Moe Lane's Blog, page 586
April 5, 2022
Snippet: MOUTH.
Dunno if this is going anywhere: I had the thought this evening, and wanted to get the beginning down before I forgot it.
Patreon!The supermarket isn’t safe anymore. They’re starting to show up there, too. I saw a monster there for the first time today. I mean, like, up close and personal. Almost scared the piss right out of me, too.
This one was a female, about forty (monsters age about the same as we do), and regular clothes could fit her. She might have even been good-looking, if it wasn’t for the horrible, twitching gash right across the lower half of her face.
Yeah, I know. Except for that. She was peering at vegetables, just like a human being would, and that was good. It gave me enough time to get hold of myself before she noticed me. I didn’t dare attract attention. Not here, not now. And it was my own damn fault for not being prepared, too.
Sure, I’ll admit that. No excuses. It was just that the supermarket had been a refuge before, you know? Even after things started changing, you could still go there and pretend everything was normal. So I had let my guard down, gotten sloppy, and now I had only a moment to try to pull it all together.
The GHOST RIDER 1 AND 2 Honest Trailers.
Damn, now I actually want to see GHOST RIDER. Honest Trailers legitimately sold me on the idea. I’m as surprised as you are, frankly.
#commissionearned
Tweet of the Day, Why, Then, This Is Hell, And IGN Is Not Out Of It edition.
I used to think that political writing didn’t pay, until I saw the rates for non-political writing. Sweet merciful Christ:
IGN is looking for new freelancers to assist with the daily flow of stories in games, entertainment, tech, and science. $20 base rate per story. Sliding scale for heavier reporting. DM with an introduction and portfolio for details! pic.twitter.com/XXk0cZK5FT
— Kat Bailey (@The_Katbot) April 4, 2022
Via @SonnyBunch, who offers sage advice in the process.
Moe Lane
PS: I recognize that IGN probably doesn’t have the budget to pay more. That does not absolve them of trying to get desperate people to write for them for essentially free.
April 4, 2022
‘Walkin’ on the Sun.’
Got sucked into making a map because it was the only way to explain something to somebody on Facebook.
…I know, I know. I am only flesh and blood.
Reintroducing my Kindle Vella story: THE STARS ARE WRONG.
I don’t want to just abandon THE STARS ARE WRONG: it’s a fun Cthulhu Mythos story where I was trying to switch things up a little. I don’t think it deserves to just end up as an academic footnote somewhere. So I’m putting up the link again, in the hopes it’ll get more play this time. Or, you know, any play at all.
https://amzn.to/37gcTCe
I would pay money to see Daniel Radcliffe as Wolverine.
Which I guess would be the idea? “Daniel Radcliffe has already spent time in the shoes of one legendary character for a film franchise, but rumors continue to persist that he is set to play Wolverine in the future of the X-Men franchise.” He’s denying that it’s gonna happen, just like Andrew Garfield did about SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – so your guess is as good as mine, right?
Mind you, I don’t want to see this because I think he’ll be like the iconic Wolverine. I want to see this because a Radcliffe Wolverine would be hilarious. Like, “everybody involved is drunk with power” hilarious. It might not even be a bad flick!
:pause:
Nah, it’d probably be really bad. But still.
#commissionearned
Today is Buy Moe Lane’s Books Day! https://amzn.to/3KdJ6sE
Because you strike when the iron is hot, that’s why. If everybody else is calling a special day, just for them – then why shouldn’t I?
Let the newspersons have their moment in the sun on National Hug A Newsperson Day. Because, don't forget: tomorrow is National Venmo $150 To A Music Podcaster Day
— Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) April 4, 2022
Tweet of the Day, I Lost This One Before I Even Started edition.
There’s no shame in it. Dude just came out of the gate in full shock and awe, and there was nothing to be done. It was his time.
I mean, where is the lie? pic.twitter.com/5QLLNsg1Er
— Josh Scully (@JoshAlexCairo) April 3, 2022
April 3, 2022
Paul Rudd. Conan O’Brien.
You know how this is going to go.
Paul Rudd plays Conan a clip from his upcoming scripted podcast
— Team Coco (@TeamCoco) March 29, 2022#CONAF Check out the full episode here: https://t.co/OEmhlv3z4A pic.twitter.com/LJ7MObbvP0
