This podcast is cursed....but we are still going for now. The echo in this and chapter 16 is untenebal but we will still go every other week for now.
Saturday, January 2, 2016
Friday, January 1, 2016
[Writer Stuff] Fiona Skye
While I reserve Monday to post my status as well, Fridays I am going to try and post useful writer tips, resources or inspirational material. Because I wrote the review fairly recently, I'm including it again here for the audiobook of Fiona's here. Fiona has been the editor of a few of my short stories, Grenademan vs The Zombies and also Forever West.
Her website is here.
Her good reads site is here.
And her twitter is here.
Why you should care: As a reader, her books are quite interesting.
As a writer, you should care for two reasons; three actually. First, because she is an excellent example of "Donna Do" as compared to "Donna Don't" and shows the best steps a rising author who can actually sell things should follow. Second, she is an excellent editor for beginning writers because she is one, she is very cheap for the skill level she brings to the table, and because she is willing to call your bullshit for what it is while also offering very real positive praise for the work just when you need it. And third, because smart writers network very well and she can teach you a lot about how to do it (also see point one).
Her website is here.
Her good reads site is here.
And her twitter is here.
Why you should care: As a reader, her books are quite interesting.
As a writer, you should care for two reasons; three actually. First, because she is an excellent example of "Donna Do" as compared to "Donna Don't" and shows the best steps a rising author who can actually sell things should follow. Second, she is an excellent editor for beginning writers because she is one, she is very cheap for the skill level she brings to the table, and because she is willing to call your bullshit for what it is while also offering very real positive praise for the work just when you need it. And third, because smart writers network very well and she can teach you a lot about how to do it (also see point one).
Thursday, December 31, 2015
[Script] Legacy of Hope - Page 8
Scene: The sun sets over an interesting residential street. IT is shown from several angles.
Scene: Hobbes looks nervously through the window.
Scene: Andrasta walking down the middle of the street. Utterly unarmed. Street Lights come on.
Scene: Hobbes sees her and gasps.
Scene: Close up of Hobbes' eye going wide from fear.
Scene: Close up of one side of Andrasta's lips as it ticks up in a half smirk.
Scene: Inside of the house, Hobbes goes and fetches a spell book, and begins rifling through the pages.
Scene: Fog slowly begins to roil in front of the house as Andrasta walks onto the lawn.
Scene: Three demons slowly rise up out of the fog and challenge Andrastada. One of them immediately charges. She eagle claws its eye and then tears into its throat where a great deal of blood spills out. The other two look at each other. They attack at the same time, She grabs one by the arm, seemingly breaking it in two while it howls in pain, the other one swings around her from behind and grabs her arms. The second one begins to punch her stomach and cracks her ribs. She lifts both of her legs into the air, kicks them down and cracks both legs on the demon holding her, massive amounts of blood spilling out as it lands on the ground. The demon who had been attacking her runs, and there is a scream off camera.
Scene: All three demons disolve into mist.
Scene: Hobbes looks nervously through the window.
Scene: Andrasta walking down the middle of the street. Utterly unarmed. Street Lights come on.
Scene: Hobbes sees her and gasps.
Scene: Close up of Hobbes' eye going wide from fear.
Scene: Close up of one side of Andrasta's lips as it ticks up in a half smirk.
Scene: Inside of the house, Hobbes goes and fetches a spell book, and begins rifling through the pages.
Scene: Fog slowly begins to roil in front of the house as Andrasta walks onto the lawn.
Scene: Three demons slowly rise up out of the fog and challenge Andrastada. One of them immediately charges. She eagle claws its eye and then tears into its throat where a great deal of blood spills out. The other two look at each other. They attack at the same time, She grabs one by the arm, seemingly breaking it in two while it howls in pain, the other one swings around her from behind and grabs her arms. The second one begins to punch her stomach and cracks her ribs. She lifts both of her legs into the air, kicks them down and cracks both legs on the demon holding her, massive amounts of blood spilling out as it lands on the ground. The demon who had been attacking her runs, and there is a scream off camera.
Scene: All three demons disolve into mist.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
[Script] Legacy of Hope - Page 7
Scene: Close up of a child's drawing of a wizard calling down lightning and fire.
Voice Over: The mighty wizard defeated the evil grandmother in a titanic battle.
Scene: (Sepia) Hobbes drugging the Andrasta's drink.
Voice Over: He barely survived with his life.
Scene: (Sepia) Hobbes and Mordenkenen chuckle as they pay off the doctor.
Voice Over: And then he raised the rightful heir to the sword in the way of truth and justice.
Scene: Close up of a child's drawing with Hobbes and Anastasia and the sword.
Scene: Close up child's drawing of an evil grandmother in a cage raging at bars.
Scene: (Sepia) Andastra looking out the window crying..
Voice Over: The mighty wizard defeated the evil grandmother in a titanic battle.
Scene: (Sepia) Hobbes drugging the Andrasta's drink.
Voice Over: He barely survived with his life.
Scene: (Sepia) Hobbes and Mordenkenen chuckle as they pay off the doctor.
Voice Over: And then he raised the rightful heir to the sword in the way of truth and justice.
Scene: Close up of a child's drawing with Hobbes and Anastasia and the sword.
