Yesterday I finally reached the point in Coven Hill where I could introduce my new favorite character into the narrative.
”Amethyst Brown,” said Mr. Griffith over the din, “could you please come here?”
The girl emerged like an apparition from the shadows near the rear of the laboratory and drifted toward them. Abby had never seen anything like her. [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Meet Amethyst Brown
Posted in Coven Hill on July 30, 2008 | No Comments »
There will be (half) blood
Posted in Movies, tagged harry potter and the half-blood prince on July 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Whatever happened to Rise of the Hidden Sun?
Posted in Rise of the Hidden Sun, tagged adventure games, cowboys, rattlesnake jake, rise of the hidden sun, wild west on July 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The latest (and I do mean that literally) installment of my formerly monthly adventure game design column, Adventure Architect, is now up at Adventure Gamers. It’s likely to be the last thing I’ll be posting about Rise of the Hidden Sun for quite a while, so head on over and read the update if you’re interested.
10k and I’m on my way
Posted in Coven Hill on July 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Today I passed the 10,000-word mark on my young adult novel, more if you count the prologue that I’ll almost certainly cut when all is said and done. It’s an insignificant number in the grand scheme of things, but it means something to me for what it represents: forward progress.
Let’s say I do another 10,000 words [...]
Best friends
Posted in Parenthood on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Posted in Coven Hill on July 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Another tiny chunk of words, about half a scene, done. Bam.
Journey!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged journay at the center of the earth, journey, journey to the center of the earth on July 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Just finished reading… # 1: The Terror
Posted in Books, tagged arctic expedition, dan simmons, eskimos, literature, lost, monsters, sir john franklin, supernatural, the terror, thrillers on July 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From time to time I’ll be writing about books I’ve just finished reading in a new series of blogs I’m calling, uh, “Just finished reading.” Catchy, no? It won’t be every book I’ve just read—just the ones that are noteworthy for being either exceptionally good or bad.
I’m kicking things off with The Terror by Dan Simmons, [...]
Why So Serious?
Posted in Comic Books, Movies, tagged batman, the dark knight on July 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Best comic book movie ever? No, probably not, but The Dark Knight does deserve to be part of that conversation. It’s that good. (No one is more surprised than me.) It’s a fantastic popcorn movie that felt just slightly too long at two-and-a-half hours but had enough legit “wow” moments to justify the hype. Needless to say I [...]
