… is the somewhat fond nickname my little brother gave me a few years ago. It translates to “The King of the Dead”, which may raise a few eyebrows at first glance. The correlation, though, is that my birthday happens to land on November 2nd, which is of course Dia de los Muertos, in Mexico, or “The Day of the Dead”. Ironically I’ve always been … Continue reading El Rey de los Muertos…
…to say that my next novel, “Sapphire City”, is now published! I’ve been walking around the house saying that, no joke, and yes it feels good. But not just because I didn’t get much sleep last night, or because I’m on my 4th cup of coffee today (so far), or for any other reason other than it feels good. See, I’ve been working on this … Continue reading It sure feels good…
…I have finished the first draft of “Sapphire City”! First draft… which means I now have hundreds of grammatical, spelling, and continuity errors to check over. But that’s all part of writing! In fact I wouldn’t consider myself the least bit creative if my fingers matched the speed of brain perfectly. Anyway, as I promised those who attended our Creator School panels at Saboten last … Continue reading As promised, to our Saboten panel attendees…
…and without ego I have to say, it’s pretty damn good. When I say series, I don’t mean a pilot or a concept or a treatment. I wrote thirteen full, network-hour (45 minute) episodes, including a 2-hour pilot. 652 script pages, for those that don’t understand screenplay format. I wrote this in about three weeks, meaning I was very inspired at the time, let me … Continue reading 9 years ago I wrote a Sci-Fi TV series…
…you never work a day in your life. That’s how the saying goes. And let me tell you, it’s completely, utterly, full of lies. I could ask you to take my word for it, but just telling you that isn’t going to amount to a hill of pineapples. So allow me to explain why that saying is full of it, and how this new point … Continue reading If you do what you love…
