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April 10, 2021
Tweet of the Day, This Penny Arcade Strip Is A Creative Inspiration To Me edition.
Straight up. If I have an impulse in my horror fiction, it is to create new, dark mythologies. Ones with half-seen depths and grim solidities; the sort of thing where, when you encounter the monster, a look past it will reveal an entire bone-chilling world where the monster makes logical sense. This strip encourages me to keep on with that.
Penny Arcade for April 10th 2006, 15 years ago today: https://t.co/A323ZpAzZR#pennyarcade pic.twitter.com/D4u8mVmAh0
— Gabe (@cwgabriel) April 10, 2021
April 9, 2021
Honestly, it’s not so much the existing pressure.
It’s the possibility that the pressure might be relieved in the future that… itches. I want everything put back the way it was, like, now. Obviously that’s not going to happen, but I want it to anyway. That can make me grouchy, like it did today. Grouchy and snappish over little things.
There’s going to be so much vacation time when this is all over…
04/09/21 Revision, MORGAN BAROD.
I am not precisely stuck on Chapter 17. I’m just trying to figure out the best way to change it. My first thought was there was going to be a crime, Morgan Barod thwarts it, there’s an execution of the criminal, then there’s a fight scene… it can’t be sustained by the timeline. So I’m just going to have the crime, the thwarting, and then the fight scene. Much more seamless all around.
Patreon!FnordCon this weekend!
Technically starts tonight at 7 PM Eastern, but all the events are tomorrow. Via Discord: I’m going to see if I can make the GURPS panel tomorrow. Ironically, I may have a scheduling conflict, because I’ll be running In Nomine…
Countdown to #FnordCon opening, tonight at 6PM CDT! Stay tuned for that Discord link and get ready for some fun! -HShttps://t.co/x5tZFwRV9T pic.twitter.com/P8SWySFHzH
— Steve Jackson Games (@SJGames) April 9, 2021
Tweet of the Day, This Is So Inside Blog-Ball Funny It Makes My Sides Hurt edition.
I cannot really explain the 4chan/LaBeouf flag thing. It was kind of like… kind of like… kind of like the 4chan/LaBeouf flag thing. It defies explanation, and barely tolerates analysis. But agree with it or not (on reflection, it was far too stalker-y for my personal taste), the Tweet below is comedy gold. Gold, Jerry! GOLD!
i'm not down on law and econ, it was the greatest application of neuroatypicality the world had ever seen until 4chan decided to steal Shia LaBeouf's flag
—Rogue Works Progress Admı̇nistration (@RogueWPA) April 9, 2021
April 8, 2021
‘Cowboys of the Sea.’
This is kind of my new jam at the moment. And it’s all Joe Cunningham’s fault.
Forgot: Penny Arcade e-race tonight!
I need it, honestly. Kids came back from Spring Break today, and things got a little… fraught, at times. End of the marking period coming soon, too.
04/08/21 Revisions, MORGAN BAROD.
So, I took a nap; and when I woke up, I realized that my alpha reader’s complaint about certain shenanigans in the Vampire City of Red Bank were in fact justifiable, and that I agreed with her. Fortunately, the nap also told me what to substitute for said shenanigans, which will allow me to keep both the fight scene and the… other one. So that’s what I’m likely working on this weekend. I’m also thinking of making the business at Red Bank this month’s Patreon story, so there’s that.
Patreon!Sony allies with Netflix in the Streaming Wars.
That’s what somebody on Sonny’s Twitter thread is calling it, at least, and he’s not wrong. I really wish Paramount would do the same thing, preferably with a service I’m already subscribed to. There are too many combatants in the Streaming Wars as it is.
Starting in 2022, Netflix will be the first US streaming home for Sony Pictures films following their theatrical releases. Get ready for UNCHARTED, MORBIUS, BULLET TRAIN & WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, plus future sequels to VENOM, JUMANJI, BAD BOYS & SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) April 8, 2021
