what amazes me is how one person can just suck the creativity out of you...
prayers and encouragement accepted here!
Friday, August 20, 2004
RAIN MAN?
Okay, what's going on with me? Ever since I can remember I've always liked storms. As a child I use to watch storms with my dog Mindy. I enjoyed rowing our small boat on my paren't pond during high winds and thunderous cloud bursts. I even bought a CD of rain storms anout eight years ago. When I didn't have a TV after college, my most entertaining evenings were those spent in my small, one room apartment watching thurderstorms. So...it seems I have this thing for storms...One of my favorite scenes in Babylon 5 is when Sheridan is telling Dellen that as a young man in the academy he couldn't sleep until his father sprayed water on the roof from a hose so that it sounded like rain...my Entropy Gate stories have a great deal of rain in them as well, especially Entropy Gate - Beyond...
During my last year at work I found that I was depressed most of the time...on those rare ocassions when it rained I actually was able to come up out of my depression...now, strangely, it seems like extended periods of sunshine depress me.
Yeah, I know, weirdo! Or maybe not. Thoughts? Input? Suggestions?
Okay, what's going on with me? Ever since I can remember I've always liked storms. As a child I use to watch storms with my dog Mindy. I enjoyed rowing our small boat on my paren't pond during high winds and thunderous cloud bursts. I even bought a CD of rain storms anout eight years ago. When I didn't have a TV after college, my most entertaining evenings were those spent in my small, one room apartment watching thurderstorms. So...it seems I have this thing for storms...One of my favorite scenes in Babylon 5 is when Sheridan is telling Dellen that as a young man in the academy he couldn't sleep until his father sprayed water on the roof from a hose so that it sounded like rain...my Entropy Gate stories have a great deal of rain in them as well, especially Entropy Gate - Beyond...
During my last year at work I found that I was depressed most of the time...on those rare ocassions when it rained I actually was able to come up out of my depression...now, strangely, it seems like extended periods of sunshine depress me.
Yeah, I know, weirdo! Or maybe not. Thoughts? Input? Suggestions?
Monday, August 16, 2004
Redesign almost done...
The redesign of my web site (you'll recall I lost the original redesign when my brief case was stolen from the University) is almsot complete. Just a few areas to tweek and it's good to go. I'm still looking for a less expensive way to get it going, however. I guess $30.00 / a month isn't horrible, but I think there should be a better way...ideas? suggestions?
The redesign of my web site (you'll recall I lost the original redesign when my brief case was stolen from the University) is almsot complete. Just a few areas to tweek and it's good to go. I'm still looking for a less expensive way to get it going, however. I guess $30.00 / a month isn't horrible, but I think there should be a better way...ideas? suggestions?
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
MASTERS SMASHTERS...
It is amazing how little a masters in art matters...I just got hired to teach some classes and my masters degree keeps me only slightly above McDonalds wages. Should have been an engineer!!!
Ps. Yo, Peter Parker...when you post such eloquence, don't make it private...I agreed with your assessment.
It is amazing how little a masters in art matters...I just got hired to teach some classes and my masters degree keeps me only slightly above McDonalds wages. Should have been an engineer!!!
Ps. Yo, Peter Parker...when you post such eloquence, don't make it private...I agreed with your assessment.
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Delays, delays, delays...
Several things are keeping me from getting the EG web site up...number one is cash...which could be here soon...number two is the theft of my briefcase from the University of Saint Francis. Someone walked off with it and my disks that had the EG web site. NICE! I'm reworking it and hope to be able to get it going soon. Editing is delayed! Art work is delayed! But God has a plan...just wondering what it is...
Several things are keeping me from getting the EG web site up...number one is cash...which could be here soon...number two is the theft of my briefcase from the University of Saint Francis. Someone walked off with it and my disks that had the EG web site. NICE! I'm reworking it and hope to be able to get it going soon. Editing is delayed! Art work is delayed! But God has a plan...just wondering what it is...
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
CASTING CALL...
Okay...some time ago I had a casting call for Entropy Gate if it were to be made into a movie...I just saw an image of Jane Balder (you who are of my age might recall her as the alien lizard DIANE in the mini series V). She would be perfect as Senator Grace Monical.
Also, for Michael...(I've always struggled with who could play him)...but how about the actor who played Wesley in the ANGEL series...
hmmm...for some odd reason I can't seem to create a link...I really don't like the "new and improved" blogger...
so, if you have no idea who Wesley is, check out a few of the episodes from Angel, season 2 and 3 or for a look see go to http://marysue.altervista.org/wesleywhindamprice.htm
gonna work on that link thingy...
Okay...some time ago I had a casting call for Entropy Gate if it were to be made into a movie...I just saw an image of Jane Balder (you who are of my age might recall her as the alien lizard DIANE in the mini series V). She would be perfect as Senator Grace Monical.
Also, for Michael...(I've always struggled with who could play him)...but how about the actor who played Wesley in the ANGEL series...
hmmm...for some odd reason I can't seem to create a link...I really don't like the "new and improved" blogger...
so, if you have no idea who Wesley is, check out a few of the episodes from Angel, season 2 and 3 or for a look see go to http://marysue.altervista.org/wesleywhindamprice.htm
gonna work on that link thingy...
Saturday, July 24, 2004
UPDATE...
Still editing...
Jake has finished Vow of the Sword part three and it is great! What started out as a one and a half page idea has turned into over 100 pages of black and white graphic novel coolness. As soon as the web site is up again, it will be there.
Now, about the web site...I'm not to pleased with the idea of spending 30 bucks a month for my site...any better deals out there?
Also, I have two models lined up for digital posters of Darkness Aftermath...should be exciting...more on that later.
Still editing...
