It wasn't Skyrim. I swear. So, yes. I think this might be one of those 'normal for novelist' things that I have yet to get much of, given that most of my works hover under the 20 000 word mark, but I found myself losing all faith in what I was writing. Plot's too slow,… Continue reading Workblog for the week: Writer’s Block!
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Workblog for the week, uhm, Skyrim much?
Amazing how these weeks stack up. This weekend, I've started playing Skyrim. So next week's workblog might... be a little thin. As it is, this week's been filled with thrills and excitement. Dangerous Jade, my novella, is looking on track for the moment, and developments relating to the art for that's been absolutely thrilling. More… Continue reading Workblog for the week, uhm, Skyrim much?
Workblog for the week, part the third.
Another week, another blog totting up my work for the week. Frankly, been a lousy week for me. Consistently been getting started late. But, also consistently been getting work in on the novel, so it's not all bad. (I could blame the character I'm writing - I switched viewpoint characters around the start of the… Continue reading Workblog for the week, part the third.
Workblog for the Week, again.
So! News for the week. Biggest news is undoubtedly that my cupcake novella, Dangerous Jade, has reached release-candidate draft status and is now undergoing proofing. I can tell you about that. What I can't tell you about, just yet, is that the artist lined up to do the cover and interior illustrations has a name… Continue reading Workblog for the Week, again.
Workblog for the week
So. The Terry Pratchett thing is, of course, my big news that many people will care about, but the news a few people will care about - the progress on my novel project - is pretty good too. This week's been a comparatively short one, in that it only started on Wednesday, but so far… Continue reading Workblog for the week
An evening with Terry Pratchett + Tomorrow.
Well. Okay. That was extraordinarily thinglike. I've just returned from Drury Lane (or nearly Drury Lane, in any case) where 'An Evening With Terry Pratchett' was held. Theatre, packed to the brim with people, myself in the absolute nosebleed seats in the balcony back row, all staring down there as the man himself and his… Continue reading An evening with Terry Pratchett + Tomorrow.
Ongoing ongoings.
*Stretches.* It's interesting how completely an activity which is only debatably 'work' can take over one's life. According to my daily work log (It's useful knowing what I did, and it's morale boosting to be able to put in big events), since the last time I wrote one of these I have: Completed the second… Continue reading Ongoing ongoings.
News, scary things, recent reading.
So, in semi-recent news, Askazi Myths is on a brief little hiatus before the next arc starts (an arc I am confident will turn out awesome) and the artist, Tanzenlicht, has applied some pressure and more or less decided that people should see the scripts behind the comic. So, now you can read the scripts… Continue reading News, scary things, recent reading.
Boring update about London riots.
For those wondering, I am fine, everything else is fine, it is, however, remarkably distracting and I am incapable of getting anything useful done.
fooz on a friday.
The week has been busy, and yet not busy, simultaneously. Little has been achieved, though I did cook up a story concept which I am - now that I've thought the thing through in its entirety - not entirely convinced works as a story. I shall see if I work on it further or abandon… Continue reading fooz on a friday.
Generic Check In
Since last we spoke, gentle listener: The weekly Askazi Myths page update has appeared. That Fox And Otter Duo have produced another episode of Unsheathed, in which they get the mysterious Kit 'Techwolf' Silver to talk a LOT more than usual. I have recieved two rejections, gotten someone's manuscript back to them with a whole… Continue reading Generic Check In
Things Found: Short Stories
'Filling Up The Void' - Richard E. Gropp - Interesting short story, primarily notable for presenting a furry protagonist and raaather adult themes in what is, ultimately, a fairly mainstream SF venue. Ending is rather telegraphed, and if you read a lot of sci fi you're not going to meet much new, but the execution's… Continue reading Things Found: Short Stories
Updates and experimentation.
Hello! I'm Malcolm 'foozzzball' Cross, and I'm experimenting with turning my personal website into a blog. You probably already know me, thus how you found this, but if you don't... I'm awesome. So far I've posted a couple of bits of older fiction as 'Ephemera and Vignettes', and plan to get some of the novellas… Continue reading Updates and experimentation.
Document 0A-21040513
(This somewhat in-world document predates Dog Country by quite some time, so might not be fully canonical, but offers an alternative perspective on the events around the T-Bone marketplace. I sometimes enjoy making strange little artefacts!) Document 0A-21040513
You Can Never Go Home
( This is quite an early Estians/War Dogs story, written long before I started work on Dog Country. The protagonist does have a brief cameo in Dog Country, however. ) It was a long way home. Evran had thought that, thousands and thousands of miles away, back in Tajikistan, before things had hit the wall.… Continue reading You Can Never Go Home