And not the good kind that you get from having sex ( Read more... )

The first draft of the next episode is complete. I'm pretty happy with it. Give me a couple more weeks to clean it up.

I don't write very fast, even when highly motivated. Usually I start with a first draft that seems ok while I'm typing it, but when I re-read it, it's always a complete disaster. I resist the urge to shitcan the whole project and watch South Park, and go back through each paragraph to try to spiff it up. Sometimes this takes a dozen passes, ( Read more... )

Ok, here's a bit more just to remind folks of where things left off 5 years ago, but this is the last of the sneak peeks ( Read more... )

After a 5 year hiatus (I can't believe it's been that long) I've finally caught that uncontrollable desire to write again. Yay! I've got the next episode of Companions all outlined. The usual gang will all be there and there will be some surprises as well. This episode is designed to wrap things up nicely, but not so much that I couldn't keep ( Read more... )

...it would be way cool if at your funeral tomorrow, you rose up and danced around like in your Thriller video.

Adam: Hey there's a convention of gay blacksmiths in town ( Read more... )

Today Killian got out of bed, hobbled to the toilet, then hobbled back into bed and went to sleep. In Hospital-Speak that means, time to hit the road (only figuratively this time). Checkout time is 11 AM tomorrow. Now the real fun begins ( Read more... )

What a difference an Oxycontin makes ( Read more... )

My best friend is in the ICU at Stanford Hospital at this moment. Killian was riding his motorcycle at the speed limit of 50 MPH when a woman turned her car right into him. He flew over her hood and rolled several feet. Miraculously, he has no internal injuries, but his left leg is in very bad shape, broken in 3 places with several compound ( Read more... )