Month: November 2004

What about Thursday?

Writer guy

Breakthroughs come in waves, first a small breaker, then calm, and lastly a massive blue crush smacks against the water. Writing is like that sometimes. Peace follows frustration. All too soon, a new conflict develops, more intense and perplexing than the original dilemma.

In late September, I restarted the query process. The letters netted a request for the first fifty pages, and from there a request for the whole manuscript. And today, after a series of revisions, The Ridge Runner is ready for the wild. Well, at least as wild as the prospective agent’s office gets.

It’s time for the next wave to crest.

Gasp

Writer guy

Save for Master Buddhapuss, most other cast members have suffered in obscurity for the past few months, relegated to infrequent or non existent appearances.

Good news, the drought has ended. So where are the cast now? Right fricking below!

1) The Wife – doing well, except for this week, she has pneumonia.
2) Pollster – still a biochemist. Jet setting off to France for Thanksgiving. Go Pollster!
3) Editor Person – now the top dog at their job. When you enter the room, bow your head and strike your chest, or risk liquidation.
4) Big Matt – still big, still Matt.
5) Tech guy – mercifully quiet and working on other projects.
6) Russkaya – very, very busy with their studies. Hope to hear from her soon.
7) Rogue Lackey – converted to an all organic diet and obsessed with how to live invisibly ( don’t ask )
8) Buddhapuss – looking forward to his own web site.
9) Writer guy – writing furiously. More on this later in the week.

REVISED: 11/10/2004 – Spike asked to be added to the cast, so I did.

10) Spike – Relaxed and rested from a trip to Osaka, Japan. Currently knee deep in a game cube hack project.

Slam book

Writer guy

Today’s entry is slam book style. Thank you.

A week has passed since the elections and the world still turns. Shocker!

If the glove don’t fit, then you must acquit. I’m going to whatever that.

My all time favorite phrase: “nattering nabobs of negativism”

Oddtodd.com – 3 years later he’s still unemployed and on the couch. Ouch.

The Incredibles

Writer guy

Oops, Pixar did it again! Another fun for the whole family animated gem is loose in the theaters.

Imagine a hero with superpowers who has a wife with stretching abilities. Now imagine that the one activity they love, saving the world, is no longer an option. What can they do? Go under cover, sell insurance and have babies!

This is a heartfelt story about a man who just wants to fulfill his potential and the women and children who love him and also want in the action. Together they form the Incredibles!

It’s a plot we’ve seen a thousand times but seems fresh because it’s done well.

What works

1)Pretty much everything

What needs work

1)Some one other than Jason Lee as the villain. He sounded nasal and annoying, rather than evil. Although, thinking about the role perhaps that was the desired effect. Please smack him.

If you’ve got a heart, the Incredibles are part of you….

Verdict : Full price theater admission.