Posts Tagged ‘jeffrey hite’

Apr

Caught in the Crossfire (HELP!)

Posted by: Michell in Irreverent Muse, Promos, Promoting Your Book

As many of you witnessed a few days ago, the young superhero, Mik Murdoch (whose adventures are documented in Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero) posted an opinion piece on this website decrying the ‘bully’ tactics of certain villains. He had heard through trusted sources that the super-villains of the world (many of whom have written articles for A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil) were out to get him.

I saw no harm is allowing Mr. Murdoch to post his thoughts on this website. After all, he has allowed me to document his adventures thus far. What could be the worst that could happen?

That is a question I probably should have explored in greater detail. You see, I was chosen/coerced/press-ganged/drafted by the aforementioned villains to act as an editor for their how-to book (in case you missed it the first time, it is titled: A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil and is available for pre-order until June 30th (don’t hate me, I was promised mercy if I pimped the book in this post)). Myself and Jeffrey Hite were to gather the articles and assemble them into a pleasing book that is to be made available to all wannabe villains.

You might see where my roles as editor for villains and documenter of deeds for Mik Murdoch might be slightly at odds with each other.

Apparently, some of the contributors to the Guide took exception to Mr. Murdoch’s comments and to me allowing him to post them on my website. Late last night, my family and I were relocated to the secret undersea volcano lair of the self-styled Lord Aquarius, Master of Oceans. Lord Aquarius has made it very clear to me that in order for my family to continue breathing air (not water or liquid-hot magma), I must cooperate fully with the wishes of the super-villain community.

As such, I feel compelled to state, that while Mik Murdoch, Boy Superhero is the kind of person I always hoped to become, and that his adventures are awesome, I must label him as the worst kind of goodie-two-shoes, interferer there is. Mr. Murdoch must, in the opinion of my self-preserving self, retire from the superhero game effective immediately. To do otherwise will result in the pain and suffering of innocents everywhere (me, for example).

Give it up, Mik! I’m begging you!

Tags: 5 rivers publishing, a method to the madness: a guide to the super evil, boy superhero, Five Publishing Publishing, jeffrey hite, Lord Aquarius, Master of Oceans, mik murdoch, super villain

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Feb

Diving Back into the Pool

Posted by: Michell in About Writing, Irreverent Muse

I’ve spent the past few months working on editing A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evil. When I first considered putting an anthology out, I thought it would be an easy way to get another book out with my name on the cover. After all, I would only be writing one of the many stories for the anthology. How hard would it be?

Yeah, every time I say something like that, I come to regret mouthing the words. Editing is not my natural state and it was a LOT of work. Just ask my co-editor, Jeffrey Hite. He will tell you.

What ended up happening is, I spent lots of time editing and very little time writing. I lost my writing rhythm.

That really frustrated my muse, especially when I am DYING to get the next Mik Murdoch written.

So, when we wrapped up the editing of the anthology, I started writing again. It feels great!

So, I am now back to writing daily. I am averaging over 1,000 words per day for the past week. Mik Murdoch, which has been sitting at 20% complete (first draft) is now over 27% complete and growing. I am on track to finishing it in March. Good times are being had again on the writing front.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved doing the anthology. In fact, with some of the promotional pieces we are setting up, there is still a lot of fun to be had. I’m looking forward to promotion more than ever before.

But it isn’t writing.

Now I am churning out new material and the sun seems to be shining just a little bit brighter.

Tags: a method to the madness: a guide to the super evil, boy superhero, editing, jeffrey hite, Michell Plested, mik murdoch, promotion, writing

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Jan

Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious

Posted by: Michell in Irreverent Muse

What do you say when you have nothing to say at all? Supercalifragilisticexpealidocious, of course! (for those of you unfamiliar with Mary Poppins, the Disney Classic, that is where the reference comes from).

Honestly, with everything that has been going on lately, I’m having difficulty focusing on one thing long enough to get anything done. I’m sure you have all been through similar times in your life.

So, let me just give you an update on what I’ve been up to on the writing and podcasting front, instead.

The BIG news is, my co-editor Jeff Hite and I have put our anthology,A Method to the Madness: A Guide to the Super Evilto bed. We are expecting layout to be complete by the end of March. That is a huge weight off both of shoulders. We wanted to deliver something spectacular to our Publisher. I hope we have accomplished that.

Get Published continues with episode 102 coming out soon. Action Pack Podcast will resume in February (sorry, we had to take January off) with episode 10. That means I’m still writing Boyscouts of the Apocalypse. That is going slower than I would like simply because I am being pulled in a number of directions. Ah well.

My co-contributor and I have started to submit Jack Kane and the Statue of Liberty to publishers for consideration. In case you are wondering, Jack Kane is a YA Steampunk Superhero mashup that JR Murdock and I wrote together. It’s a really fun story that I hope will be picked up for publication soon.

I am also FINALLY getting back to writing the next Mik Murdoch book, tentatively titled: Mik Murdoch and the Power Within. I actually really love this title because it plays on several levels within the story I’m writing. Sorry, but you will just have to wait like everyone else to see the finished product.