So, here's the update:
Madman's part 3 in now swiftly approaching 10,000 words. (Cool, ain't it?)
I'm 9 chapters into Human Action, By Ludwig von Mises, which is a great basis for the founding principal that is guiding the Madman story.
I'm also a few chapters into Butler Shaffer's Boundaries of Order, which I'm finding to be the perfect reflection of Madman, written in an Academic sense. I recommend it to everyone who thinks they might enjoy reading Madman, or has any thoughts on my Inscriptions post.
I'm finding more and more than the real world concepts for Madman are far larger than even I imagined, even at the beginning of this year.
I'm really getting the feeling that I'm onto something special here, and it's pretty intimidating, considering that this story began simply as a way of coping with teen angst when I was 14.
I'm going to need to revise my goals for SDI, because the more research I do, the more I formulate the history of Madman, I'm finding that there is more I NEED to say. Madman was never meant to exceed 180 pages at first, no I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it bellow a thousand.
So my research into literature is taking me back to the most epic series in Fantasy history; The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan. How did he pull this off?
I've also been looking at the works of the great Alan Moore, who penned Watchmen and V for Vendetta; two stories that profoundly affected my life.
I've plowed through the audio book of Defending the Undefendable, by Walter Block, which is a beautifully dark, funny, set of essays completely destroying the common misconceptions of the nature of Drug Dealers, Chauvanists, Curmudgeons, Pimps and Prostitutes and so much more. Block is an Austro-libertarian, just like Mises and Shaffer, yet he continues to push libertarian philosophy deeper and deeper into the Anarchy, which myself, and my author-hero Moore consider to be the only ethical state of society.
If we are in a war for freedom, Block is the genius scientist, sitting in his lab designing our newest weapons.
I'm also working on a couple of side projects at the moment. I have several pieces nearly ready to be posted on Vokoff, and I'm composing a story I'm dubbing the "Anti-Edward Cullen" because I'm so fucking sick of panzy-arsed, pretty boy vampires parading around in our popular mythos.
Way of Kings: Review pt 2
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Madman - just a few points. This massive tome you are writing is growing tremendously but are you revising and editing now or will you keep writing a first draft and then come back to refine and polish it? The bigger is gets the harder it may be to revisit earlier work. Just a caution. Also, remember for assessment purposes that your assessors will be expecting a clean account of your progress and reflection so prudent to ensure your language is G rated.
How is the graphic comic progressing? I would love to see some of your illustrators drawings and a preview of it.
WIll you be able to meet with us to do your review next week?
Unfortunately I cannot review the earlier work until I'm further along in the story.
The Illustrating is going very slowly, because of Nick's other obligations, which is to be expected. Fortunately, I have a near complete first draft of the storyline and dialogue.
I'm unsure if I can make it, it really depends on the day, and at the moment I have no idea when I can make it in.
I'll make sure to go through the blog and edit out all the swearing :)
Have you time to update your reflection and progress here? I know you have been sick but it is important to keep this up to date or perhaps you have been penning your thoughts elsewhere.
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