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It’s been a while huh? Writing Update!

Hello folks! It’s been a while since I’ve wrote something here and I apologize but I’ve been busy working, writing, and attending a convention.

Busy with work and writing so I’ll give you a quick update.

Press:

If you didn’t know already, I’m a member of the press! I write for four sites now and they are:

Why Not Indie? http://whynotindie.com/ I write Comic, Digital, and Webcomic spotlights concerning indie created material as well as interview indie creators.

Fanboy Buzz http://www.fanboybuzz.com/ I write comic book reviews and I have my own column entitled Comicmaniacs http://www.fanboybuzz.com/category/columns/comicmaniacs/ where I do Classic Comic Reviews and Comicmanaic Spotlight where I feature and interview folks in the comic book industry as well as geeks who are doing awesome geeky stuff. 

Toonari Post http://www.toonaripost.com/ I write music album reviews and a few other things.

And another site which will launch in August and I’ll let you know more as I get more information. Right now I’m writing comic book reviews.

Writing:

So a few months back I got really upset at how my script was critiqued. Well I resubmitted not that script but another script for the same character and this time I improved! I still have much to work on and learn but this time the experience was positive and so I’m happy and I’m gonna rewrite and edit that script and resubmit it again.  You can see the script here:  http://www.comixtribe.com/2012/05/25/tpg-week-74-dont-be-gross/  and if you have any pointers please let me know. 

That story and another story for another character (which I’ll be creating a blog for her soon) will be published next year in The Gathering Comic for the Crime Volume and the War Volume so I’m excited and happy.

I also got contacted by a letterer which was cool now if I could find an artist it that will also be cool but I’m just worried monetary wise if I had the funds to even create a comic. But I’ll worry about that later.

Alright so that’s my update!

Check out this podcast: Writing For Rookies

Great article from The Fool's Crusade Blog: COMIC BOOK WRITERS: How to Hire an Artist?

Great Column: @westonlocher's Right Place at the Write Time

May 2

comicmaniacs:

The lines at the upcoming Avengers premiere are probably going to be super long, but you don’t have to wait until this Friday to get your super fill of super superheroes. YouTube user SleepySkunk has created a super mashup of 182 different superhero movies packed in to less than five super minutes. Trust us, it’s super.

With titles ranging from 1981’s obscure Condorman, up through the upcoming Avengers release, the 4 minutes and 42 seconds of video above are jam packed with fantastical special effects and plenty of dramatic stares. The supercut is set to the song Perfect Situation by Weezer, which fits rather nicely with all the bad-guy-defeating and pretty-lady-rescuing that goes on in these types of flicks.

A list of all 182 movies and the times each clip appears can be browsed below, but we have to warn you: Watching any footage from the 1975 Chinese superhero film The Super Inframan has been associated with wild bouts of uncontrollable laughter.

