Last Week’s Story:

Once again I failed to finish last week’s story, “Frozen Case”. To be honest, I am sort of intimidated by it; a planet-sized cognitive AI in the far future trying to solve cold case that took place in its distant past. I do plan on finishing it though, either today or tomorrow, as always. I think it will be good when I’m done, though, and worthy, perhaps, of submission after a revision or two.

I think that’s the way all these stories have worked: not too bad, ready for some revisions, possibly for submission. I think, though, that with one exception, I should wait until this commitment is completed before doing to revision/submission thing with them.

Note: I will be going to WorldCon in Seattle in August (will I see you there?) so I may end up missing a week of this process. I’m not sure yet.

This Week’s Prompt:

I rolled a one on the d8, so the prompt is from the Story Engine Main deck; and I rolled a 1 on the d6, so it’s a historical. And I have decided to center it on Irish history, precisely because I don’t know much about it and I love a good challenge. The photo I chose for the featured image in this week’s post is one that I took myself in Ireland in 2005 (I really want to go back at some point!). It’s a steeple in the city of Trim, north of Dublin. I don’t know much about this steeple, but I will learn its history and have my main character start to rebuild it.

Here’s the prompt:

An inspired worker wants to fix a tower, but someone they love will pay the price.

Should be fun! I have a couple of books on Irish prehistory, but this steeple is definitely NOT prehistorical, since it shows a Catholic influence, so it’s definitely later in history.

Ireland is such a beautiful country; full of brilliantly friendly people and ruins and stone walls and greenery. And you can’t swing a dead leprechaun without hitting a cemetery dating to the medieval period. Maybe I should take a week off from work this week to go back?

This Week’s Recommendation:

…is SUPERMAN! Specifically, Jame’s Gunn’s movie of that name that just came out. I just saw this movie yesterday with my friend Dezzy, and xe and I both agreed that we loved it. It’s a much better treatment of the character than Man of Steel and Batman Vs. Superman, even better than Superman Returns, which I thought was pretty good (though I know many people disagree with me on that). Honestly, James Gunn’s take on the character is the best since 1977’s Superman: The Movie from Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve.

Are there elements of this movie that I didn’t like? Of course there are, but I won’t go into them here. But there’s no character assassination as there was in Man of Steel; in this film, Superman doesn’t have a body count.

I just liked this movie, and I’ve even listened to the sountrack a few times, because I liked the music so much! See this movie! In IMAX-3D, if possible, because that’s the sort of experience this film deserves.

In Closing:

And that’s all I have to say. Be like Superman. Be punk as fuck.