Shadow of a Dead Star and an update on the Prequel

I just finished Shadow of a Dead Star by author Michael Shean. You always hate when a book you enjoy is thinning out. You notice when you're half-way through it and as the pages tick down and the ending nears you start wondering just how much more story there is and if it really can fit those pages. You find yourself wishing there were more pages (at least with a good book) to keep yourself in the story longer but they have to end some time.

I -really- liked Shadow of a Dead Star and I thoroughly recommend it if you've got the slightest shred of noir or sci-fi or cyber-punk within you, others might have to adjust but it's a great read.

I don't think I had even heard of the term 'bio-punk' before this book but I can completely see the genre now. The book, and its author, will have a noted impression upon my own work but as I have finished it I am going to revise some of what I've already written just in case I may have carried some of his writing into my own. It's not really a bad thing but I'd like to make sure my work does not seem as if it were piggybacking another person's own writing. This could also be a complete non-issue for some people (I certainly enjoy his writing) but part of me is just really dedicated to try and see if my style, as it is, works and compels others.

As for the prequel-with-no-name, I have had a friend read over it and corrected some grammatical errors (damn you spellcheck) and some decisions to alter how things play out to be a bit less... overt. I intend to actually give CO Green a rank and make him seem like less of a psychopath. Which might or might not work. Time will tell as I juggle bits and pieces around.

I urge you to go take a look at Michael Shean's work, there are some free short-stories on his site and even a small Shadow of a Dead Star journalism excerpt on what exactly those 'Princess Dolls' are all about, mentioned in the blurb on the back of the book.

Lets reboot this mess.

Recently cleared out and cleaned, this is my dusty old blog that I have come back to so I can re-use it for my writing. DeviantArt is fine and all but I get sick of my friends needing to register to see anything that constitutes adult content (and I know that I make that decision but come on, a disclaimer is fine).

So many many years ago I began writing Rise From The Ashes (name is still not concrete) and put varying amounts of work in it. Originally all the characters were named after online and RL friends but I changed that a few years down the line, though I did keep about five or six since they weren't out of the ordinary.

Somewhere in the first revision of what I had already written my hard drive died on me and stole the only copy of it I had on hand. A friend had an older, unrevised copy (but it was still more complete than starting from scratch) so I began writing again and it all was going through a second revision up to chapter 7 but then I just stopped working on it.

After a few years hiatus on it and the inspiration of my friends who have published their own work (which I will gladly link you to) have made me return to RFTA. Looking it over while discussing things with author Michael Shean ( author of Shadow of a Dead Star, Bone Wires, and the upcoming Red-Eye ) I realized just how hard it would be to write Rise with so many characters. The idea sparked in my head to write a prequel to the story.

This way I can introduce characters who are a part of Rise but have flashbacks within the story or other things I can pull in to a prequel and flesh out and then lead in with the characters of Rise without having to go into extensive detail about backgrounds or other events. So the prequel was born and my writing has resumed (albeit a bit... intermittent) in writing exercises. I'll be posting them as time goes on since I don't want to rely on DeviantArt alone.

Now, go buy Shadow of a Dead Star, like, right now.