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September 20, 2019

Cooling down

>run statrprt.exe file:WIP.odt

MANUSCRIPT STATUS REPORT OT:2019/09/21 ψSC:UNKNOWN

word count: 169,493
page count: 656
# of chapters: 121
longest chapter length: 5,041 words
shortest chapter length: 221 words
opening paragraph length: 7 pages
# of footnotes: 15
# of pages in meter: 5
longest string without punctuation marks: 24 lines
# of named human characters: >200
# of chapters featuring most featured character: <20
status: cooling down
title: HEAVEN PARK

よくやった!
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Published on September 20, 2019 22:04

July 28, 2019

July 2, 2019

Proof that sometimes I plan ahead

Blurring this because there are literally eight major character deaths plotted here.


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Published on July 02, 2019 19:17

May 21, 2019

Fade In

Guess what we're writing these days.


On other tangentially related news, I was interviewed for SciFi Pulse on all things Meddling Kids. Including a discarded idea for a Cthulhu Mythos adventure in central Catalonia. It was more likely than you think.
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Published on May 21, 2019 22:36

April 13, 2019

Quidditch & Apricots

I was due to write a post but I couldn't think of a subject, so I asked for help, and this is what we got.

So about A.Z., what's it like for Adrian when Zooey's knocked out, and vice versa? Static? Cognitive impairment? Does he gain full control over her hemisphere, and why doesn't his personality change? Researching for, you know, reasons.

It is said somewhere that both Adrian and Zooey have control of the whole brain the whole time: their only problem is agreeing on what to do. Two pilots, on...
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Published on April 13, 2019 12:12

March 16, 2019

Hollywood Hills...



...és Vallvidrera amb palmeres, si fa no fa.
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Published on March 16, 2019 18:47

February 17, 2019

Disaster In Progress

DIP is the endearing term I use to refer to my next novel. It's not the only project I'm working on, but it will be the next novel. Some time.

I think I mentioned here before that I keep a file with one-page pitches of all my ideas for novels, screenplays, spec pilots, whatever. For years, the DIP was the last page on that file. It was only a very short description and a footnote saying I wasn't yet good enough to undertake it, but some day I would. I'm still not good enough, but I've been fid...
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Published on February 17, 2019 16:30

January 31, 2019

I live in LA now

Yup. Good post title.
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Published on January 31, 2019 21:49