Category Archives: Video

Progress Update

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I’ve been getting a familiar feeling during the last few writing sessions on The Seventh Law of Power. Even if I’m not entirely sure how much is left, I know I’m approaching the end. Events start falling into place. So do the right people. I get flashes of an epilogue conversation. It won’t be this week or the next, but it’s within sight. I should probably start working on the cover, but don’t want to jinx it.

In the meantime, here’s the latest mythology video on YooToob. On the surface, “Gods Gone Wild” (Not the title). Really just a meditation on the obvious fact that the Greek Gods, like so many other pantheons, are a direct reflection on the culture that created them. Gods Misbehaving.

Monstrous Assistance

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This is more overflow from the Yamada Monogatari series. Tons of research, only a fraction of which I used in the series. So not to waste it, here’s another YouTube Video. There will likely be more, so sign up over there if you don’t want to miss any.

And for those curious about the final book in the Laws of Power series, it’s actually coming down to the wire. Marta is very close to finding the Seventh Law. She’s going to feel very silly when she realizes just how close she’s been and for how long.

Ugly Puppies

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I’ve been pretty scarce here, so an update is in order. As I mentioned before, I started a YouTube channel. Totally new thing for me. And one of the reasons I did this was I’d been working in a (for me) completely new storytelling form.

Soon after I moved to New York State I joined a local writer’s group that specialized in flash fiction. To be honest, I had never played much with flash before then. I think the shortest story I’d ever written previously came in at about 1200 words. Here, the max was 500 words. It was a new discipline, almost like attempting poetry. Get in, get out, and no word retained that isn’t pulling its weight. Shifting gears between my usual mode and this form was a stretch, but a good one.

Anyway, this left me with a bunch of flash stories and no good idea what to do with them. I did publish a few in a couple of small collections, but the form seemed suitable for something else. Thus, the YouTube channel. It lets me play with video and animation, something I’d never touched before. Flash stories play out to about three minutes of video, and I’m learning to adapt my own work. No idea how its going to play out, but right now I’m making all the mistakes and having fun. Every now and then we all need to try something new.

Which brings me to the title above, “Ugly Puppies.” It’s a meditation on the nature of secrets. If you want to try it out, here’s the link.