Archive for November, 2011

  • Matt Forbeck: The Terribleminds Interview

    Matt Forbeck: The Terribleminds Interview

    November 17th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 15 Comments

    Matt Forbeck is one crazy dude. Crazy like a dude with a powerful brain parasite that serves him and provides him awesome creative powers in its symbiotic grip. What hasn’t Matt written? He’s written novels, games, comics, designed toys, penned whole encyclopedias. I don’t think he’s missing much on his resume except maybe “HVAC instructions” and “Communist manifesto.”

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  • 25 Reasons Readers Will Keep Reading Your Story

    25 Reasons Readers Will Keep Reading Your Story

    November 16th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 31 Comments

    I want to be clear: what this should really be titled is, “What Keeps Chuck Reading.” Your mileage may vary, and as such, you should drop down into the comments and tell us: what is it about a book that keeps you reading? I wanna know. All writers everywhere want to know. We hang on [...]

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  • Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law

    Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law

    November 15th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 22 Comments

    As writers, we grow easily seduced by tribalism. I get it. I know why this is. It’s because writing offers no guarantees. It’s a creative pursuit and a financial shot in the dark. Success in this industry is wildly subjective and personal, and that means it’s unpredictable. Ah, but we don’t like unpredictability, do we?

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  • Get Your Pointy Teeth And Practice Your Zombie Shuffle: It’s Double Dead Day!

    Get Your Pointy Teeth And Practice Your Zombie Shuffle: It’s Double Dead Day!

    November 15th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 13 Comments

    Poor, poor Coburn. Once the king of his castle — his castle being New York City — he awakens from slumber to discover that his city and his world have been gobbled up by a zombie apocalypse. Most of the humans are dead. Which means his food source is spoiled.

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  • Recipe: Sinner’s Stew

    Recipe: Sinner’s Stew

    November 14th, 2011 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 17 Comments

    You are now going to make beef stew. With short ribs. Don’t argue with me. We don’t have time for your mewling pleas and jibbering jabbers. The Devil and his consort will be here soon. For dinner. And they expect to be fed, by golly. What are you going to tell him? Are you going to look jolly ol’ Lucifer in the eye and say, “Hey, sorry, Lucy old chap, I was too busy?”

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