Male, Australian and of indeterminate age.
Writing wise, I'm still new to this and trying to improve. I've mostly settled on a format that's half drabble and half short story, neither long enough for the latter or short enough for the former. I wouldn't say it's actually a good format, but it seems to mesh with the sort of neo-noir writing tone I prefer. I wouldn't mind churning out some full-blown novel length stories or similar, but that doesn't fit with me at this point. Mostly because I'm a lazy bastard with an erratic schedule.
Both the style and format probably stem from the incoherent, alcohol-induced ramblings that serve as my first draft for any particular piece.
Criticism is welcomed since it's about the only way I'm actually going to improve. On that note, thanks to Scriptwriter Mika and Justin A Caynon for their criticism. Hopefully soon I'll have the chance to scribble down something new and make use of their advice.
Stories in the ideas stage (and they may never progress past it):
Another installment of In This City. This time with actual plot and character development.
Blood, Blades and Hydraulics: A sort of dystopian cyberpunk mix of Pokemon and Robot wars. The Disaffected Youth pitting homemade semi-intelligent bots against each other for fun, street cred and next weeks rent money.
MuRanger: A non-handwaving take on the whole Sentai/Power Rangers thing. Giant robots, monsters and the kind of damage their battles do to the city around them. Plus lots of angst and handwringing over the catch-22 of how the heroes are dependant on hiding amongst (and thus endangering) the civilians just so they can stay alive to protect them. edit 13/5/08: Possible intro piece written
At Dusk they Fall: Sailor Moon type stuff rewritten as a religious war, including gratuitous use of a pseudo-christian demonology and theology as the base. 6000 years worth of grudges will be settled by True Believers and conscripts fighting a war in the back alleys.
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