Jake has finished Vow of the Sword part three and it is great! What started out as a one and a half page idea has turned into over 100 pages of black and white graphic novel coolness. As soon as the web site is up again, it will be there.
Now, about the web site...I'm not to pleased with the idea of spending 30 bucks a month for my site...any better deals out there?
Also, I have two models lined up for digital posters of Darkness Aftermath...should be exciting...more on that later.
Tuesday, July 13, 2004
Entropy in society...
I heard Entropy described to me once like this...if you throw a deck of cards into the air, they scatter and fly about and land in random areas, not in any systematic order. Michael Mooron is such a case. In his movies he has thrown a deck of cards in the air and they are landing. As they land, the masses (both intellectual and cow-like who desperately wish that all conservatives, Christians and gun owners would simply dissolve) see where the falling cards land as some sort of ordered, planned, factual event (chaos perceived as order...lie perceived as truth). Since his movies and books are comprised of exaggerations, falsehoods, outright lies and immature whining, and yet are presented and viewed as fact, the public is being fed a sort of chaos that they perceive as order. They so desperately want to believe that everything Moore says is true that they dismiss even the most obvious errors and lies and thus are engaged in what I believe is social entropy.
For a great article debunking Moore's Bowling mockumentary, go here.
I heard Entropy described to me once like this...if you throw a deck of cards into the air, they scatter and fly about and land in random areas, not in any systematic order. Michael Mooron is such a case. In his movies he has thrown a deck of cards in the air and they are landing. As they land, the masses (both intellectual and cow-like who desperately wish that all conservatives, Christians and gun owners would simply dissolve) see where the falling cards land as some sort of ordered, planned, factual event (chaos perceived as order...lie perceived as truth). Since his movies and books are comprised of exaggerations, falsehoods, outright lies and immature whining, and yet are presented and viewed as fact, the public is being fed a sort of chaos that they perceive as order. They so desperately want to believe that everything Moore says is true that they dismiss even the most obvious errors and lies and thus are engaged in what I believe is social entropy.
For a great article debunking Moore's Bowling mockumentary, go here.
A few quick updates...
Job - Looks like I'm still working with the JESTERS theater program...a few other jobs are slowly creeping my way as well...
Writing - Behind schedule...way behind!
Art - I'm happy with a lot of what I've been working on, however, I have recently come across a deal that is rather easy, though time consuling, and will pay well...drawing people's pets! I will NOT be posting images of those.
more soon...
Job - Looks like I'm still working with the JESTERS theater program...a few other jobs are slowly creeping my way as well...
Writing - Behind schedule...way behind!
Art - I'm happy with a lot of what I've been working on, however, I have recently come across a deal that is rather easy, though time consuling, and will pay well...drawing people's pets! I will NOT be posting images of those.
more soon...
Thursday, July 08, 2004
so...where is the new and improved web site?
Several things have happened that have kept me from getting the new site up and running...though technically I did say it would launch in July...not July 1...first off is money...it's tight right now! Second, the University cleaned out my office and my files! Fortunately they backed everything up and I now have my images for the web site...third, is money...fourth is time and fith is money...but fear not...I believe that the job situation will improve by tuesday!
As far as my writing goes, I am editing (still) Entropy Gate - Journey (what a long freakin' book) and I'm working on Darkness Aftermath. Got lots of new artwork too...which, btw, I sold two paintings recently!Also, I have designed a book cover for M. L. Rigdon's new novel "Beyond the Dark Moutains"...hopefully I'll get that image up soon.
Several things have happened that have kept me from getting the new site up and running...though technically I did say it would launch in July...not July 1...first off is money...it's tight right now! Second, the University cleaned out my office and my files! Fortunately they backed everything up and I now have my images for the web site...third, is money...fourth is time and fith is money...but fear not...I believe that the job situation will improve by tuesday!
As far as my writing goes, I am editing (still) Entropy Gate - Journey (what a long freakin' book) and I'm working on Darkness Aftermath. Got lots of new artwork too...which, btw, I sold two paintings recently!Also, I have designed a book cover for M. L. Rigdon's new novel "Beyond the Dark Moutains"...hopefully I'll get that image up soon.
Friday, July 02, 2004
TIME LINE
I decided (for the fans) and for my own sanity, to create a time line of the Entropy Gate stories and spinoffs...
ENTROPY GATE ICONS - 1510
ENTROPY GATE FIRST GATE - 1985-2003
ENTROPY GATE VOW OF THE SWORD - 2120
ENTROPY GATE HOPE - 217?
ENTROPY GATE JOURNEY - 2185
ENTROPY GATE LAB BORN - 2185
ENTROPY GATE BEYOND - 2186 (march)
ENTROPY GATE REPERCUSSIONS 2186 (October)
ENTROPY GATE Sisterhood of the Techno Tango 2187
ENTROPY GATE RETURN - 2210
ENTROPY GATE DARKNESS AFTERMATH - 2367
ps. the web site is almost ready...
I decided (for the fans) and for my own sanity, to create a time line of the Entropy Gate stories and spinoffs...
ENTROPY GATE ICONS - 1510
ENTROPY GATE FIRST GATE - 1985-2003
ENTROPY GATE VOW OF THE SWORD - 2120
ENTROPY GATE HOPE - 217?
ENTROPY GATE JOURNEY - 2185
ENTROPY GATE LAB BORN - 2185
ENTROPY GATE BEYOND - 2186 (march)
ENTROPY GATE REPERCUSSIONS 2186 (October)
ENTROPY GATE Sisterhood of the Techno Tango 2187
ENTROPY GATE RETURN - 2210
ENTROPY GATE DARKNESS AFTERMATH - 2367
ps. the web site is almost ready...
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