Good day, fellow travelers, and welcome to the first posting of volume four of the Blog. It has been three years since I started this Blog and after all that time, I still have no idea what to do with it. Luckily, I have a potential solution to my problem. I've decided to write once a week for the next 52 weeks this year. Hopefully, by the last posting of the year, I will have made a decision about the Blog.
On the subject of what the Blog is about, that question is still unanswered. Over the last three years, the Blog has hosted some interesting entries. From the sorted tale of Conan's battle with NBC (which ended with something I predicted) to brainstorms about a possible television series version of the classic book of multiple personalities Sybil. We've also hosted the short-lived series "The Life of Oddley" The most direct explanation for why these posting kicks are short-lived is boredom.
Quite simply, I bore somewhat easily. I must force myself to continue down the path I start on. Unfortunately, the lack of interest in the Blog from other people have given me no reason to continue posting beyond a few weeks. An attempt to create interest through promotion outside the Blog didn't work. I may go back to such a promotion for the current set-up. I should state that over the next 52 weeks, the content of this Blog will look like it was written by good ol' Sybil Dorsett herself.
From works of fiction to bits of news to pieces of least interesting trivia, the next 52 weeks show promise. For those of you who need to know when to expect my dispatches, each of the 52 postings this year will posted on Saturdays at 5:15 pm. I choose that time and day because one of my favorite television programmes is Doctor Who and for much of its history, that was the time you had to tune in to see the adventures of the Doctor and his companions. I know that those last couple of sentences were totally the work of a nerd but that's what I am.
The internet is mainly used and controlled by nerds. Nerds are responsible for much of what you see and hear on the internet. Sometimes, the non-nerds will succeed in putting something online that creates worldwide attention and fame. However, most stuff posted online make no dent in people's lives, besides the bit of trivia that gets repeated to a few friends before said fact escapes the mind. I know some of the things I'll say here will be of that nature. I accept it and I will make sure that the facts get an airing of a few days longer than the average fact.
Let me start this week's posting material with a note about my current attempt at a book. Life in Hyperion has been a work in progress for the last four years. In an earlier posting, I showed you some of the earliest work featuring characters in the book. Those beginnings, of characters living out a nerd's science fiction fantasies, are fun to look back at once in a while. Two of those characters, Cy Scott, then going by the last name Jones, and Conrad Harris, are also the lead characters in this book. Alas, the story eventually moved away from science fiction. Why?
Well, as I'd like to say, it all changed when Cy got a mother. You see, in those early days, Cy Jones was much a character with what I called, more or less, mysterious qualities. Cy would have skills but you would have no idea where they came from, or where Cy came from. I wrote one complete story with Cy the way he was. However, as I started on the second story, my mind had a storm. To this day, I don't remember the thought process behind it. All I remember is this: what if Debralee Scott were Cy's mother? Such a silly question, but what came from it was nothing but silly.
As I began the second story with Cy and Conrad, I put in the notion of Cy's new mother. Of course, such a fact was placed as one of Cy's mysterious qualities. It was hinted through the opening pages of the story. I remember a story scene where, after their boss has fired them for low ratings on their radio show, a job they still hold in my book, Cy took his mother's picture from the wall of said boss' office. It would seem that I was setting up that Debralee had worked at the radio station. I knew little about the life of Debralee Scott and that was the first hint that I needed to do research.
Of course, Cy's last name was something that needed to be explained. That was another mysterious quality Cy had. In a later scene of the second story, Cy, who had discovered a parallel universe, accessed by a swimming pool he owned (just weird, eh?), decided to run away to the other universe, feeling useless in ours. To tell his friends, he left a letter before leaving. In that letter, he revealed his full name: Cyrus Scott Jones. As I said earlier, I bore easy. So, my writing of the second story soon ended. However, Cy had now gained a mother, whose very existence would change things forever.
I think it's time for this posting to come to an end. I feel that I have occupied enough of your time and now wish to wrap things up. I will promise you that next week, I will continue my tale of the journey of how Cy and Conrad went from nerd's dream to sitcom life. That's how I describe the book now, as sitcoms were the inspiration for the current mold of the book. In conclusion, the next 52 weeks promise to have a lot to say. Already, this posting has gone a different path than what I started with. In closing, just sit back and let me tell you things, some you know and some you need to know.
Join me, won't you?
Yours truly, John Maxwell
Well, as I'd like to say, it all changed when Cy got a mother. You see, in those early days, Cy Jones was much a character with what I called, more or less, mysterious qualities. Cy would have skills but you would have no idea where they came from, or where Cy came from. I wrote one complete story with Cy the way he was. However, as I started on the second story, my mind had a storm. To this day, I don't remember the thought process behind it. All I remember is this: what if Debralee Scott were Cy's mother? Such a silly question, but what came from it was nothing but silly.
As I began the second story with Cy and Conrad, I put in the notion of Cy's new mother. Of course, such a fact was placed as one of Cy's mysterious qualities. It was hinted through the opening pages of the story. I remember a story scene where, after their boss has fired them for low ratings on their radio show, a job they still hold in my book, Cy took his mother's picture from the wall of said boss' office. It would seem that I was setting up that Debralee had worked at the radio station. I knew little about the life of Debralee Scott and that was the first hint that I needed to do research.
Of course, Cy's last name was something that needed to be explained. That was another mysterious quality Cy had. In a later scene of the second story, Cy, who had discovered a parallel universe, accessed by a swimming pool he owned (just weird, eh?), decided to run away to the other universe, feeling useless in ours. To tell his friends, he left a letter before leaving. In that letter, he revealed his full name: Cyrus Scott Jones. As I said earlier, I bore easy. So, my writing of the second story soon ended. However, Cy had now gained a mother, whose very existence would change things forever.
I think it's time for this posting to come to an end. I feel that I have occupied enough of your time and now wish to wrap things up. I will promise you that next week, I will continue my tale of the journey of how Cy and Conrad went from nerd's dream to sitcom life. That's how I describe the book now, as sitcoms were the inspiration for the current mold of the book. In conclusion, the next 52 weeks promise to have a lot to say. Already, this posting has gone a different path than what I started with. In closing, just sit back and let me tell you things, some you know and some you need to know.
Join me, won't you?
Yours truly, John Maxwell
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