The Suddenly Evolved

Saturday, July 18, 2015

In My Head, Not on the Page

I've been struggling with the ending.  I have a plan, but I don't have the details.  Or I should say I didn't.  Last night while not really sleeping that well, I was inspired.  I can see the whole sequence on the movie screen that is my imagination, but I'm afraid I won't be able to adequately put it to the page so right now I'm scared of starting.  I know, that sounds stupid.  I've been thinking a lot about what I like to have happen when I read and I'm trying to utilize those things.  I don't think I have any major twit or surprise to unleash, but perhaps something unexpected.  Are those the same things?  They don't seem like they should be but I'm not sure.
I really want to finish this weekend and I've got plenty of time to do it.  I'm kinda broke at the moment so I won't be running to a bar stool to avoid the blank page as I have done in the past.  I think I'm going to work on outlining my ideas for this new concept and see what I can map out.
There is an author I like, Robert J. Sawyer, who is great at writing, but horrible at ending.  He writes the great detailed stories with fantastic characters, but then he kinda just says "and they all lived happily ever after, the end" and it' over.  That has pissed me off with several of his books.  I don't want to Sawyer this, so I'm really concerned.  Anyways, I'm gonna finish catching up with Tivo and then get to writing.  I'll do an actual blog post instead of just my ramblings a little later.
Thanks for reading this...I hope the book is much more interesting and entertaining.
Pauldo

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Meanwhile, in front of a blank page...

Good evening to all of the Evolved!
The past few months have been very difficult for me personally and really, the only joy that I have had is in the writing of this book.  This is the fulfillment of a dream for me.  I know, Pauldo, you are self-publishing a superhero book, any schmuck with an internet connection can do that nowadays.  I would like to think I'm writing something good, but who knows for sure since I'm the only one who has read it thus far and I haven't really even done that cover to cover.  For a time I was a stand up comic and I used to think that nothing would ever make me feel as alive as being in front of an audience, but I have discovered that writing something that I think is good is a much better high!

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Introducing Mitosis

Good Evening True Believers!
Tonight I introduce you to a character that actually was the main inspiration for this book being written.  Mitosis is the leader of The Slackers and the former leader of The Quad.  He has the ability to make multiple clones of himself and he uses them in unusual ways.  Rather than the standard creating a force to just overpower his opponent with numbers, Mitosis often uses the energy of the clones being created or recycled (rejoining him) to add to his strength and power.  He was a former Bio engineer, but it's already been said that his profession had nothing to do with his change.  Mitosis was not the cause of SOE, but he is obsessed with trying to find the reason.