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By Miro in News
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March 17, 2014
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March 17, 2014
So, tonight I am being interviewed by Bobby Buck in his 15 Minutes of Fame segment of the Qumran Report. I’ll be talking about Maldene, myself, and writing. So, for anyone interested, the show starts at 8PM PST TONIGHT (Monday). Just go to http://www.skidrowstudios.com/ and look for the live feed.
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Well, just yesterday I was invited to speak to a classroom full of creative writing students in Panama via Skype. The video didn’t work (could have been either my older version of Skype or the fact that it was Panama) but the audio was good, and language wasn’t a problem. Anyway, it was the first …
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Just a word about that new TV series, Starcrossed, which is basically Alien Nation with Teen angst. Of course, the problem is that none of these teens are being played by anyone even close to being a teen. When the one college-age-looking girl said, “High School, we’re finally here”, I looked her up on IMDB. …
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Okay, so this isn’t Maldene related but I just saw the new Robocop and couldn’t let this go unsaid. So here is my one line mini movie review of Robocop 2014: If you remove about an hour and 20 minutes from the beginning, really amp up what’s left, add in some REAL (or any) music, …
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By Miro in News
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February 13, 2014
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February 13, 2014
Well, Sasha and Diego have been busy on a few projects for me, one of which is the new cover for Volume 2. Volume two continues the story of the first half of the book, where the characters seek out the ruins of the last of the Great Human Kingdoms. The cover depicts those ruins, …
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Sometimes writing a good story can be a little bit like alchemy. You need the right mix of things to churn out a truly great story. But what are those basic ingredients? Well, like for the alchemists of old there are four basic elements that every story needs. Descriptive Prose. Dialogue. Character Development. Plot. Descriptive …
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Well, seeing as how I’ve been getting a few more user registrations of late, I thought it a good idea to give a little welcome message. So… Hi there! I’m the author of quite the epic little story. Okay, enough of that. Now’s the part where I encourage you to start interacting with the site. …
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A question that has been asked since about the time people first began to write. What is it that makes a good writer? A good author? What is that magic formula that sets great authors apart from everybody else. It may not be as complicated an equation as you think. There are three basic elements …
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Well, here on this Eve of Christmas, I had a random idea for my own version of a certain classic Christmas poem. So I tooled away for a couple of hours and came up with what I’ve written below. I hope you all enjoy it, and Merry Christmas from Maldene. ******************* The Night Before Christmas… …
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Okay, so first you ask what’s with the funky name. The funky name in question is the city-castle of the King. Not just any king, but thee King (notice I spelled it with a Capital “K”), the one guy trying to engineer his own counter-plot to that of Miro by recruiting few heros. Needless to …
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