At last!
Eagle-eyed readers might recognize a passing reference to The Children’s Illustrated Clausewitz in MORGAN BAROD. Good thing it finally showed up! Now I just have to make sure a copy still exists in 2100 AD.
John Allison, writer of the Steeple webcomic:
It’s my birthday today! I’ll be celebrating, as I always do, by having a glass of water. If you want to give me a present, please tell a friend about Steeple. Tell them it’s a reasonable read at a price that’s right. That ought to do it.
It is, in fact, both of these things. If he did commissions, John Allison would be on my ‘try to buy a book cover from’ list.
Another 500 words today. Still not optimal, but it’s functional.
Continue reading 10/19/21 Snippet, TINSEL RAIN.Got 500 words in! There needs to be more, but what the heck. This is good for a start.
Continue reading 10/18/21 Snippet, TINSEL RAIN.The foot bone’s connected to the ankle bone,
The ankle bone’s connected to the shin bone,
The shin bone’s connected to the knee bone,
Hear the word of the LORD.
…in chronological order. And it was harder than it looked, too. I’m never writing a book in that fashion again: I had to disentangle two different plot threads that flatly contradicted each other. I think it may have been because this time I didn’t have an existing story to turn into a novel, which is a mistake I will not be repeating this November*.
Now comes the fun part: shoving all the crap out of my head and onto the page, then making it into something else besides crap. Poor Tom Vargas. Now that I know he can take a punch, it’s time for him to start taking more of them…
Moe Lane
*I need to make better outlines, at least.
‘The Way to the Devil’s Heart’ is, of course, bad theology. But it’s not exactly bad psychology. It is, indeed, very difficult to be unpleasant to someone who is cheerfully serving you a piping-hot portion of properly prepared roast beef, particularly if they are being generous about the crust. It’s just so petty. And nobody likes to think of themselves as being petty.
Continue reading Patreon Microfiction: The Way to the Devil’s Heart.Surely I have done Roger Zelazny’s A NIGHT IN THE LONESOME OCTOBER? I have not? How odd. And embarrassing, too.
I need to get cracking on finishing up TINSEL RAIN. I finally organized the chapters properly; now I just need to write stuff to fill in the gaps. Maybe I can even get it finished before November starts! But even like this it looks a lot more like a damn book.
The goal for this one would be to create a writeup that could just as easily be perfectly innocent as it could be perfectly horrific. I flatter myself that I didn’t do too badly at it.
Continue reading In Nomine Revisited: The Orientation Committee.Tentative time and date is November 6, 2021, 1-4 PM. The location will be:
Curmudgeon Books
Marley Station Mall 7900 Ritchie Highway
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
…and I plan to have at least a few copies of all of my books to date, and definitely my new novel MORGAN BAROD. So stop on by! Buy my books! Buy books from the people who are showing such excellent discernment!
