H.L. Trombley's Blog, page 4
June 8, 2015
xkcd Bracket
I got as far as Neil Armstrong on the left, and Mr Spock versus Sir Francis Drake on the right, and then I got stuck (though I suspect if I really buckled down and made myself decide, Spock would be the ultimate victor). How about you guys?
May 27, 2015
Finishing is Scary
Now that I am at last, at last approaching the end of The WIP That Would Not Die, I find myself strangely reluctant to push forward. Daily word counts have been in the tens instead of the hundreds since I embarked on Chapter 32 (of 33) (I think). Part of the problem is of course […]
May 25, 2015
The Flood Waters Covered Us
We’ve had so much rain hereabouts that Broken Glass Park (so nicknamed because the folks who drive through it like to chuck their empties out the window as they pass, so the little tree-lined gulch next to the road is strewn with shattered beer bottles) is green and actually flowing with water. Our house is […]
May 14, 2015
A Message from Our Sponsors
Work has been keeping me busy, which means less blogging, of course, but I thought I would interrupted my deadline-imposed blog exile for a couple of advertisements. First, my nautical fantasy The Voyage to Ruin, chock-full of pirates, airships, swashbuckling, ancient sea gods, dragons, magicians, and countries named after food, is now only $2.99 at […]
May 5, 2015
Because Feminism
Age of Ultron spoilers ahead! Ye be warned! So, in my unsorted Age of Ultron thoughts, you might notice I didn’t say anything about that scene.�� You know the one.�� That scene. You know, the scene where Natasha Romanoff comes clean to Bruce Banner, the man she loves, about the horrors done […]
May 4, 2015
Age of Ultron: Unsorted Thoughts
So, Age of Ultron having made approximately a squillionty dollars this weekend, it’s fair to say people want to see it.�� It’s got a lot of good stuff for the Marvel fan, loads of action, artsy camera angles, and wow the first half was a whole lot darker than I had anticipated, even knowing it’s […]
April 29, 2015
WIP Wednesday: Our Heroes
When I’m working on a story, it often helps my writing-brain if the drawing-brain gets in on the act too.�� Right now I’m plugging away at an old-fashioned buddy low fantasy adventure tale, in the vein of the pulp authors in the heyday of sword-and-sorcery (I like pulp.�� It’s overwrought and over-the-top and fun, never […]
April 28, 2015
Obliteration of Imagination
A friend linked to this article, which suggests that fantasy films, shiny and pleasing to look at as they may be, can have a deleterious effect on the imagination. Instead of my imagination being engaged in a unique relationship with the imagination of the author, everything is provided for me by the intermediary���the film director. […]
April 27, 2015
Everything in Color!
Maybe you’ve seen the video going around titled “What if Man of Steel was IN COLOR?” Here it is, just in case. The video’s taking some flak for tweaking the “original” sequences from the film to make them even more desaturated, if that were possible, and I mention this only in the interests […]
April 23, 2015
The Prudent Art of Cliff-Jumping
The Viking Prince loves robots. Loves them. It kinda doesn’t matter what the story is about, so long as there are robots in it: Pacific Rim, Big Hero 6, Earth’s Mightiest Heroes (which has both Ultron and Vision, plus assorted bad guys’ mechas), Voltron, Transformers, I’m not kidding. So when the movie Earth to Echo, […]
