Timewaster's Guide Archive

Fictionally speaking, of course.

I've been kicking around an idea for a story.  I've  finally got to the the point where I'm putting some initial work up on the wiki.  This particular story takes place in the very near future.  Through a series of coordinated events, America has been attacked, and civilization as we know it has crumbled.  This isn't some doom and gloom story, nor is it a story about the end of the world.  This is a story about a few people who are caught up in the end of the world.  If you have seen Jericho, it is a similar feel.  We don't know what caused the end of the world, only that it has taken place.

Anyway, if you'd like to participate, you can do so here.

http://www.buckleywiki.com/scouts/index.php?title=LDS_Speculative_Ficiton

I've written a few things and posted them to the wiki, much of which I'm not very happy with, but it is a good starting point.  One area I'd particularly like help with is the 'tid bits'.  While I never come right out and say what causes the end of the world, I do need to describe what happened to this group of people during the end of the world.  So what did it look like to them?  Sometimes we think that the end of the world will be broadcast right into our living rooms on the evening news.  But that is assuming that our satellites, power, and several other things 'still work'.  In this case they don't.  So I'm looking for some ideas on how the world ends, and how these people experience it.  I've already written up a brief piece on this, but again, it's not very good.  I'd be interested in any feedback, or if you want to add new stuff or ideas yourself, feel free.

An extremely large amount of research was conducted, and the following conclusion was reached.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2514730680283477734

It might be a  bit too academic, but if you can wade through the big words, they come to a very clear, and in my opinion, correct conclusion.

http://www.covenant-lds.com/osb2/itemdetails.cfm?ID=2010

I thought the artist did a great job.

Looks like the official release date for Bullies in the headlights is first week in May.  Should be fun, but I'm likely not going to do many book signings.  I just don't have it in me.  I enjoy signings with other authors, but the thought of sitting by myself for 8 hours in a day, and get treated like you have leprosy...  Not my idea of fun.

If I could play World of Warcraft while I sat there...  Now that would be another story.

Yeah, I probably just used up my 15 minutes.  Rats, I was hoping my 15 minutes involved dry ice, plastic tubing, and lots and lots of peanut brittle.

Yeah, but I guess people have different ideas of 'inappropriate'.   This is actually based on an experience my wife had (it wasn't her that heard wrong).  I told my boys the first chance I had.

Maybe I'm corrupting the poor little beggars. 

Book pushed back to May, not April. 

And I lost my first scene.    It was a right funny scene, too.  I'm going to take a page from the great House of Mustard (who may have taken it from Brandon), and post the scene to my blog one of these days.

They always cut out the best bits. 

My favorite comment on one of the boards was from somebody who was defending DB for their tactics.  It went something like, "Gospel principles have no place in business practices."

He was dead serious, and apparently entirely correct.