Scene: Close up child's drawing of an evil grandmother in a cage raging at bars.
Scene: (Sepia) Andastra looking out the window crying..
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Thursday, December 24, 2015
[Script] Legacy of Hope - Page 6
Scene: Andrasda walks to a truck with a sign that says "Reserved for Dr. Parsley" and picks the lock. She hot wires the car. Gets up and begins to drive off.
Anastasia (Voice Over) Oh yes. The story of the brave wizard.
Hobbes (Voice Over) And how did that go?
Anastasia (Voice Over) Once upon a long time ago, there was a very brave wizard who was the latest in a long line of wizards.
Scene: (Sepia) - Andrasda is fighting bad guys off camera with a powerful sword while Hobbes cowars.
Anastasia (Voice Over) These wizards served a group of champions who passed a powerful sword forged by the Gods from mother to daughter.
Scene (Sepia) - Andrasda yells at Hobbes for his cowardice silently under voice over. Hobbes quivers.
Anastasia (Voice Over) Then one day, an evil woman inherited the sword and wanted to use it to conquer the earth.
Scene (Sepia) - Andrasta snaps Hobbes' wand. Hobbes begs forgiveness, shaking his head. Andrada points to the exit.
Scene (Close up) Hobbes gets a dark look on his face.
Anastasia (Voice Over) Oh yes. The story of the brave wizard.
Hobbes (Voice Over) And how did that go?
Anastasia (Voice Over) Once upon a long time ago, there was a very brave wizard who was the latest in a long line of wizards.
Scene: (Sepia) - Andrasda is fighting bad guys off camera with a powerful sword while Hobbes cowars.
Anastasia (Voice Over) These wizards served a group of champions who passed a powerful sword forged by the Gods from mother to daughter.
Scene (Sepia) - Andrasda yells at Hobbes for his cowardice silently under voice over. Hobbes quivers.
Anastasia (Voice Over) Then one day, an evil woman inherited the sword and wanted to use it to conquer the earth.
Scene (Sepia) - Andrasta snaps Hobbes' wand. Hobbes begs forgiveness, shaking his head. Andrada points to the exit.
Scene (Close up) Hobbes gets a dark look on his face.
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
[Heliotrope] The Exception to the Yule
It is a well known fact that most True Fae have long since been driven from Outer Fairy, save in one locale. If you were to look to your dying breath in the North Pole of Terra, you would find naught but ice, snow and potentially the secret Russian Submarine base under the ocean. You certainly won't find a city or a series of Artic Factories.
There are many exceptions here. The elves are the last of their kind, since abducted humans and their descendants have supplanted them in all other locations in this realm. The modern technology that is used to make the toys and sundry Santa Gadgets directly contradicts the Accord of the Ancients as well as the will of High King Fiddleback in the Land of Kings. I mean, everyone cheats a little but no one does it like Santa.
Still, this tidbit isn't about the mysteries or agenda of St Nick, which are sundry and many but the curious echo that these artic ripples have in the lands around them. The Lands of the Tsars and the Lands of the Jarls see a lot, which of course tends to ripple out in the far northern lands of Terra as well. There were, from time to time, morons who launched crusades against St. Nick to enforce the accords but each were slain horrifically; tales of man eating snow men, animate toy armies and legions (unending legions) of enraged rabid naughty children have turned off even the most frothing monarch to the idea.
The sprawling mountains and wild magic yield strange and unusual creatures. Indeed, the sheer power of the magic there is such an anomaly that it was almost a successful argument against the Accord, but the philosopher kings managed to convince the world that it was unique to St. Nick. The mixture of pagan and monotheistic magic certainly is not duplicated anywhere else.
There are strange and occasional band of adventurers that enter these mountains hoping to recover the mysterious treasures of the elves. Some succeed and those that return do so with gifts appropriate just to them. More return cursed or missing body parts.
There are many exceptions here. The elves are the last of their kind, since abducted humans and their descendants have supplanted them in all other locations in this realm. The modern technology that is used to make the toys and sundry Santa Gadgets directly contradicts the Accord of the Ancients as well as the will of High King Fiddleback in the Land of Kings. I mean, everyone cheats a little but no one does it like Santa.
Still, this tidbit isn't about the mysteries or agenda of St Nick, which are sundry and many but the curious echo that these artic ripples have in the lands around them. The Lands of the Tsars and the Lands of the Jarls see a lot, which of course tends to ripple out in the far northern lands of Terra as well. There were, from time to time, morons who launched crusades against St. Nick to enforce the accords but each were slain horrifically; tales of man eating snow men, animate toy armies and legions (unending legions) of enraged rabid naughty children have turned off even the most frothing monarch to the idea.
The sprawling mountains and wild magic yield strange and unusual creatures. Indeed, the sheer power of the magic there is such an anomaly that it was almost a successful argument against the Accord, but the philosopher kings managed to convince the world that it was unique to St. Nick. The mixture of pagan and monotheistic magic certainly is not duplicated anywhere else.
There are strange and occasional band of adventurers that enter these mountains hoping to recover the mysterious treasures of the elves. Some succeed and those that return do so with gifts appropriate just to them. More return cursed or missing body parts.
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