Okay not really, but I'm still not done. Not unexpected, but still. Progress report is optimistic. There are about three areas holding me back. Plan is to finish the little bits in the areas that don't make me want to slam my face into the keyboard and then suffer through the rest later.
I enjoy this.
Really.
Here's a playlist.
Consider it a remastered version of my playlist on my old YouTube account.
Random fact: I learned that "unnecessary bashing of my face into a keyboard" is a tag I have used...more than once...not just on these blogs...
Other good ones:
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LASER BEAMS
eeeeeeeeeeeee
FRANCE
ankles
aaaaaaaaaaa
all the damn chapters
burning thesaurus
CHUCK NORRIS
faffing in brown hats
poop
pew pew pew
shoot me in the face please
squared bees
we're getting there people
god damned chapter 12
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Friday, April 4, 2014
Dem Tunes
Music that kicks my brain into functionality.
X-ray Dog tracks (though not the ones I was looking for due to the YouTube Purge - Generals, Metal Mayhem, Cyberworld, Dead Inside, Imperial Force)
...
SOULS
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Second Interlude
Man, this really was the chapter than never ends. I started with a simple idea, and it kept going and going and going. I had my own personal energizer bunny by the end. This chapter taught me one main lesson: stories have a mind of their own. I'm sure I knew that before, but after this...I realized that I need to do a lot more work on poor Dedrad. He's my least developed character. He needs a little TLC, because he's an important foil for Ash. That and I need to rewrite chapter 1. This has been a long-term project, so naturally my style of writing has changed. Chapter 1 is a little too slap-stick for my liking. First half stays, second half needs help. I think this is the place where I'll explain the mechanics of my story's world. It's the perfect place for it.
I put a lot of work and research into Dan's chapter. First part, inspirational/fitting songs for the piece. Second part is reference material. My God those knives are beautiful. If I had $2000 dollars of expendable cash, I'd be all over that. Though, I'm pretty sure Canadian customs would have a few choice words about bringing tactical knives over the border.
Dead Inside - X-ray Dog
Enigmatic Soul - Two Steps From Hell
Morrocan Roll - X-ray Dog (and no I don't know why it isn't spelled "Moroccan" aside from the play on words...more rock 'n roll...har)
Lake of Fire - Nirvana
Jay Fisher World Class Knife Maker
I am now OFFICIALLY done one third of my novel. I expect the final product in rough to be around 300 pages by the end at this rate. Take that number and subtract 10-15%. Therefore, we should be sitting around 255-270 pages and 131500 words...which will probably be too much. Lots of editing to be done ladies and gents, though I took a few extra liberties with chapters than I should have. Maybe I'm over-explaining. Meh, it's only version 3 of WMRR (technically 2.5, but we'll say three for the sake of keeping the concept simple).
I put a lot of work and research into Dan's chapter. First part, inspirational/fitting songs for the piece. Second part is reference material. My God those knives are beautiful. If I had $2000 dollars of expendable cash, I'd be all over that. Though, I'm pretty sure Canadian customs would have a few choice words about bringing tactical knives over the border.
Dead Inside - X-ray Dog
Enigmatic Soul - Two Steps From Hell
Morrocan Roll - X-ray Dog (and no I don't know why it isn't spelled "Moroccan" aside from the play on words...more rock 'n roll...har)
Lake of Fire - Nirvana
Jay Fisher World Class Knife Maker
I am now OFFICIALLY done one third of my novel. I expect the final product in rough to be around 300 pages by the end at this rate. Take that number and subtract 10-15%. Therefore, we should be sitting around 255-270 pages and 131500 words...which will probably be too much. Lots of editing to be done ladies and gents, though I took a few extra liberties with chapters than I should have. Maybe I'm over-explaining. Meh, it's only version 3 of WMRR (technically 2.5, but we'll say three for the sake of keeping the concept simple).
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Musicz
Some...inspirational pieces.
Carry on my Wayward Son - Kansas
Where Mighty Rivers Run - Immediate Music
Ravenous - X-Ray Dog
Wasting Time - Red
Preliator - Globus
Pale - Within Temptation
Dwarf Village - Overlord
Rocky Mountains - Jesper Kyd
Main Title Bloodmoney - Jesper Kyd
Brain Stew Godzilla Remix - Greenday
Because they are awesome.
