New Pilot and other life updates

Well, this is supposed to be a blog about me, and me as a writer, so it seems appropriate for me to announce that I'm working on a pilot script. I won't say much about it yet, but it's a science fiction story, with some fantasy elements (of course, as I've written before, the line between the two is not very easy to draw,) and I think there would be a lot of potential in it, though it would probably be expensive to produce (unless it were animated, but there's not a huge amount of non-comedic, non-childrens animation in the US.)

So far, I just finished Act Two and I'm on page 55. This will require cutting.

In other news, I've moved along with with my friend Tim and his girlfriend Rae to the west side, which is probably more convenient in the long run, but I'm feeling sad about leaving the Eagle Rock area. For one thing, Eagle Rock is maybe the most badass name for a neighborhood one could have. Also, I just kind of like it there.

So, while I'm working on the pilot script, Dispatches from Otherworld is on a hiatus. Once I get the first completed draft, I'll try to get back to updating that soon. (One of these days I've got to actually finish the damned novel, and hopefully get it shopped around a bit.)

Meanwhile, I'm listening to the Zelda 25th Anniversary CD that came with my copy of Skyward Sword. I love that there's a fully symphonic version of the Dark World theme from Link to the Past, even if it's a short part of the 25th anniversary medley (and there's a weird little piano frill that kind of undercuts the epicness of that theme.)

I've actually been contemplating getting a Wii U. I'm a die-hard Nintendo loyalist, and I figure I'll probably get it eventually (haven't been hearing a huge amount about the library, though, which is a little disconcerting.) But I've got to be there for the new Smash Bros. and the new Zelda. I've had every Nintendo system since SNES.

Ok, fine, a few details about the pilot: It is set on a space station after a really bad war, and one of the main characters is a Synthetic Human (don't call him a robot - that's racist.)

We finally got internet in the new apartment. It's glorious!