RIP Adam West

Woke up this morning to hear that we lost Adam West.  No matter who your favorite Batman is or what you think of Family Guy, Adam West will always be one of the most iconic superheroes to exist.

Even with the cheesy 70's effects, I still think of West when I think of Batman and I always think of West when I hear the name Paul.  (Paul? Paul? That's not a name for a cat!)

You will be missed Mayor West.

http://adamwest.com/biography/

(Credit to whoever took that picture of him as Batman...)

So where are we writing wise?

Greetings travelers,

I was thinking about getting a grand view of the sporadic writings to see how much I have actually done.  I separated them into mock "titles".  By word count:

Prelude: 1,272
Bob: 1,605
Fox: 290
GW: 908
Main I: 14,707
Main II: 8,950
Main III: 1,113
Shorts: 4,943
SCG: 19
LG: 1,009

Total amongst all stories and short stories:  34,816

That's not a bad amount of writing.  Now to sorting through this mess to make it all make sense.

Yay! Organizing!

Joe

And it begins again...

So this year has been interesting...

So far, I have...

Moved.
Turned 40.
Lost my mother.
Visited Florida to see my Dad and my Sister.
Stopped writing.
Started writing.
Read a lot.
Finally resolved to get writing again.

Things have been chaotic.

So now, since I am in a better place overall, I am determined to get the first draft of one of my many writing projects out there to the big publishing world.  I do this for me.  I do this to honor my mom.  I do this because it's about damn time.

This weekend I am embarking on an organizing of my notes so that I can keep everything straight when I'm writing, which I have actually been doing for the last three nights.  I have many notes as one would expect, since I am creating a universe.

We shall see what happens next.

If all goes well, I plan to start using this blog for my random ramblings.

Also...  Thank you Stef for being my support! <3

Joe

New Desk, New Twists and the Story...

So, I've been missing from here.  Well, things have changed some now and it's time to get back to writing.

To promote the writing bug in myself, I got a new desk.  It was kind of a requirement.

Other than that, I have been reading a lot.  Like 91 books this year.  Granted there are quite a few Graphic Novels in that list, but some of them are quite long and just as wordy as most novels.

With novels in mind, read Stephen King's Dark Tower. (I read all 7 this year...) It will make you rethink everything about your own writing.

Time to re-imagine my universe and actually get to work writing.

Joe

20K and going...

I have broken the 20K point.  This is good.  The stories are connecting nicely.

Made some changes and added some things that I was trying to find a place for.

All in all.  Not bad.

More to follow.

Joe

More Progress

So we have an outline.  An order of events, so to speak.  It took a while but things are connecting nicely.  The short stories are blending into each other and the larger story and challenges are now coming into view.  All in all, I am pleased.

18K+ and counting...

More to follow.

Joe

Working on it, I swear...

So, I've been busy.  Work, school, blah blah blah.  I have also been busy writing.  Like 17,560 words spread out across 10 short stories that connect together and form a much larger story.  They are starting to form an overall story and some little side stories.  This is the proudest work I've done writing.

My biggest inspiration in this has been the works of Terry Pratchett.  I have learned from the first four books of Discworld that you shouldn't write what you think you can sell, but what you want to write.  That is exactly what I'm doing.

It's getting there.

More to follow.

Joe