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Tag Archives: Melodrama
Walt Simonson, God of Epics
Apologies for not posting anything recently. I have what appears to be an aggravated nerve in my jaw, and it isn’t making life very pleasant. If the 30 minute bouts of searing pain weren’t enough, there’s also the fact that I’m not eating much and wasn’t getting much sleep. But I’ve been taking some medication [...]
Posted in Blog, Comic Books Also tagged Apologies, Appointment, Bold Adventure, Bouts, Bum, Characterization, Comic Book, Craftsmanship, Epics, Fantasy Writer, Heroic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Mack, Marvel Visionaries, Masterwork, Medication, Nerve, Plot Threads, Preacher, Sails, Sandman, Short Story, Sleep, Storytelling, Thor, Walt Simonson 1 Comment
On Writing: Query Letters
One of my fellow DFWWW writers posted that the trailers for 2012 were a model for “the worst query letter ever”. While I’m not one to resort to simple statements of authority, I think I can say here that he’s wrong. 2012′s commercials, for all their lack of detail and big FX, are designed to [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Aspiring Writer, Aspiring Writers, Blood And Sweat, Commercials, Disaster Flick, Doing The Right Thing, Fellow, Formal Feature, Fx, Girl Of Your Dreams, Good Luck, Heart And Soul, Inspiration, Novel, Pitfalls, Query Letter, Rerun, Time Today, Writing Query Letters 1 Comment
The Event Horizon of Boring