tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890442.post8248278032026428483..comments2024-03-27T20:16:29.479-04:00Comments on Zombie Bites: Featured Creature: The Rathbone Assignment: Part III, Derrick Comes Home Campbell3555http://www.blogger.com/profile/07585422484294468381noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890442.post-43481529089004166552014-10-19T10:24:51.606-04:002014-10-19T10:24:51.606-04:00This is the second year in a row that my creative ...This is the second year in a row that my creative juices have taken a nose dive in the late spring. I still do stuff, but it is twice as hard to create. :-/<br /><br />Thanks on the Part II accolades. :-) and...maybe it was a trap. :-o<br /><br />Human in the Monster - There was a bit of Derrick in there, he was still coming home after all. :-) I have to admit I wasn't intentionally pursuing that theme overall but it was part of the idea behind the transformation that Derrick had gone through. However, now I may explore the human in the monster (and vice versa) more in the future. Thanks. :-)<br /><br />No worries on indelicate - No offense at all! That was all mock drama on my end. Okay. Here's the funny bit - I JUST NOW got clear and transparent and puny. Okay...I'm officially thick. LMAO! Wow. I can't see the forest for all these friggin trees! Definitely too close to my work. Oi!<br /><br />Thanks again, and more writing soon! :-)Campbell3555https://www.blogger.com/profile/07585422484294468381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890442.post-27109670520614461842014-10-19T01:33:22.670-04:002014-10-19T01:33:22.670-04:00I definitely agree on Erica. There's no way t...I definitely agree on Erica. There's no way the suspense could've been built so effectively without her.<br /><br />Man, oh man do I hear you about summer time. Anymore, I just take a ding-dang sabbatical once the heat hits.<br /><br />I'm obviously no writer but I couldn't tell your batteries were getting low. I thought Part II turned out very well. I was right there with Erica in the house as she secured everything, following Mark's instructions. I was even starting to get paranoid for Erica, wondering if the instructions she was following were actually a trap of some kind.<br /><br />Forgot to mention another bit of fist pounding on Derrick-thing's part. Really enjoyed the one sentence when Erica heard Derrick-thing moan and break the bathroom mirror, implying there was still enough of a remnant left of Derrick to get upset at his appearance reflected in the bathroom mirror. I'm a big fan of (and always on the lookout for) the little bit of human left in the monster :><br /><br />I apologize if I seemed a bit indelicate with my remark about the Part III blurb :-/ To me, her future becoming clear as her body became transparent seemed planned from the start, hence the puny bastard retort. I guess I've been out of my artwork long enough to forget how easily you can miss things about your own artwork when you're too close to it. I know this wasn't a huge offense but I hope there's no hard feelings.<br /><br />Thanks again for the story, always a pleasure :)Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765694914848450608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890442.post-10931282072803159202014-10-18T09:56:36.220-04:002014-10-18T09:56:36.220-04:00Ah, Young Love! :-D
Like most of my grand ideas,...Ah, Young Love! :-D<br /><br />Like most of my grand ideas, it started out simple enough and quickly ballooned into a "thing". LOL I drew the final piece of Derrick at the door first. I thought I could write something quick to get to that image, but the Erica quickly became paramount to the story's emotional punch.<br /><br />I had a hard time finishing this story. I was running out of writing juice. Apparently, I can't write during the summer time. Too much sunlight I guess. :-/ Once the light started changing this month it all came back but I couldn't squeeze out a word this summer. :-(<br /><br />I had just come off of <a href="http://zombiebites.blogspot.com/2014/01/featured-creature-reunion-at-merrimon.html" rel="nofollow">Reunion</a> also, so my writing batteries were super low. This story also inspired me to change my writing process so that I map the landscape more before I'm knee deep in it. <a href="http://zombiebites.blogspot.com/2014/05/featured-creature-rathbone-assignment_22.html" rel="nofollow">Part II</a> was very challenging to write in that respect. Also there was a ton of dialogue in that part.<br /><br />Thanks on the door pounding. :-) I do find that personally unsettling. Especially when you don't know exactly who / what is doing the pounding. :-O<br /><br />I had to work my butt off for that description! LOL With the <a href="http://zombiebites.blogspot.com/p/writing_987.html" rel="nofollow">Writing</a> blurbs, I try to entice without giving the story away. That one in particular was VERY difficult to balance out.<br /><br />Thanks for your insight and your good humors Sir! :-)Campbell3555https://www.blogger.com/profile/07585422484294468381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10890442.post-7223126564131663892014-10-18T07:10:51.601-04:002014-10-18T07:10:51.601-04:00Yay! Now Erica and Derrick will be together forev...Yay! Now Erica and Derrick will be together forever, glowing and invincible! I love a happy ending : )<br /><br />Seriously though, this was fun. Sorta like an extended <a href="http://zombiebites.blogspot.com/search/label/Featured%20Creature" rel="nofollow">Featured Creature</a>. Really enjoyed the build up of tension. Something so primal and universal about forceful pounding on a door.<br /><br />Also, liked your description of Part III on your <a href="http://zombiebites.blogspot.com/p/writing_987.html" rel="nofollow">Writing page</a>, you puny bastard : )Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00765694914848450608noreply@blogger.com