Micah Nathan's Blog, page 6
November 12, 2011
Fight, fight!
Two quickies: 1. My story "One Act" (published in The Gettysburg Review last month) is available on their site for a limited time. 2. SHADOWGUN is about to crack the top 10 in U.S. sales. It launched in Apple, and now you can get it for the Droid. Five bucks, folks. Who doesn't want to [...]
November 6, 2011
Okay, okay.
When are you going to update your long bio? How am I supposed to kill time at work if you never change the damn thing? - Aaron P.S.: Sy Snootles. Who doesn't know that? Funny you should ask, because last week I just changed the damn thing and didn't upload it. So now it's uploaded. [...]
November 5, 2011
Han vs. Vader
NY was terrific–there was talk of JTB making a 2012 Comic-Con appearance, I ate whole wheat doughnuts at Chock Full O' Nuts, and Jud told me about the pig-faced freaks/Nazi doctor/Roswell alien landing theory (not his theory, btw). Then my little cousin made the trek from Tribeca to Midtown, we ordered in, and fell asleep [...]
October 25, 2011
Thoughts on MFA
Woke up to this: Hello Micah: I'm thinking of applying to MFA programs (not that you need to know which ones, but Iowa is top on my list) and wanted your input. Did you learn anything at yours? Did it improve your writing? I know you've said the most important thing is writing every day [...]
October 23, 2011
One Peace Books
I'm a sucker for movies where people run through hallways (but never really run run), and orchestral strings shriek, and the killer is close behind. I like the chase. I don't like the actual killing anymore. Or, as it could be called, the money shot. Horror should be about the chase, not the death. This is where [...]
October 10, 2011
Jack the Bastard and Other Stories
I am still in Buffalo, enjoying this San Diegonian weather, the triumphant Bills, and various exotic meats. Tonight we feasted upon bear bacon and sauteed kangaroo. It was…kingly. A bit excessive. A "checkmark" meal, as in: "Well, I've eaten that." So it looks like my first collection will be released in June, 2012, and said [...]
September 28, 2011
Shadowgun
"…well worth the price of admission." – The Washington Times "…an incredible experience." – UnboundGamer "Brings handheld gaming out of the shadows." – Touch Reviews "…its tone is so over-the-top that it's delightful." – Gamezebo The reviews are in, and they are stellar. Shadowgun is available for iPhone, iPad, etc. The Droid version drops next [...]
September 23, 2011
Everything Always Works Out.
So Entourage ended and everything worked out. As always. The show's fatal flaw–lack of real conflict or lasting consequences–remained to the bitter, defiant end. At least this is what I heard. I haven't watched a season since the one where Billy worked as a porn director. I grew tired of the Ari-tracking-shots, the cartoonish Drama, [...]
September 9, 2011
Man, Sword, Raven.
This is a short update. The semester has started and I…am…tired. Still, before my eyes close… My foray into Old Norse continues–the grammar is very difficult, the pronunciation nearly impossible (and unknowable, aside from the modern Icelandic tongue), and I keep getting distracted by all those wondrous kennings. A kenning is a word-as-metaphor, often hyphenated, [...]
August 30, 2011
Very Mad Max
Mel Gibson's bigoted rants ruined my fun; I grew up on his movies and his particular form of irreverent action hero, watching him transition from an Aussie-accented gunslinger to a sort of post-modern Cary Grant (a role now firmly occupied by George Clooney), before he started railing against Jews and black folk and his plasticized [...]
