M.R. Pritchard's Blog, page 37
April 19, 2013
April 17, 2013
You might live in a real-life Dystopia if:
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-You suspect there are moles among you at work waiting to turn you in for almost anything
-Your leaders/governors/etc are making laws that infringe on our rights and the people around you are too scared/stupid to do anything about it
-There are murmurings of rebellion
-You find it hard to trust people
-Smart people are on a decline
-Weapons are outlawed
-Criminals seem to always have weapons
-While there are people in your country starving, the ruling class seems to have an abundance of food/supplies/money
-You have minimal control over your own health/money/personhood
-Propoganda is the main form of news
-The main form of entertainment is propaganda
-You send your children to a school that is nothing like the school you remember as a child
-You worry about your child's future
-Your climate seems to be changing at an amazing pace
-Your food is 95% Genetically engineered
-You speculate the water has been tampered with
-Children no longer play on the streets/parks/outdoors
-Common holidays are no longer celebrated/advertised
-You watch what you say for fear of reprimand
-Everyone speaks in whispers
-Your word processor doesn't identify "Dystopia" as a real word
-A total social collapse is welcomed by the majority of the population (Zombie Apacalypse)
[image error] "Dystopias are often characterized by dehumanization, totalitarian governments, environmental disaster, or other characteristics associated with a cataclysmic decline in society. Elements of dystopias may vary from environmental to political and social issues. Dystopian societies have culminated in a broad series of sub-genres of fiction and are often used to raise real-world issues regarding society, environment, politics, religion, psychology, spirituality, or technology that may become present in the future. For this reason, dystopias have taken the form of a multitude of speculations, such as pollution, poverty, societal collapse, political repression, or totalitarianism." (Thank you Wikipedia)
Why is Dystopian fiction not dead?
Because we live in a Dystopian society.
Did I miss anything? Comment below.
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April 16, 2013
Contest/Giveaway Time!!
Looking for some extra likes!
Share my Facebook author page and ask your friends to like the page. (http://www.facebook.com/MRPritchard) *They also need to post that you sent them so you can win*
The person with the most referrals when I hit 200* "likes" gets a FREE autographed copy of
The Phoenix Project!
Book II is slated for release in June so check back for more contests and giveaways!
*Yes, I know 200 is a pathetic goal, but it's a goal nonetheless...
April 12, 2013
Let's remember the Zombies of the 80's
Zombie Friday:
Zombies of the 21st Century : Slow-as-Shit
Zombies of the 80's : Can dance better than most real-live humans
Don't believe me?
Relive your childhood...
Zombies of the 21st Century : Slow-as-Shit
Zombies of the 80's : Can dance better than most real-live humans
Don't believe me?
Relive your childhood...
April 7, 2013
April 3, 2013
March 31, 2013
Happy Easter!
I just got done saving lives for the past two nights, So I'm celebrating Easter by going to bed.
Happy Easter!
Enjoy the eggs,
And the peeps!
March 29, 2013
March 28, 2013
March 24, 2013
One Writer's Dilemma: I'm sorry I killed you in my book...
So, you're writing this really great story,
at least, you think it's great.
And it's magnificent and sparkly
You even put a unicorn in there to swoon the female readers.
And then you realize.... Someone has to die. or, be dead.
And usually you research names, you think and sort and trial what might be good. But this time, you just pluck a perfectly good, normal name out of the back of your head.
You write the character, and immediately kill themGravestone.
Ground.
Night-night.
And you go on with your story. Never thinking much about that poor dead character.And you publish your book, your friends and family and co-workers read it.
And all is good.
Then, one day you wake up to a message that says: "You killed Jim Waters?!"(see below)
Things were a little awkward, mostly because I felt like an ass.
Now, Jim's a pretty cool guy, he can solder and shit, keep that in mind for when the apocalypse hits,and you need something soldered.I'm sorry I killed you Jim.Maybe I can redeem myself and bring you back from the dead in another book...
