ElectriCity : Update #3

It is perhaps somewhat misleading to refer to a process that takes five weeks to bang out a synopsis as “going great guns”, but given the workloads Fred and I are under (granted, most of mine’s self-imposed at this point, but nevermind that), I really think the storyline development for ElectriCity is going great guns. I swear to God, Fred’s making my job easy. He’s roughed out at least three action scenes, one of which is a major part of the first chapter. And it’s *gorgeous*. It’s big picture stuff,…

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Storytelling Hour!

The third and final Storytelling Hour is about to begin! http://tinychat.com/v8atu All you need to log in is to create a username. Please note: there is a stupidity with the chat room where it only allows a certain number of characters, so it’s very likely story sentences will be broken into two lines sometimes. Sorry about that. Also: I would ask that you don’t chat much during the actual storytelling. There’ll be a few minutes between stories to do so, I’m sure. And to reiterate, if you’re late, you’ll miss…

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Labyrinth

Yesterday the Irish Film Institute had a free film day, for which their ostensibly family film was “Labyrinth”! Ostensibly because there was one, count ’em, one kid in the audience, and everybody else was in their twenties or older. The guy next to me had never seen it. His girlfriend had brought him to it. He thought it was brilliant. :) Me, I figure somebody at the IFI noticed that the Cineworld showing of Labyrinth a few weeks ago sold out, and that they went “Dude, we should show this…

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Storytelling Hour!

All three Storytelling Hours will take place at the following chat room: http://tinychat.com/v8atu All you need to log in is to create a username. Please note: there is a stupidity with the chat room where it only allows a certain number of characters, so it’s very likely story sentences will be broken into two lines sometimes. Sorry about that. Also: I would ask that you don’t chat much during the actual storytelling. There’ll be a few minutes between stories to do so, I’m sure. And to reiterate, if you’re late,…

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reality strikes back

Fred posted a terrific insight into making a living as a game designer. Basically everything he’s said there applies to being a novelist, too. – newsletter » storytelling hour » biali story – electriCity synopsis stuff – my turn on easy pickings – synopses for 2nd two books of broken faery – proposal for…well, shit, i have to decide what i’m proposing, first » so take a look at the proposal list and decide – orssp #4 – lunch with ebear :)