Bonus
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The Use of Electronic Media
In this era of social media, it’s very easy to share one’s opinions. But we gave ourselves two lines of conduct to follow. Here are two quotes that perfectly encapsulate how we feel about this issue Brian K. Vuaghan, writer of the SAGA series and screenwriter for the TV series Lost , had this to say about Twitter, during an interview: “I think that writing is a thing I can only do when I have to do it and it’s going toward a piece of fiction. I don’t have it in me to write just for the hell of it” (“Interview: Brian K. Vaughan on SAGA, Lost, Twitter and more,” The Beat, March 14, 2012, comicsbeat.com). And Anthony Falcone stated a simple truth, but one that’s still worth quoting: “It’s always very easy to write about why you don’t like something. […] It is harder to talk about some of the things we like without sounding like mindless automaton fanboys” (Anthony Falcone, “Why I like Comic Books,” www.comicbookdaily.com, January 31, 2012).
We thought carefully about how we would use our Facebook page, in an effort to avoid cannibalizing the additional content we offer on our Website. We decided to clearly define the angle we would take on Facebook, limiting the topics we would be discussing there in order to avoid talking about a great many topics but in a very superficial way.
For these reasons, we are not using Twitter, which would require a too-high production rate for us. We want avoid creating poorly thought-out content.
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References in “A Routing Flignt”
In this story, we see two mechanical birds fly near Benson’s plane. This comes from an article we came across by accident, on just such an invention. We liked it and adapted it to our story.
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What You Didn’t Seen in “At Large”
Originally, Jason was going to kill Paul Thomas. We decided against it because we figured Jason’s character was already pretty clear to the readers. We didn’t need to add to the body count to make the point. And, by keeping John alive, we may make good use of him in a later story…
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Our Facebook Page
We’re happy to announce that we now have a Facebook page. This gives us another way to stay in touch with you. We’ll use the page to discuss more at length the issues involved in creating entertainment.
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Writing and Political Opinion (Part II)
Here are the words of a commentator on Frank Miller’s criticisms of the Occupy Movement: “I always separate the artist from the art; if I distanced myself from one of my heroes just because they said something I don’t agree with, I would barely have any heroes at all. It just bothers me to see Miller thumbing his nose rather abrasively at the Occupy Wall Street protesters instead of offering up any constructive criticism or intelligent insights” (“Frank Miller Rages Against The Occupy Wall Street Movement,” www.geeksofdoom.com, November 17, 2011).
We close this discussion with the view of James Ellroy, who says that Americans don’t give a rat’s ass about their writers’ political opinions (James Ellory, « Le temps des moutons », from Petite mécanique). This is an attitude we feel should be espoused by more people, regardless of nationality.
