First off, let me apologize for the lack of updates lately. I've been working behind the scenes to move the site to a new server. So if you've sent me an email in the last month and not heard back, send it again. It's possible it was lost somewhere along the way.
The other reason I haven't been posting is that the old brain thingy kicked into gear rather suddenly on a new writing project. With my third script in the hands of some guinea pigs, I had two choices. One, fret nervously on what sort of response I would get. Fretting does not come naturally to me, even if I do admit a degree of terror in letting my work make contact with foreign eyeballs. That leaves option two, write something else. Back in August I flirted with a new script idea but it stalled when I hit the need to do actual research. The emergence of a primetime network show that treads on the same territory didn't help either. So I went and looked back at my other stalled ideas. And quickly came to the conclusion that I still didn't have any solution to their various problems. Things were looking bleak.
And then I read this article. Now, I love Scalzi but I'm not really crediting him for inspiration or as my stubbly muse. One line did the trick.
"Because happy futures are boring"
That's all it took to set me off. He's absolutely right. Utopia is dull. It's not a great topic for a movie where you might actually expect something to happen. But I'm the sort of person who loves to throw sand in the gears and muck things up. If I'm bored, I'm almost certainly about to start some trouble. So the idea was to take a utopia of sorts, toss in a character from the outside of that society and watch what happens. I love this idea because it gives me freedom to engage in two of my favorite hobbies, annoying people and slapping around busybody do-gooders.
I'm not going to get into much detail but I am going to try and write about the project frequently. Basically I want to operate under the threat of embarassment for not getting any work done. If you aren't seeing any updates on this, you have my permission to harass me about it. I'm going to try and follow the example of this gentleman, although with less fantasy football talk.
