I've posted a short story on NolanWhyte.com called "Match From Hell (A Wrestling Story)." If you've been using drugs or alcohol, you might find it funny. Or you might find it funny if you are silly. Because it is a silly story. Because I wrote it. And I am silly.
Other than that, not much is going on. It's been a long time since I've gone to the strip club. That's been bothering me lately. And I don't expect I'll have time to go soon. But what can you do, you know? Sometime life is hard.
Riot Band Blues will be here again this week. I'll keep re-posting chapters of "End City" at my own site. Maybe more short stories in the future.
Okay, enough for now. Ever hear God Machine? Check 'em out.
The review is getting burned for bias because I rated all tens. Fair play, but here's the trick: I actually don't like U-G's rigid review format, and I hate the arbitrary "report card" ratings. If I like something, it gets ten. FTW.
Anyway, I originally wrote a feature length review/article, but I had to reformat to jam it into the U-G format. You can read the original at my site.
The last couple chapters were last minute work, due to a change in my work schedule. Should have that sorted for next week though, so look for longer, bloodier fight scenes.
The title of this blog says it all: I've added a book review section to my home site nolanwhyte.com, where I'll be discussing some of my favorite books and eventually, films and albums as well. I'm starting with "Junky" by William S. Burroughs.
This is in addition to the "End City" novel which continues to unfold, and the link to my hockey blog. And a link back to this blog. Which you're reading now.
And just in case you're wondering, Riot Band Blues is NOT FINISHED.
Because I'm a nervous and compulsive type who insists on always pushing my load of commitments past my mental breaking point, I've decided to add a project to my current file.
Those who have followed my work over the last several years (my god, did that make me sound old) probably noticed that I usually run a few different scams at a time, usually split between U-G and my own site, nolanwhyte.com, with various other little projects thrown around town.
However, right now I am only working on one project, and that is Riot Band Blues for U-G. Now that "RBB" is on fairly solid ground, I'm going to start another project at my own site. This will be called "Frozen Sheets," (for now), and will focus on the great frozen game of hockey.
I understand that many U-G users will not be interested in hockey, and that's okay. But it's there at nolanwhyte.com if you are a fan of the game.
I'm heading to the lakes, forests and mountains for the weekend, so I won't be around to see if RBB 22 goes up on Friday. Hopefully it makes it up without any difficulty. Fingers is cross!
End City continues at http://NolanWhyte.com. I've added a link to a twitter account, so I can "tweet" each time I post a new chapter (almost every day). For the stalkers at home: http://twitter.com/nolanwhyte.
I hope those of you who wanted me to blog more often have noticed that this blog is exactly the same as the last two. This is why I wasn't blogging often before. Not that much to say. Okay! Let's hit the road!
Glad to see RBB 21 made its upload this week. Hope everyone digs it. As I said in my last blog, I'm going to be working more on my site this fall. This should not result in any delays at all for Riot Band. U-G is my #1 priori-tay.
So many people have asked about Our Man Evans that I'm thinking about revisiting the project in 2010. I'm not making any promises because my plate is pretty full, but maybe something with short weekly installments could work. Something blog-like. I'll tinker and ponder.
In the meantime, RBB is going to be a BEAST, End City will be gradually reissued, and a new ongoing writing project will start in September on NolanWhyte.com. It will be a niche project and will likely appeal to a very small percentage of U-G junkies, but I've dedicated myself to it.
Okay! Lots of work ahead! Homework for this week: learn to solo to "We Are 138" by The Misfits. You have thirty seconds! Go!
Thought I should mention that I've torn down most of the old content on my personal site, NolanWhyte.com. It's a bit cleaner now, although I've kept what I'm calling a "Floating Archive" of older material on the main page. This will change periodically.
On there right now is Our Man Evans and the first section of End City, which long-timers will remember as the novel that came out of 2007's Page-A-Day project.
More of End City will be added in the coming weeks. I will also be starting a new major writing project on that site, probably in early September. More news when that kicks off.
Riot Band Blues will return this Friday. I hope the flow of the story hasn't been disturbed too much by the recent interruptions.
Well, I'm through the first twenty episodes of Riot Band Blues, and now might be a good time for us to catch our breath and wonder what kind of beast we have on our hands.
The last several chapters have focused on Riot Band's first gig, and now with that event in the rear view mirror, it's time to change directions somewhat. I did that a bit with part 20, moving the focus abruptly from the show to Eric and his developing relationships with the other characters.
The move left some people scratching their heads and asking questions, such as "Where is this going?" and "How long will the story run?" This is a good time to ask both questions.
To answer the second question first: this story is going to be long. Very long. Both of my previous stories on U-G focused on a particular band or musician at a particular moment: Terry forming The Clutch Dogs and taking them on their first tour in Comeback Road, and Jay bringing his newbie brother Danny into the Hellakill lineup in Guitargasm.
In RBB, I wanted to do something bigger, something that would follow a band all the way from start to finish, regardless of length. So twenty chapters and 40,000 words in, we're still just getting warmed up. Remember, by this time both previous stories were more than half finished(both were about 65,000 words long). And Riot Band has just finished its first gig, in a house party basement. And it's a long way to the top if you wanna rock and roll.
As for where it's going, there will be more explanation of that in the next chapter. It will be rock-heavy, but it will also be drama-heavy. As anyone who has ever been in a real band knows, the hardest part about being in a band is not learning the songs or getting gigs. The hardest part is keeping the frickin' band together.
Well, Riot Band Blues is going to have all three: learning songs, getting gigs, and struggling to keep the band together. And if it's not your cup of tea, that's cool. But I'm hoping it comes together.
As the creepy voice at the beginning of that Strapping Young Lad song says: "We had a great deal invested in this project and we can't allow it to fail."
So there was no new chapter of Riot Band Blues last week, was there? No, no there wasn't. Chapter 18 was all set and ready to go, and since I sent it along in plenty of good time I figured it must have been skipped because of the U.S. holiday weekend (when in doubt, blame America). That must be the reason, right?
No. It turns out the chapter was not uploaded because I sent the attachment to the person on my email list next to my U-G contact. Basically, a co-worker of mine got RBB18, thought nothing of it, and didn't mention it to me. I didn't know what was going on until U-G emailed me on Thursday saying, um, Nolan? You okay?
So, yes, the delay was completely my fault. Sorry everyone. I'll learn from my mistake (I hope). Chpt. 18 should go up on Friday (I hope). You'll love it (I hope).
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