AC - Lonely Souls - Unkle
Diabolic Clockwork - Two Steps From Hell
Power of Darkness - Two Steps From Hell
Assortment of X-ray Dog
Out! - Lunatica
Take Me Away - Globus
Final Battle - OVerlord
Canon Rock - Funtwo
Dungeon Keeper 2 Battle Music
Junkie XL Colossus REmix
I'LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU
Carry on my Wayward Son - Kansas
Where Mighty Rivers Run - Immediate Music
Ravenous - X-Ray Dog
Wasting Time - Red
Preliator - Globus
Pale - Within Temptation
Dwarf Village - Overlord
Rocky Mountains - Jesper Kyd
Main Title Bloodmoney - Jesper Kyd
Brain Stew Godzilla Remix - Greenday
Because they are awesome.
AC - Lonely Souls - Unkle
Diabolic Clockwork - Two Steps From Hell
Power of Darkness - Two Steps From Hell
Assortment of X-ray Dog
Out! - Lunatica
Take Me Away - Globus
Final Battle - OVerlord
Canon Rock - Funtwo
Dungeon Keeper 2 Battle Music
Junkie XL Colossus REmix
I'LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU
Monday, July 5, 2010
Chapter 7 ***Complete***
I've unlocked the satisfaction of finally completing mission 1! I'm also being rewarded with my first shift at my new job at 7-11am tomorrow morning! Yay?
This mission originally supposed to be one lengthy chapter ended up being THREE lengthy chapters. I needed a lot more room to say what I needed to say. The completion of the new Chapter 7 is the official mark indicating that a good third of the novel is finished. I can't tell you how good this feels, even though I know a lot of the writing is complete crap. I have the ideas, basic actions and dialogue down and that's what counts. I had so much fun writing about the Ash's battle with the giant minotaur and the Laelaps. Not only that this chapter completely changed events I thought would turn out differently later on in the novel (one of the reasons I don't write out of order...I'd just have to change it). Chapter 8 and 9 need some work now, but I've left a lot of room at the beginning of chapter 8 for this.
As a special treat because I'm in such a good mood, I will post the first portion of the battle with the robot minotaur here. Enjoy!
*PS - This is not edited yet, so there may be a few typos and odd choices of words. Action scenes can get a little crazy/muddled. At least they can for me.
Also, I uploaded this song on YouTube earlier today to show you what music I had in mind when writing this: Metal Mayhem
This piece is mostly for the first part of the battle (what I've pasted below). The piece could technically carry on to the second part, but I had this song in mind instead (the particular music is at 7:46): Baptism of Fire
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“Not bad, but let's see how lucky you are against a military class robot after I take him out of defence mode.”
“He was only in defence mode?”
The general smiled. “C-Delta, offensive mode, target five feet at 135 degrees.”
The semi-circle of guards widened as the robot whirred to life behind Ash. He looked over his shoulder to see the robot rotate the upper half of his body to look at him with its yellow eyes. Before he could think of a suitable move the robot swung one of its arms, catching him in the stomach and throwing him back towards the general. He managed to hang onto his broadsword with one hand as he hit the ground and slid, the wind knocked out of him.
He watched the robot approach, analyzing it's parts and weapons as he gasped for air. It was fast for a machine. He rolled to the side as the minotaur tried to crush him with its enormous feet. The robot followed him with on of its arms and locked on to where he stopped to jump to his feet. A the loud clicking indicated it was trying to use the broken machine gun on its arm. The base of the machine gun popped out and a tiny piece began spinning uselessly on the end. Ash hardly started laughing before the robot took another swing at him, hitting him in the side. This time Ash hit the wall and lost his hold on his broadsword.
He heard laughs and jeers from the spectators as he cleared his head and searched frantically for his sword. The blade had bounced off the wall and skidded beneath the robot's feet, who was closing fast on his position. Again he rolled, aiming for the space between its legs. The robot threw a punch into the ground behind him, missing him by inches. He grasped the sword, swinging it to his right as he came out of the roll and stood. The sword deflected off the side of its leg armour, leaving little more than a scratch behind.
Ash jumped back before the robot could attempt to break his ribs with another swing. He looked for a weak spot, somewhere he could connect a successful swing of his sword. A lack of armour on the neck and joints exposed machinery in favour of mobility. The targets were small and the bot was in constant motion, so hitting the marks would be difficult. He needed to be faster than the machine. Ash glanced down at the coffee machine which had been knocked on its side. As the minotaur began to charge at him again he saw it lay in its path.
Ash raised another small shield around it as the robot stepped directly above it. He felt a sharp jolt surge through his head and spine as the weight of the minotaur nearly crushed the shield. The unexpected presence of the shield tripped the robot and it fell forward. Ash dashed to the left to avoid being hit by the falling heap of metal and struck the robot under its shoulder, nearly severing the arm from the robot. A one of the minotaur's cables leading into its arm broke, spilling think, black liquid all over the floor.
