A Few Announcements!

On March 8, 2012March 8, 2012 By UncannyDerekIn Comic Blogging, DiscussionLeave a comment

To keep you all updated with the goings-on with this site and writing, I felt as if I should dedicate an entire post to this.

The Blood Theatre

I’ve taken up the job as a contributing writer to a friend’s Horror Fan website called The Blood Theatre. (http://thebloodtheatre.com/)

I’ll be writing some features (Versus Mode), horror comic reviews, horror book reviews, and film reviews from time-to-time. It’s a pretty exciting engagement to take on. If you love horror films, books, games, or whatever, I highly recommend you check it out. I’ll keep you posted on here when my stuff gets updated or whenever we’re getting something exciting going on that’ll affect everyone.

In fact, I’ll be reviewing DC’s Swamp-Thing and it will be up shortly.

Don’t forget to bookmark the site and join the forums! I’ll see you there!

Toronto Comic Con

I’ll be in Toronto this Saturday for their ComicCon (a smaller version of August’s FanExpo).

Legendary creator George Perez will be there, as well as Dale Keown, Paolo Rivera, and Leonard Kirk. Given that I’ll be reviewing Swamp Thing shortly, I’m definitely going to take advantage that its artist, the magnificent Yanick Paquette will be there.

Expect me to post my take on the whole event (and maybe some pictures) when I get back and have the time to update it! I’m really excited for it, but unfortunately will be only able to attend one day. I’ll do what I can!

Novel Writing

As I’ve mentioned last month, I’ve jumped back on doing my NaNoWriMo project. I currently have eleven days left to write and I’ve gotten in about 10k words. I know it’s not a lot, but I’ve actually spent a LOT of time with character and plot development. It’s taken precedence over writing. I had some recent “realizations” that made me have to take a few days off from writing so I wouldn’t botch the rest of the novel. It’s what I needed to do.
One day I’ll explain it all to you.

What Else?

I’ve been working my butt off. Isn’t that enough?!

Keep on Space Truckin’!

NaNoWriMo – Take Two!

On February 16, 2012February 16, 2012 By UncannyDerekIn Discussion2 Comments

How’s February 19th through to March 19th sound?

Good!

No, no, I’m not planning on doing another 50,000 words in that time. While I did accomplish a lot last month, I definitely want to take it a bit easier. As I get busier with my real-life job, I won’t have as much time to dedicate to this story as much as I want to. Instead, I’m aiming for around 20-25k words. If anything, this will be considered a half-ass attempt at NaNoWriMo.

I needed to take a bit of a break from the story because it is both physically and mentally taxing. I definitely didn’t want to jump into that exhaustive mindset again. I was thinking about another thirty-day challenge involving another project, but I really think I should focus on one for now.

I’ll also try to keep up on the site for more comic stuff. I won’t be posting daily updates like before, that’s for sure.

As for the story, I ended my last challenge with 54,126 words. Let’s aim to make it 70,000 or die trying!

Say Cheese

Keep on Space Truckin’!

NaNoWriMo – FINISHED!!!

On February 2, 2012February 4, 2012 By UncannyDerekIn Discussion1 Comment

It’s all done! I am thoroughly impressed with myself, that’s for sure.

But it’s late and I want to go to bed.

Words before: 53,116

Words today: 1,010

FINAL WORD COUNT: 54,126

As for my picture, it’s the album I’ve listened to every day since starting from day six of my NaNoWriMo challenge.

I bring you: Green Carnation – The Acoustic Verses

Keep on Space Truckin’!

NaNoWriMo – Day Twenty-Nine

On February 1, 2012February 1, 2012 By UncannyDerekIn DiscussionLeave a comment

One more day to go!

I can’t believe how far I’ve gotten.

Although I’m excited to continue with this challenge, I’m dying to get a real day off from it. I work on a computer for most of the day in my real-life job, so when I get home to write, my wrists are just killing me.

Regardless, this has been an incredible journey thus far.

Words before: 51,526

Words today: 1,590

Total word count: 53,116

The image of inspiration was pretty helpful for a scene I was creating. To be honest, this is a picture of mine I took a while ago in regards to how my old bedroom floor would look like at the end of most Wednesdays. (They don’t anymore. And I don’t even own that phone now!)

Keep on Space Truckin’!