THE TITLE IS: MEXICAN COFFEE AND SNOW

I really do not feel like writing today. I really do not have the fire from deep inside that forces me on even when all I wish to do is give up but I will not be giving up today because I have learned one of the biggest lessons you can learn as a writer and it has nothing to do with structure, grammar, spelling, or any other shit that happens to be a weakness of mine. The lesson is the one of when you have a notion to call yourself a writer then you must also see there will be many many days when all you want to be doing is nothing but what you have to do is write.

So to save a little bit of my soul I will write here and then go off to work on MEXICAN COFFEE which is a maddening story that is doing just what I want it to, but when you are as nuts as I am, sometimes that is not the best thing.

Here are a few Opinion Reviews of some materials I have checked out of the library recently. I'm sitting on half of a journal of these type of reviews that I have written but I will only start with a couple today though. I will write about reading Transformers: Generations Vol. 1 and Batman:Snow.

TRANSFORMERS: GENERATIONS VOLUME ONE
IDW
BY, Bob Budiansky
These are an IDW look back reprinting of classic Transformers comics. I have not checked out any of IDW's Transformer new line of stories but the thing I love about these older books is how much humanity plays into things through human politics, human greed, and human interactions with the robots in disguise.
I checked this collection out of the library. The only Transformers book I have in my personal collection is
Prime Targets: The Unauthorized Story Guide To Transformers. What can I say I'm a crack head for story guides. I still want the G.I. Joe guide.
To end before I start a ramble about my love for story guides I will further state that I enjoyed this collection and recommend it to Transformers fans. Maybe I should see if the library has any of IDW's new line of stories? Any Transformer fans out there wish to recommend any trades to me?

BATMAN:SNOW
DC COMICS
BY, Dan Curtis Johnson, J.H. Williams III; Seth Fisher
Mr. Freeze has always been one of my favorite of all of Batman's enemies since the first time I saw him on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES. When I spotted Batman: Snow at the library I had to pick it up. The art by Seth Fisher was different and I quite enjoy different. I really took to the sharpness the art style gave to Gothem City especially.
The story by Johnson and Williams is of course a re-telling of the origin of Mr. Freeze but Snow also tackles angles I think Batman would have taken early in his vigilante carrer. I highly recommend this to true lovers of the Batman myths and stories about Bruce Wayne's early years as the Dark Knight.

Ok, now I'm off to tackle MEXICAN COFFEE. I wish I had some right now.
C.

THE TITLE IS: MEXICAN COFFEE AND SNOW

GENETICALLY BACK FROM THE MOVIES

Writing this just as I came back from seeing Ghost Rider. I enjoyed the movie. The special effects were cool and I liked the humor of the film and the touches of Western elements. It was worth seeing on the big screen alone for the scene of the two Ghost Riders racing across the desert. I think this film very much like the Ghost Rider comics is about visuals. Cage did a great job with the character of Johnny Blaze and I do hope they do a sequel because of the same reasons I wanted Fantastic Four to get another second movie in that with the origin story out of the way they might just have the chance of doing something interesting. And from what I have seen of Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer they just may pull off a very good sequel.
I wanted to see Pan’s Labyrinth but it is already out of the small theater near by which carries smaller films so I will have to buy that when it comes out. Still lots of movies I want to see this year, the list containing-300, Transformers, Spiderman 3, Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, Harry Potter: The Order Of The Phoenix, and probably some I’m forgetting.

I was visiting one of my churches the other day. The one who will drive me broke one of these days, Best Buy. Nothing new Doctor Who DVD wise but March sees the release of The Sontaran Experiment and The Invasion on DVD. Really looking forward to The Invasion. Also coming out in March is the 10th Doctor novel Made Of Steel. Probably order that through the local B&N.
Also coming out in Doctor Who merchandise that month from Big Finish Audio are Renaissance Of The Daleks, Horror Of Glam Rock. And from Big Finish Books Short Trips: Destination Prague. I wonder if I could order those through B&N? Anyways, I need to start keeping up with new releases because I’m already way behind in Doctor Who books and have a couple of already released DVDs to pick up for my collection.
Enough about one of my addictions.

Hit 1000 + words into the novella Sunday night. I added to chapters from writing I did while at work.

On our way home from the movies we almost got into a car wreck when a SUV driver decided he wanted to be in a lane which Heaven forbid had another vehicle there. Then on the drive back also we found out one of Wave’s neighbors died in her sleep. Sad, Wave said she was really nice. Interesting this is that Wave’s families dog daily went over there every day to visit them and now the little dog is very sad.

Written Sunday night while Wave watched SVU,
C.

GENETICALLY BACK FROM THE MOVIES

LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THESE

MOVIES I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR:
HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
GHOST RIDER
TRANSFORMERS
PIRATES 3
FANTASTIC FOUR: THE RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
SPIDERMAN 3
THE SIMPSONS: MOVIE
300

LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL OF THESE