Monday, November 30, 2009

Dominico Industries Story

I hate my brain at times. I got a plot bunny nibbling at the edges of my brain right now and the only way to get rid of it is to post a bit of it on here. The following is an advertisement found by the main character of the story.
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DOMINICO INDUSTRIES
Do you want to help take over the world?
Legally?
We are being very serious!
Tired of your everyday 9-5 job?
Dominico Industries is now seeking applicants for a variety of positions

We Offer:
Competitive Pay
Paid Training
Company Paid Health and Dental Insurance
Paid Vacation
Opportunities for Advancement

Be a part of the drive to create a better world!
Apply in person at your local Dominico Recruitment Office or online at our company website.

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This little gem came about from reading the evil overlord list at eviloverlord.com

I am hoping to go somewhere with this but its low down on the list of stories I have to write.

Book Recommendation

Occasionally, on message boards people ask me for information on sword fighting history and techniques. While it is hard to write the moves and techniques down, the history of it is not.

A few years ago my folks got me By the Sword by Richard Cohen

I highly recommend that everyone who wants to learn about the history of Fencing and Sword fighting should read this book.

ISBN 037550417-6
copyright 2002 by Narrative Tension

If you want to learn the moves and techniques, I recommend talking to your local University fencing instructor (if they have one) and see what they can tell you. Hopefully I will be able to locate in the various boxes of our library the manual I got when I took fencing in college and will be able to post it on here for your perusal. Also your local Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) chapter is a good place to get factual and useful information on historical fighting and not sport/competition fighting.

I can also probably be talked into trying to put some basic fencing instruction into writing although I am rusty if you need it and am more than willing to review fight scenes for plausibility. My rates are cheap: cookies and Mt.Dew :P

Whoever said ancient sports were wimpy

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

lego epicness


Co-op writing

The wife and I are co-writing a longish story. All in all not a bad thing, except someone that was supposed to be a good guy has suddenly become a bad guy who will be converted to a good guy. It makes the story flow a little better and introduces someone who is 'normal' compared to the rest of the cast to provide a sense of realism and balance into the mix. Of course, now the entire story parts I had already written are now worthless and I will need to rewrite the entire introduction and his motivation is completely different.

*sigh*

The first post

This is your warning, the only one you get, that my mind is a strange confusing and utterly fucked up place that is not fit for small children, little animals or even myself at times.

This place is for my ramblings and screwed up thoughts and emotions about anything and everything that strikes my fancy. This blog is more than likely not something you will want to open at work and will not be updated with probably any regularity.

Aside from that welcome to my little corner of the infinite that is cyberspace! Pull up a stool and order a drink from the scantily clad bar maids and lets chat. (Hey my mind my rules)