1/ I've identified one of the reasons I earn a low hourly rate for writing. Conventional approach to writing zombie story: - write zombie story
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4/ I'm aiming at a kind of Aubrey–Maturin ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey%E2%80%93Maturin_series … ) thing, except with a blue collar maintenance guy and a white collar coder geek. The "secret thesis" buried beneath the zombie action is "both spheres are important". Also >>>
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5/ I want to embed some white collar and some blue collar knowledge in each story. You should come away from episode 1 knowing about web scrapers, diesel engines, and improvised welding rods. Episode 2 touches on GPS and bulldozer track adjustment.
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@BostonDelendEst is already in something else I've written. https://twitter.com/downflood/status/1212427601802932224 …This Tweet is unavailable.Show this thread -
7/ wife and I talk about writing me: OMG, in the second episode of the zombie story - you know it's set in Arlington MA, right? - I just had the SPICIEST POSSIBLE IDEA. There are these cops - wife, panicking: PLEASE tell me that you're not going to use the names of real cops
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11/ me: ...what makes you think I was going to do that ? wife: ... me: ...
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12/ wife: PROMISE me you won't do that! me: I ... <cough> ... umm ... I ... I think I probably won't ?
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