So – we’ve met the leading lady and my favorite bad guy from The Ministry of Thunder.
Let’s meet another member of “Team Sabatini”.
Old Wei has the dubious honor of appearing on stage even before the main character is introduced, and he slips in and out of the novel, suggesting herbal infusions and being terribly mysterious.
What’s the deal with the old man? Continue reading
This is the sort of post that nobody cares about, so don’t feel guilty if you think it might be better to just stop here and go check some better blog.
Really, I’m cool.
Fact is, I’m writing a lot, and a lot of different things, these days, and sort of like it felt nice writing down a few ideas.
It’s not a matter of inspiration, is more a matter of time management.
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’m writing the first draft of a novel, putting together a large gaming project, revising two short stories and writing a third.
Plus blog posts, and a good simulation of a normal life.
So, here’s how I’m doing it1. Continue reading
It’s Sunday, so a media-related post, but different.
I was reading this article about German Director Werner Herzog1 , and found a list of his suggestions to young film-makers.
And indeed, these suggestions apply to writing too – and a lot of other things.
So, what with me being on a writing roll and all that, I decided to see how Herzog’s rules apply to writing, based on what I learned so far. Sort of a personal recap of what’s been going on so far.
And yes, this is incredibly cheeky.
So sue me. Continue reading
No, not on the tube.
In it…
Now this is suggestive.
Science fiction? Horror? Both?
She does not seem so nice, what?
And after the leading lady, one of the bad guys.
My favorite bad guy, actually, of all those that crowd the pages of The Ministry of Thunder.
A few years back I was talking with my friend Ken Asamatsu, the famous Japanese horror author and Lovecraftian scholar, and we were discussing the game HPL and his friends played, mentioning each other in their stories, and usually killing each other off.
And I promised Asamatsu-sensei that I would give his name to a bad guy in my first novel, and then kill him off in a horrible way. Which would be fun, considering that Ken Asamatsu is one of the kindest, most friendly people I ever knew.
Thus was born Captain Asamatsu Kenzaburo, Imperial Japanese Navy. Continue reading
It’s about time I made a post about Pat Neil, the female lead in my novel, The Ministry of Thunder.
A while back I did a post on the other woman, and I’d like to do a short piece about each one of the characters in my book – and Pat is the obvious choice.
Other characters will be discussed in future posts1.
Incidentally – this post will not contain spoilers.
I don’t want to spoil the fun for future readers, you see.
So, off we go,
And as a start, how comes a Chinese girl’s called Pat Neil? Continue reading
Who is this woman?
What is she looking at?
Who’s taking her photo?
Good starting point for a story, I think…
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