Saturday, May 12, 2012

A Parody of One More Day

Because writing plotlines and stories for comic books is hard, right guys?  Y'know, like how NO ONE in the Marvel universe can save an old woman who is ready to die from dying due to a gunshot wound.

Yeah.  'Cuz Dr. Strange doesn't have contacts with omnipotent beings whose sole purpose is to help humanity ALONGSIDE WITH BEING A SURGEON, or Elixir with the healing powers, and...y'know what?  Fuck it.

Deal with the devil.  Abort the baby.  Because the author is to Spiderman story writing and plot what Rob Lefield is to art.


SPOILER: ROB LEFIELD CANNOT DRAW.

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Mephisto Went Down to New York
(sung to "The Devil Went Down To Georgia")
by That Bastard and Nyara


Mephisto went down to New York
He was lookin' for a fetus to kill
He was in a bind, 'cuz he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
When he spotted a scientist in his lab
Playin' wit' a spider and makin' it HOT
Then Mephisto came down with Mary Jane
and said "Boy, lemme tell you what!
I bet you didn't know it but I'm a supervill too
I bet your baby, c'mon don't say maybe, that I'm better than you!

"Well I'm Peter Parker, and I'll accept your dare
But in the name of Science fame, you'd better stay aware!"

Parker get yer suit on, and put in yer contacts
'Cuz Hell's let loose in New York, and it's full of Mephisto's contracts
And if you win, your legacy will burn forevermore
But if you lose, your baby he'll abooooort

Mephisto opened up his case and said "It's time Auntie Mae"
and fire flew from his fingertips as he began his play
As the gunshot flew out, the bullet made an evil hiss
and a band of demons danced, and it sounded somethin' like this...

(Riverdance tune)

Now Parker sat back and said, "Well yer pretty good ol' son
But let's see what there can be of a healer when I'm done"

He called, "ANYWHERE IN OUT ALL OF MARVEL
THIS DUEL WITH THE DEVIL STRAIGHT FROM HELL
A HEALER ANYWHERE IN THIS 'VERSE
MY MARRIAGE'S IN TROUBLE, THE STORY'S WORSE

Mephisto roared with delight as he'd known that he'd won
And in the next moment Mae arose, the wound all undone
Parker cried, "Hey 'Phisto, y'all can come back again
I done told you once, you sonuvabitch, a divorce is all that could've been"

He called, "ANYWHERE IN OUT ALL OF MARVEL
THIS DUEL WITH THE DEVIL STRAIGHT FROM HELL
IS THERE A DOCTOR IN THIS HOUSE?
THE AUTHOR'S IN TROUBLE, BAIL HIM OUT

Sunday, May 6, 2012

WHERE HAS TABOO - WHATEVER GONE? WHY IS IT GONE?!

Because I've done "final" (ish) edits to it and am now exercising my right to sell it wherever the hell I damn well please.

Now that you've calmed down a little, Dear Reader, perhaps I can get you some tea?  Okay.  Okay, obviously we DO need to talk a little though.

Some of you, ESPECIALLY those closest to me, know of my efforts in the past year at several projects.  This one is just one of those, the writing and eventually serialization and sale-ification (yes, it's a word.  I just made it up.  Right now.  It's a word if I made it up, I'm a freakin' artist apparently) of The Generalist series you've grown to love and cuddle up to.

So yeap, it's that time.  After re-editing a FINAL final time, re-packaging and improving on the manuscript, I've finally got it up and ready to sell on Kindle (though do give me OOOOOONE last revision, since I'm preparing it for Smashwords as well and I want to use that format for Kindle), but there's a few issues going down.

For one, there's that Smashwords format of programming/writing I want to bring to Kindle.

Secondly, it's currently stuck at $2.99 though I lowered the price to $1.50, and when it comes time to pop Taboo 1 up for sale, I'll raise the price of Taboo 0 and sell Taboo 1 at $1.50, same with all other Taboos from now on.

Whenever an episode goes up for sale, they gotta come down here and you get this message with a link to buy and sample.

I'll still continue to post the unedited/lightly edited/raw manuscripts up here, and then later on give them the same treatment.  This way you can sample what it's going to be before you buy, a system I believe in highly.  BUT, I AM trusting you guys, y'knowwhatImean?

This is the honor system: you can accept the crappy-edited version of these stories and not pay, or pay what amounts to less than a cup of coffee (in some places) and receive a polished version full of proper grammar, little writing tidbits, and slightly more content.  I'm willing to believe in youse guys, and those who can't afford squat but are perfectly happy to retweet my tweets and repost my posts at Faecbawks.

Of course this might change depending on customer performance...we'll see.

In the meantime, that's what's up and I'm stickin' to it!

So, you want to check out my Amazong link and stuff?  I gotta point out that it's not up for sale yet inexactly...but who am I to stop you from buying a slightly older, less edited version for $2.99?

Buy The Generalist - Taboo 0: Cliché of Memories here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Generalist-Clich%C3%A9-Memories-ebook/dp/B009F7K5U4

The jacket cover was done by myself (my hand, dontcha know~!) and the ever-lovin' Jade herself over at jadedshots.blogspot.com, and we're pretty much gonna do ALL the covers like that.  Gloved hands, brass knuckles, coffee mugs, and the Hooligan mean-face logo.

tl;dr - LOL I'M SELLIN' OUT, SO THIS PART HAS BEEN COMPILED AND RECODIFIED WITH THE REST FOR MASS CONSUMPTION!  SOCCER MOMS ARE GOING TO SCHLICK OVER MY STUFF NOW, KTHXBAI! #TheNewTwilight #Platitudes #Hashtag