On Writing an Essay

Man I have to tell you, I have been struggling for twenty-one days now since the New Year with trying to write an essay. Why, you ask? Look, so, I like reading books like the Philosophy and  Pop Culture books you know, on like philosophy and Doctor Who, or Sherlock Holmes, Supernatural, all of that. Of course all of that type of writing is essentially essay type writing, and man, I really enjoy that writing, so of course I want to try and write like that.
For a week or so at first I struggled with just coming up with a subject to write about. At first I liked one and then I changed it to another. Then of course I started another idea and went all in practically, writing a title page and an introductory paragraph and even a thesis sentence. Then that all went to shit.
How do they do it, you know? The great essayists of our time. Granted they've been all studying it for forever now and writing in such a style for a long time and stuff but I figure any type of writer should be able to get into that style. I love, love, love the fact that Neil Garman, one of my favorite writers, constantly writes essay which are fascinating and structured interestingly. Even my other favorite author, Christopher Moore wrote an essay I found on the love of vampires in fiction, he may have written others too but that's the one I came across, and it was fantastic.
All in all, I'm going to keep trying.

The Works

So for those of you who are familiar with my blog, you will notice I've changed a few things here and added some things as well. I changed the layout and the design as well as the name of my blog as well, to 'The Works'. So as to be more clear as I don't actually have a production company called Fool or anything like that. It just sounds simple and more streamlined to me and plus it goes more with my URL as well.
I've added some pages and changed some around as well. Check them out in your leisure, I will be adding things to them as regularly as possible. Thank you for your patience. I hope to have some cool stuff to share soon.
Some of the new things are the Book Excerpts page which will feature the first chapter of every novel I write as well as the first short story or poem in any anthology I create. Also the Works page which will consist of pictures of all of my books that are available for purchase. I changed from having multiple galleries to just one so as to make everything more manageable as I do multiple different medias and no longer see any need to separate them. I'll post as much new stuff as I can. There is also the video portion of my blog where I post my professional work as well as my own comedy sketches that has been updated. In any case, check it all out. Leave some love and let me know what you think.

Finding the time

Lately I've been finding a better way to use my time wisely. Since my mind is always so concentrated on so many different projects at a time it helps me now that I carry around this little grey notebook. I've been able to draw, write and read more efficiently. It's like finally my brain always has a place to put the ideas that flee across it in the passing hours. Because usually my mind is bouncing so much between all the thinks I want to do I often lose track of what it was I was thinking at from one moment to the next. 

I've been able to write down the scenes I'm thinking about for my novel every time I think of them. In able to sketch out quick ideas for my comic or for my random illustrations. It's great! Try it out. 

Getting to work

Getting more work done on my novel. Hoping to complete it this year and to actually start doing the hard part of finding publication. 

New essays on masculinity and other topics coming soon!

New shizz going down folks...

Yeah so been busy laugh out loud; in all seriousness not that busy I guess. Pretty much looking for work to do around the lovely towns of Utica and New Hartford with no luck haha but who cares right? Work will come, I will make good money and I will get shizz done!! Beotchessss!!!

Feeling a little crazy today (I had two Arbys beef sandwiches) so excuse me hyperactive writing and general spazzing of the keyboard ya heard?! Been working mad crazy on my graphic novel, making all the pages shine and sparkle and slap in the face amazing because tommorow we are heading to Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con!! Woot! There are about four small companies there as to which I will be having take a gander at my portfolio-ness and hopefull will like what they see a little bit; I'm hoping that one of them offers me some kind of gig, I don't care what it is really!! Anything will do, even if they don't pay me yet....anything's a step in the door!! So yeah that's been going on.

Wedding stuff pretty much done and what not, tuxes and dresses were the last puzzles to the pieces so everything's all good. Super pumped up about that!!!

Also been doing some random art stuff on my computer with PSCS3 which is a blast I must say,random wallpapers, book covers, head shots and stuff always a blast!! Looking forward to doing more stuff like that as well soon. So yeah, wish me luck tommorow, I made copies and staples them together with my business card as well so hopefully they ask for a copy because that means they are at least interested in me. Plus I mean it's NYC right?! Going with the fiancee and some buddies who are just as pumped as we are for this trip!! Until somehting new happens or I decide to write something more once again, this is the end of this post ahahah!!

NEW BOOK!!!! finally......

Hey long time no write!! sorry about that, I been busy! Check it out, I wrote a new book:



More about stuff to come I promise!!