A great writing day. Granted, a better day for lazing about in the sun but, still, writers can’t be choosers. So after lying awake in bed last night working the story out in my head, I finally found my Act II break! (I’d left it in the garage behind the recycling bin.). Thus armed, I…
June 14, 2009: What Shuffleboard Courts?! Spinning My Wheels on 19 and 20. Ever Closer on the Comic Book.
Table for one. Lulu prefers soft serve. Oooooooh! Ice cream! Hangin' at Prospect Point. Don't mess with my duck! Jelly loves pork. Maximus is all smiles. “We leave tomorrow morning at 9:30,”my wife informed me last night. “9:30!” Right. 9:30. I woke up at 8:00, fed the dogs, showered, dressed, checked my blog comments, took…
June 13, 2009: What You’ve Been Missing. In Search of a Great Movie. Ice Creamed Out.
What's this? You HAVEN'T been following my pack on twitter? What, you have something better to do than read the constant unfathomable updates of a bunch of dogs hitting random keys on a laptop? Shame! SHAME! Recent highlights have included "asjkjkjk", "fdslkjfdkjk", and the eye-brow raising "alkalkdkld". Oh, and there' the pics as well - each…
June 3, 2009: Scrappy Dogs. Okay, I Think I Got It Right This Time. Well Done, Mr. Goldsmith. Cookie Monster’s Good Turn. The Donutella. And WTF is ha ha hee hee ha ha ho?
Today, we set aside an hour to talk stories - specifically, the back half of SGU’s first season. Okay, okay. I think that, this time, I’ve got it right. Space shoots next in the #11 slot, followed by Divided in the #12 slot, and then Faith in the #13 slot (Carl promises to have…
May 16, 2009: Scooped By My Own Dogs (Instead of the Other Way Around For a Change)!
Suspect #3 Suspect #4 Suspect #5 So not cool, guys. Not cool at all. Bad! Bad dogs! I suppose I should have learned my lesson the first time. The first time, of course, being last year when I taught the dogs how to dial 911 in case of emergency. They proved quick learners, managing to…
May 4, 2009: A Deadline Looms, Dogs At Play, and The Mailbag
This morning, I received a gentle reminder from my editor that the deadline is looming on that short story I’ve been working on for, what, it feels like three years now. Well, actually, more like 6+ months, but still. As luck would have it, we’re on hiatus and I had set aside this entire week…
April 11, 2009: Handing Off, News You Need to Know, and Brie Goes Berserk!
Hey, you know what’s really tough? Okay, besides dinner party steak and learning to speak Japanese? Yep, getting back into the rhythm of writing a show you haven’t written for in over half a year. Especially when you’re not actually starting from the beginning of a script and picking up a good head of steam…
April 5, 2009: 3 000 000, All In, Dog Visit, and The Mailbag
Hey, I just noticed that my little blog here on wordpress has just ticked past 3 000 000 views. It now joins the lofty likes of the CNN Political Ticker, Celebrity Baby Blog, and, of course, Lolcats ’n Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? Congratulations to all. But especially me. Yes, it’s…
March 29, 2009: My Foray into Harlequin Romance, International SF, A Gentle Reading Reminder (the next one is going to hurt), My Final Four Pick, A Fursome Surprise Visitor, and The Mailbag. Whew!
I was on fire last night, writing well into the wee hours of the early morning. I’m about a scene and a half away from finishing a first draft of the short story (although the last five pages are going to need a major massage). I even had enough leftover energy to write three more…
February 22, 2009: Screw the Oscars. Enjoy the Dogs Instead.
Well, I had intended to turn this blog over to Baron Destructo and Cookie Monster for their annual Oscar Selection Show but, alas, both were caught by surprise when the Academy suddenly announced they were telecasting the awards tonight! Unfortunately, of the numerous Oscar contenders, Cookie Monster and the Baron only watched a grand…
February 1, 2009: Dogs, Mailbag, and NFL – I Renounce Thee!
A lot of interesting takes on this whole Blu-ray debate. To upgrade or not to upgrade? That is the question. Well, after reading some of your informed opinions regarding continuing technological developments and the likelihood that tomorrow’s hot, new gadget will be next week’s microfilm, tape deck, or Vin Diesel, I’ve decided to forego any…
January 22, 2009: This Blog Goes to the Dogs. Yet Again.
In spite of the fact that the production office is my “place of work”, I’ve been accomplishing very little in the way of actual script work there of late. I’ve been spinning my wheels on a complicated sequence that has been made all the more complicated by the fact that I’m dealing with all new…
December 18, 2008: Hey! That was MY idea!
We were in the car this afternoon, driving back home from dim sum, when Fondy turned to me and said: “Did you know…” and then proceeded to tell me a story that I did, in fact, know - because I was the one who had recounted it to her just last week. “Yeah, I know,”I…
November 2, 2008: Projects, Plans, Pooches, and Poltergeists
I decided to take it easy today because it was Sunday. Of course, since season five wrapped, pretty much every day has been Sunday for me. Not that I don’t have things to do. I have an SGA movie to write, that super, secret project to complete, a horror movie to set up, a pilot…
August 31, 2008: The Blue Screen of Death, A Horrific Crime and the Likely Suspects, The Weird Food Purchase of the Day – Guest Edition
I would seem my laptop is not long for this world. Twice, yesterday, I fell victim to the blue screen of death. One second, I’m copy and pasting the day’s blog entry into the wordpress window and, the next, my computer is rebooting. I ended up spending most of last night watching Mad Men while…