Well, last night I received a call from my writing partner, Paul. It was the call I suspected and expected and altogether dreaded. He was a couple of days into his pass on the first four acts I'd written and, while things were going well, they were also progressing slowly. "I don' t know what…
May 15, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club Reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Meteor Man!
Meteor Man written and directed by Robert Townsend. To be honest, me prefer his Chinatown. Still, monster surprized me not hate dis movie. Sure, it all sortz of stoopid and itz hero as interesting as a deli sandwitch named after David Caruso, but it not all bad. Only mostly bad. After opening theme muzik dat…
May 14, 2012: The Adventures of Mr. Fix-It! Today’s Episode = DVR Disaster!
A technician came by the house today to swap out my old working-just-fine satellite receivers and DVR's for new as-yet-untested-but-so-far-really-inconvenient versions of both. He arrived early, about an hour into the five hour ETA window, stepped inside, took one look at the dogs and asked if I could put them in the other room. No…
May 13, 2012: Happy Mother’s Day!
I celebrated by being doubly prolific and completing not one but two acts, 25 pages, and hitting the 57 page mark. I was conservatively gunning for 30 by tomorrow so I'm more than pleased - and, thus, won't feel at all guilty about going out to dinner and then taking the night off to watch…
May 12, 2012: 2 Acts down, 14 to go! And why not join our Supermovie of the Week Club?
The miniseries I'm presently writing has required a fair amount of research. Over the past few weeks, my online investigations have covered cyber-terrorism, computer worms and viruses, online anonymity, the NSA (National Security Agency), the FBI, Missile Defense Systems, nuclear power schematics, and the White House administration. In short, every google search sure to set…
May 11, 2012: 15 down, 165 to go!
The plan was to get the first act of the mini-series written today and that's what I'm going to do - even if it means I'm staying up all night to do it. I've been working all day and have roughly fifteen pages under my belt. Roughly two more to go and then I'm done.…
May 10, 2012: Thoughts on t.v.
For a guy who makes his living writing for film and television, I don't watch a lot of either - certainly nowhere near as much as you guys. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather just read a good book. Having said that, there are about a dozen or so shows I do follow. Some I…
May 9, 2012: Deep Dog Thoughts
Back in the days when I had an office job, I worked with a woman (Michelle? Chantal? Quenel?) who was training to be a pet psychic. Not surprisingly, it wasn't something she was eager to share with her co-workers and only happened to come out over the course of some tangental discussion. Something like: "Hey,…
May 8, 2012: A Hypochrondric Pragmatist
"Hi,"said the woman on the other end of the line, sunny as could be. "This is Dr. Ward's office calling. We received a referral from your family doctor. He'd like Dr. Wade to check your eyes." "Yep,"I said. It had been over two weeks since my doctor had suggested as much. I'd simply assumed someone…
May 7, 2012: The Supermovie of the Week Club reconvenes! Cookie Monster reviews Batman Returns!
Batman Returns remind monster of solid gold eggz Big Bird get by mail order. Nice to look at but empty and when send complaint, company stop taking your callz and it all end wit director filing restraning order against you. Dis movie also like Grover at prom nite. All style, no substance, some pleather, and…
May 6, 2012: What I accomplished today!
Picked up some books for mom in anticipation of Mother's Day: Picked up some books for myself while picking up books for mom in anticipation of Mother's Day: Spent time with my girlfriend: And my dogs: Roasted a chicken: And veggies: Ate a slice of blueberry cheesecake: Got a parking ticket: 🙁 And finished outlining…
May 5, 2012: Time flies when you’re having fun! But it’s just the opposite when you’re writing a 16 act outline!
They say that time speeds up as you get older. Conversely, I can now confirm that time actually slows down when you're trying to write up the 16 act outline of a miniseries over the weekend. I started at 8:30 this morning and finished at a little before 10:00 p.m., breaking only for a shake,…
May 4, 2012: Dark Matter artist, Garry Brown, wants to hear from YOU! And once you come up with that final act break, it’ll be smooooooooth sailing!
With the opening four-issue arc of our comic book series, Dark Matter, completed, I thought this would be a great opportunity to have artist Garry Brown swing by this blog for a Q&A. A native of Scotland and graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, Garry has worked for Marvel, DC, BOOM!…
May 3, 2012: Photos of my life and others
Can you imagine stepping out your front door to THIS? From a distance, it looked like a really bad paint job - but, upon closer scrutiny, that bad paint job actually turned out to be thousands of tiny, carefully-applied post-it notes. How long do you figure it would take to pull off something like…
May 2, 2012: This blog goes to the dogs. Again!
Whereas most adults my age are either dropping their kids off at school or picking them up from school or buying them clothes and toys, or attending their various extracurricular activities, I'm dropping my dogs off at doggy daycare or picking them up from doggy daycare or purchasing them leashes and toys, or attending various…