“Try and hit me now asshole,” Ash spat as he kicked the side of the minotaur.
Ash turned and went for the coffee machine on the floor at the minotaur's feet. As he bent to pick it up the robot spun around and kicked him in the small of the back, sending Ash flying face-first across the room into a group of soldiers watching. One of the soldiers broke his fall as the rest dove out of the way. Ash pushed away from the soldier and flipped onto his back. He groaned in pain as he rose.
“Kay, I deserved that...I think.”
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FISH IN THE FACE!
This mission originally supposed to be one lengthy chapter ended up being THREE lengthy chapters. I needed a lot more room to say what I needed to say. The completion of the new Chapter 7 is the official mark indicating that a good third of the novel is finished. I can't tell you how good this feels, even though I know a lot of the writing is complete crap. I have the ideas, basic actions and dialogue down and that's what counts. I had so much fun writing about the Ash's battle with the giant minotaur and the Laelaps. Not only that this chapter completely changed events I thought would turn out differently later on in the novel (one of the reasons I don't write out of order...I'd just have to change it). Chapter 8 and 9 need some work now, but I've left a lot of room at the beginning of chapter 8 for this.
As a special treat because I'm in such a good mood, I will post the first portion of the battle with the robot minotaur here. Enjoy!
*PS - This is not edited yet, so there may be a few typos and odd choices of words. Action scenes can get a little crazy/muddled. At least they can for me.
Also, I uploaded this song on YouTube earlier today to show you what music I had in mind when writing this: Metal Mayhem
This piece is mostly for the first part of the battle (what I've pasted below). The piece could technically carry on to the second part, but I had this song in mind instead (the particular music is at 7:46): Baptism of Fire
<-->
“Not bad, but let's see how lucky you are against a military class robot after I take him out of defence mode.”
“He was only in defence mode?”
The general smiled. “C-Delta, offensive mode, target five feet at 135 degrees.”
The semi-circle of guards widened as the robot whirred to life behind Ash. He looked over his shoulder to see the robot rotate the upper half of his body to look at him with its yellow eyes. Before he could think of a suitable move the robot swung one of its arms, catching him in the stomach and throwing him back towards the general. He managed to hang onto his broadsword with one hand as he hit the ground and slid, the wind knocked out of him.
He watched the robot approach, analyzing it's parts and weapons as he gasped for air. It was fast for a machine. He rolled to the side as the minotaur tried to crush him with its enormous feet. The robot followed him with on of its arms and locked on to where he stopped to jump to his feet. A the loud clicking indicated it was trying to use the broken machine gun on its arm. The base of the machine gun popped out and a tiny piece began spinning uselessly on the end. Ash hardly started laughing before the robot took another swing at him, hitting him in the side. This time Ash hit the wall and lost his hold on his broadsword.
He heard laughs and jeers from the spectators as he cleared his head and searched frantically for his sword. The blade had bounced off the wall and skidded beneath the robot's feet, who was closing fast on his position. Again he rolled, aiming for the space between its legs. The robot threw a punch into the ground behind him, missing him by inches. He grasped the sword, swinging it to his right as he came out of the roll and stood. The sword deflected off the side of its leg armour, leaving little more than a scratch behind.
Ash jumped back before the robot could attempt to break his ribs with another swing. He looked for a weak spot, somewhere he could connect a successful swing of his sword. A lack of armour on the neck and joints exposed machinery in favour of mobility. The targets were small and the bot was in constant motion, so hitting the marks would be difficult. He needed to be faster than the machine. Ash glanced down at the coffee machine which had been knocked on its side. As the minotaur began to charge at him again he saw it lay in its path.
Ash raised another small shield around it as the robot stepped directly above it. He felt a sharp jolt surge through his head and spine as the weight of the minotaur nearly crushed the shield. The unexpected presence of the shield tripped the robot and it fell forward. Ash dashed to the left to avoid being hit by the falling heap of metal and struck the robot under its shoulder, nearly severing the arm from the robot. A one of the minotaur's cables leading into its arm broke, spilling think, black liquid all over the floor.
“Try and hit me now asshole,” Ash spat as he kicked the side of the minotaur.
Ash turned and went for the coffee machine on the floor at the minotaur's feet. As he bent to pick it up the robot spun around and kicked him in the small of the back, sending Ash flying face-first across the room into a group of soldiers watching. One of the soldiers broke his fall as the rest dove out of the way. Ash pushed away from the soldier and flipped onto his back. He groaned in pain as he rose.
“Kay, I deserved that...I think.”
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FISH IN THE FACE!
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