Percival Constantine's Blog, page 19

Dillon and the Pirates of Xonira

They say that the only certainties in life are death and taxes, but I’ve got a third certainty: a Derrick Ferguson Dillon yarn will always be spectacular.

I’m no stranger to Ferguson’s writing or the world of Dillon. I was both fortunate and unfortunate enough to jump onboard when the first book, Dillon and the Voice of Odin, was initially released almost ten years ago. I say fortunate because I’ve gotten to spend that time with this character, reading and in some cases re-reading his adventur...

Have you heard the one about Spider-Man?

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So the Internet is all a-buzz right now with the big revelation from Marvel’sAmazing Spider-Man#700, written by Dan Slott. This issue ends Amazing Spider-ManandSuperior Spider-Man#1 will be released next month.It’s even earned Slott death threats. Seriously? Grow up, people. I don’t care how bad the story is (and it’s pretty bad), but at the end of the day it’s still just a fucking comic book.

First off, if you plan on buying this issue and haven’t yet, then I’d like to save you some money and...

A decent Superman video game?

I frequently have random thoughts.

It will come as no surprise to anyone that I’m a big fan of comic books. I grew up on them. I still read them. The desire to write my favorite comic books is what led to me becoming a writer.

I also grew up on video games and I still play them as well, but I’d be described as a casual gamer at best. I go through gaming spurts and mostly, I’m just out to kill a few hours, so I tend to go for games that more serious gamers might label as unchallenging. The few t...

The Next Big Thing: SoulQuest

I was tagged in this game by Mark Bousquetearlier this month (which shows you how off my memory can be as I just remembered). The Next Big Thing is a little game where you answer ten interview questions about your upcoming project and then tag five writers in it. For this, I’m going to go ahead and tag Alan Lewis, Jim Beard, Sean Taylor,Kevin Rodgers, and Sean Michael Wilson. Join in if you guys feel so inclined.

TEN INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE NEXT BIG THING

What is the working title of your b...

Pulp Ark Award Nominations Now Open

As you can tell from the recent announcement, the nominations for the Pulp Ark Awards of 2013 are now open. Nominations can be sent to Tommy Hancock (proseproductions@earthlink.net), and voting will take place until February 15th, 5 PM Central Standard Time.

I’ve included the categories below and what I can be nominated for to make your life easier, so check these out and make sure to get your votes in! Remember that there can only be ONE nomination per category, so in categories where I’m eli...

Back to the well

[image error]The life cycles of my projects can be really funny sometimes, and also a bit bizarre. For example, the project that would eventually becomeLove & Bullets, my third novel, was actually begun before I even sat down to write my first novel,Fallen. AndThe Myth Hunter may actually predate both of them, it’s all kind of fuzzy. But one project,SoulQuest, might predate all those books. This project originally came about when I was soliciting artists for a comic book project. I had it narrowed down to...

NaNoWriMo Progress Report

If you’ve been keeping up with my Twitter updates, or if you just look at the sidebar with the NaNoWriMo calendar (if you can’t see said calendar, click on the banner at the top of this page and it’ll take you back to the main page), you already know that my progress this year on the annual National Novel Writing Month has fallen well short of my expectations. This has happened with numerous other NaNoWriMo attempts in the past. On most occasions, it’s been a case of the story simply running...