Myth, the Universe, and Everything

...and have I got a teaser for you! It's the first page from Star Cruisers, all pretty and colored. No text boxes or balloons yet, because the comic hasn't been lettered, but I thought y'all might like a peek. :)



Clint Hilinski is the artist; Chandra Ponnusamy is the colorist.

If you want to see the script, look behind the cut!

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Two quick thoughts of the day.

1) I really like working with Platinum's Dan Forcey. His editorial e-mails are full of fun, and they make me giggle. (He also offers excellent feedback, of course!)

2) For folks who read my article at Flames Rising and wonder what I came up with for my spin on being a shepherd, it dawned on me that I could be a Shepherd from the Firefly verse, so that's what I did.



That's me with my flock of one (as she's trying to eat my prayer book). :)

Edit: Also, devonmonk is posting over at Bitten by Books today. You guys know I am a huge fan of Devon, not only for her fiction writing, but for her blogging and general good advice in the writing life. So, buzz on over and say hi, and tell her Happy Book Birthday for Magic at the Gate.

Again with the delay in contest announcement! Shame on me. kattw, you're the lucky randomly selected entrant -- so shoot me your address and I'll get you some Weis and Hickman goodness in the mail.

It's a shame that I've had to give up my night hours in favor of sleeping when Bug is asleep, because I really am very productive in the late hours. For instance, I've been working on sooper sekrit project -- which shall now be known as Star Cruisers issue 0 (a comic for Platinum!) -- in my head for weeks, but hadn't had the chance to actually put it all on paper... and Editor Dan wanted to have the script this week so artist Clint Hilinski will have time to get the art done for the print date Dan's hoping for. I thought I'd have time to do more of the work in spurts over the weekend, but as it ended up, after Bug (and Twostripe, actually) went to bed last night, it was just me and the keyboard and the words. Everything I'd been working at in my head poured out onto the paper in panel after panel... and the draft ended up being good. I'm really pleased with it, and Editor Dan gave the draft the thumbs up today, so we're on to stage two!

Right now, my work on Star Cruisers is just for the intro issue, which could launch a series. If it flies, we're looking at a lost-in-space goes to college type story: a group of twenty-odd, modern-day college students end up on a star ship at the far reaches of the galaxy, without any idea how to get home. Editor Dan developed the property and created all the characters; I've spun my own ideas into them, including making one of them an early college student (since my whole college experience was an early college experience). I really, really hope it goes well, because the cast is great, and I'd love to do more writing for these characters (and I'd like to name my favorite minor character who I came up with on the fly; in my script, she's just called RED SOX GIRL).

At any rate, I stayed awake last night until it was done, which means it's definitely time to crash before it's a late night here at the Abbott Abode. Because sleep? It's a good thing.