Vote For BasilMarceaux.com
July 29th, 2010
Read this website after you watch the video
Summerology
July 18th, 2010
I’m back at the novel editing yet again after taking the longest break since I started editing in January. With fresher eyes, I’ve identified a few somewhat major components to the writing that need repair, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to do so. It’s simply a matter of erasing some novice mistakes that I now have the capacity to overcome. I’m thinking that within a week I should almost be done implementing significant changes to the manuscript, and I am imposing a new deadline for completion on myself, set for a month from today. At worst, I should have it 99.9% done by then.
I’ve realized that my hopes of launching my Internet series before the end of summer are beyond unrealistic now that the novel editing has dragged on for so long. I’m hoping to have it ready sometime in the fall, but I’ve already accepted the fact that it may not be ready until as late as the beginning of next year, though I aim to get it rolling sooner.
After I finish the novel and take another break to celebrate, I’m going to start typing up the Internet series, as well as attempting to write some short fiction. I’ve got an idea for a series of short stories which will be set in the present day, or at least very close to it, in a fictional Atlanta-like city. Unlike the sci-fi series, this will lean a lot more on personal experience, specifically the time period in my life when I was consuming exuberant quantities of drugs. I won’t spend too much effort on this series, as I only intend to occasionally write a short story here and there, but I wanted something that starkly contrasted the science fiction stuff to indulge myself with when I get burnt out on what I’m working on.
As you might have noticed, I’ve freshened up this website a tad, and I plan to post more here, but obviously this glorified journal is low on the list of priorities.
Space Coast
July 18th, 2010
Pencil Fingers
July 18th, 2010
One of my favourite people in the world recently moved to Korea and he is tumblring his experiences so check it out:
All photos by Jean-Pierre Chery.
My Next Skateboard
July 17th, 2010
Phish Phor The Phourth
July 17th, 2010
Independent
July 5th, 2010
Phish was fun. Hippies know how to party, and I am in recovery mode from the damage I did to my body.
I hit a wall recently with these last rounds of editing, so I’m in the middle of one last vacation to freshen my mind before I finish this novel. Looking at the same sentences over and over again for half a year can get pretty boring, but this polishing was beyond necessary. Spending lots of time learning rules and correcting errors that I consistently commit, I’ve started to become obsessed with grammar, though I wouldn’t claim to be particularly skillful in that department as of yet. But weirdly enough, I am starting to find grammar and the entire editing process fun.
For some time now, I’ve had a vague idea for a historical, fictional story that I wanted to implement in a random time period, and over the last few days I’ve figured out exactly what time period I want to use. It will be based in the American Revolution, but it will be unlike anything I’ve ever seen or read in that setting. So many people like to use the figures in America’s beginnings to justify their own ideological inclinations, and I think it would be interesting to tackle them in a way that was wholly apolitical, instead treating them in a manner that is solely concerned with creating a compelling story. Ideally I would like to create this story as a television series, but I will probably write it as historical fiction novel first. I currently have this idea slated to be the 2nd book I will write after I finish writing the first four sci-fi novels.
Okay, more blogging next week. For now, it’s time to refuel the mind.
Hope you’re enjoying the holiday/summer/life
Flashback: Me & Preston BFFs
June 23rd, 2010
Photo by Brandon Montgomery
In an unlikely pairing, Kissatlanta and Kissbrooklyn have joined forces to bring back the best late night party since Backstreets for one time this Friday night. I hear this place has a big deck like the good old days, so I’m sure I’ll end up being there and partying likes it’s 2006.