0:15 Batman & Robin
0:16 Super
0:16 Kick-Ass
0:17 Captain America: The First Avenger
0:17 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
0:18 The Green Hornet
0:19 Batman Forever
0:20 Iron Man
0:20 Batman Returns
0:21 Batman & Robin
0:21 Blade: Trinity
0:22 Batman Begins
0:23 The Avengers
0:23 The Amazing Spider-Man
0:24 Megamind
0:24 Judge Dredd
0:25 Daredevil
0:26 The Punisher (2004)
0:26 Elektra
0:27 Watchmen
0:28 Hellboy
0:29 Ghost Rider
0:29 Captain America: The First Avenger
0:30 X-Men: First Class
0:31 Spider-Man 3
0:32 Iron Man
0:33 Green Lantern
0:33 Super
0:35 Batman Forever
0:36 Kick-Ass
0:36 Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
0:37 Batman Forever
0:38 Spider-Man 3
0:39 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
0:41 Spawn
0:42 TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze
0:43 The Punisher (2004)
0:44 Blade
0:46 Judge Dredd
0:47 Batman Forever
0:47 The Spirit
0:48 Iron Man
0:49 The Dark Knight
0:50 Superman Returns
0:52 Iron Man 2
0:53 Kick-Ass
0:54 The Dark Knight
0:55 Punisher: War Zone
0:56 Green Lantern
0:58 LXG: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
0:59 Batman Returns
1:01 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
1:02 The Phantom
1:03 Steel
1:05 Batman Forever
1:06 Spider-Man 3
1:08 V for Vendetta
1:10 The Amazing Spider-Man
1:11 Batman Forever
1:13 Blankman
1:16 Watchmen
1:17 Defendor
1:18 Unbreakable
1:19 The Shadow
1:21 The Dark Knight Rises
1:22 The Punisher (1989)
1:23 Black Mask
1:25 Barb Wire
1:26 The Dark Knight Rises
1:28 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1:31 Spider-Man
1:33 X-Men: The Last Stand
1:36 The Fantastic Four
1:37 The Avengers
1:37 Superman Returns
1:39 Iron Man
1:39 Hancock
1:40 Underdog
1:41 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
1:44 Superman Returns
1:45 Ghost Rider
1:46 Dick Tracy
1:48 Punisher: War Zone
1:49 The Mask
1:49 Jonah Hex
1:50 The Green Hornet
1:51 The Crow
1:52 Hancock
1:53 Meteor Man
1:54 The Incredible Hulk
1:56 Iron Man 2
1:58 The Hulk
1:59 The Rocketeer
2:00 My Super Ex-Girlfriend
2:02 X-Men
2:05 Tank Girl
2:07 Supergirl
2:08 Elektra
2:09 X-Men
2:10 Catwoman
2:11 Mystery Men
2:12 The Powerpuff Girls Movie
2:15 Spider-Man 3
2:18 Ghost Rider
2:20 Batman Forever
2:23 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
2:25 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
2:26 X2: X-Men United
2:28 Spider-Man 2
2:30 Blade II
2:32 Daredevil
2:34 The Fantastic Four
2:38 Superman
2:41 Batman: The Movie
2:43 The Super Inframan
2:46 Condorman
2:48 The Super Inframan
2:50 Jet Jaguar
2:51 The Toxic Avenger
2:53 The Return of Captain Invincible
2:54 Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four
2:55 Ultraman
2:56 Orgazmo
2:57 The Dark Knight
2:59 X2: X-Men United
3:00 Batman Returns
3:01 Superman Returns
3:02 Daredevil
3:03 Spider-Man 2
3:04 Batman
3:05 Batman Begins
3:07 Dick Tracy
3:08 Iron Man
3:09 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
3:10 Spider-Man
3:11 Batman Returns
3:12 X2: X-Men United
3:14 The Incredible Hulk
3:15 X-Men: First Class
3:19 Batman Begins
3:21 X2: X-Men United
3:24 Spider-Man 2
3:29 Green Lantern
3:31 Superman Returns
3:34 The Fantastic Four
3:36 Spider-Man
3:39 Thor
3:41 Watchmen
3:41 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
3:42 X-Men
3:42 The Fantastic Four
3:43 Blade II
3:43 Daredevil
3:44 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
3:45 The Dark Knight
3:46 The Green Hornet
3:47 The Avengers
3:47 Kick-Ass
3:48 Superman Returns
3:49 Iron Man 2
3:50 The Avengers
3:51 Iron Man 2
3:52 The Avengers
3:54 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
3:55 The Fantastic Four
3:56 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
3:57 Chronicle
3:59 Spider-Man 2
4:01 Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
4:03 The Incredibles
4:05 X2: X-Men United
4:06 Daredevil
4:07 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
4:08 X-Men Origins: Wolverine
4:09 Captain America: The First Avenger
4:11 Batman Begins
4:12 Blade
4:14 The Fantastic Four
4:15 Superman II
4:16 X-Men: The Last Stand
4:17 Watchmen
4:20 The Avengers

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This article originally appeared on Tecca

savvyliterate:

A good message.

savvyliterate:

A good message.

A Member of the Press

Evening folks! Here’s another update for ya!

Well I’m a member of the press. I’m a contributor for WhyNotIndie.com, Fanboybuzz.com and Toonari Post (which I will be writing articles soon).

I don’t get paid but that’s fine because I get to attend cons for free (I just have to pay for travel expenses), I get to read comics for free (especially if they’re comics that haven’t been yet), and I get to improve my writing. So that’s great for me. 

I have my own column on Fanboybuzz.com entitled Comicmaniacs (http://www.fanboybuzz.com/category/columns/comicmaniacs/). In my column I do Classic Comic Review and Comicmanaic Spotlight so check it out. 

I’m still working on my comic book ideas. I’ve created three blogs for three out of the seven of my ideas here on Tumblr so please check them out. Here are the links:

Defect:

http://myskateboardismymjolnir.tumblr.com/

Tzedek:

http://tzedekcomic.tumblr.com/

Necrocalia:

http://necrocalia.tumblr.com/

 In the future I hope that I can get these three ideas published and into stores. I’m looking for an artist or artists for these ideas! So far, Defect had a 4 page story published in Womanthology: Heroic so check that out! Tzedek will have a 3 page story published in The Gathering Comic in April 2013. 

Alright so that’s what’s been going on. I hope I can attend some more cons in the future. I also need to make business cards. I’m on a budget so any ideas?

Okay that’s all for now!

Later!

Awesome review of @Womanthology!

My story’s mentioned in the review! Thank you very much! 

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