Wednesday Fun

Random things for a happy, sunny Wednesday that I will only see through the window because I never leave my computer…

Guest Posting!

Today, I have guest posts up at Brian Spaeth’s site and also at Dyscultured!  I have been a busy bee.  Please read them, and comment extensively.

Best Conversation Ever

A TV producer acquaintance (who shall remain nameless) gave me permission to post this summary of this discussion we had yesterday after he looked over my website.

Producer: I saw your website.  That TorrentBoy idea is cool.  Is it available to option?

Me: Well, technically you could do that, but it’s open source, so you don’t really get to own the rights.

Producer: [random expletives]!  Why would you do that?  It’d be perfect as a series!

Me: Um… sorry?

Which just goes to show you that sometimes, people don’t like it when you make your stuff free.  We had a great conversation after that, though.  I just wanted to share it, because it was really funny to hear a passionately negative reaction to TorrentBoy for a change

My Damn Schedule

Looking ahead, I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing next.  Fission Chips will wrap up by mid-September, I think, meaning I will have a Thursday timeslot to fill.  I have another Marx and Richardson story I’d like to do, but I think we need to give Gare a rest for a little bit.  So looking at the week, it runs like this:

Monday: Vector
Tuesday: TorrentBoy: Pirates Attack!
Wednesday: Vector
Thursday: ???
Friday: Chaos Book

Looking at the options, I have no clear answers.  Typhoon would be fun, but it’s still not done and with all the subplots and mysteries, it’d be hard to release regularly unless it was polished.  A Quiet Life would be fun for me, but I think the rest of you will need some time to appreciate it.  Maybe  something like “Liberty Bell”, if I changed it into a voting story.  It’s about the most hated man in the open source world, wanted for a murder he didn’t commit, in a city so wired he has nowhere to hide.  That could be fun.  It’s almost 15 years in the making, so maybe it’s time to write it down.

Anyway, here’s the question: what kind of story would you like to see?  Comedy?  Action? Romance? (ha!) or something totally different.  Am I right in assuming the interactivity would be worthwhile?

Testing Premium

Over the next few days, I’ll be testing my premium subscription service on the site.  This means you should be seeing a post or two that you can’t access.  Do not panic.  It is only a test.

A video for your enjoyment

About MCM

MCM is the creator of the animated series RollBots. He also writes books, such as The Vector, The Pig and the Box, and Typhoon. When not doing such things, he is coding sites like this one. He is also insane.

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