Trying Something New

I've been struggling lately for inspiration in my writing.  The ideas in my head don't seem to gel and though I'm still drawn to comics it doesn't seem a likely avenue for me at this point.  Thus, I've decided to return to the writing that has always been my favorite: prose.

My intention is to use this blog, interspersed with the other reviews and tidbits I put up here, to write the story I've been hankering to write for a long time now.  Sometimes it will be plot driven, action laden adventures!  Sometimes it will be a stream of consciousness as I try to work out the next part or arc.  I can't promise that it'll always make sense.  And I can't promise it'll always be good.  There will be times that I just end, in the middle of an event in the story...because I simply don't have the next part, and I might not even pick-up the next time from there, I may jump ahead.

This is the writing process.  Much like a movie it doesn't come together all in order, not always.

Anyway, the one thing I can promise is that what you'll experience, if you stick around for the ride, is my best effort and *hopefully* a good story.  Below is the high concept, though some of the moving parts are bound to change along the way:

Worlds in Space

Thomas Farkaïnd and Nicholas Velvet are two scientists contracted by the OEA (Outbound Earth Alliance) to survey and report on the viability of all the planets found in the Gamma Sector of space, 24 planets in all.  Expecting this to be a nominally dangerous expedition the OEA has decided to send scientists alone into the unknown rather than waste capital like Shock Troopers.  The mission is to record extensive data on weather and the condition of possible living areas of the planets as well as soil and foliage samples to determine whether any of the planets are suitable for colonization.  Also to be included in their report is any information on life forms encountered, though the OEA directive lists this as a secondary protocol due to their being a lack of evidence that any such creatures would ever be encountered.  The story begins with Thomas and Nicholas approaching Gamma Prime, the 4^th world of exploration.  Expecting this world to be the same desolate wasteland they had found with the previous three; the two men quickly find they are in for a surprise that may cost them their very lives.

More to come...