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I’ve created a monster. An awesome awesome monster.

It seems that the good people of Procrastination Productions got word of my work on the greatest literary masterpiece known to man – Uncle Fuzzies Bunny Cuddle Farm. and have already bought the option to film it.

_{*cough*millions*cough*}

Today they’ve released the first teaser poster -

They’ve also released a synopsis of the film. At first I was a little upset that they seemed to be giving away a lot of the story but it doesn’t really spoil too much of the surprises and there’s still plenty more to keep everyone watching.

Here it is –

In a post-apocalyptic future, a young sexy group of sexy survivors from the first wave of zombie attacks wash ashore on a remote tropical island. The group – A famous doctor, an amateur underwear model, a teenaged computer-whiz and a hip young television reporter – take refuge in an old abandoned fully furnished cottage.

Unbeknownst to the young sexy group, the remote tropical island is the home of a secret genetic research lab run by the infamous Dr Arnold Fuzzington. In an attempt to save humanity, the eccentric scientist has genetically recreated the recently extinct bunny as an alternate food source for the zombies… But before he can finish he needs some human guinea pigs for product testing…

To make matters worse for the sexy young survivors a bunch of the rabid ravenous rabbits, led by a super-smart cottontail, escape from their cages and begin hunting the group down, one by one, to satisfy their new genetically altered carnivorous cravings.

The sexy young group try to make their sexy getaway from the crazy mad scientist and the blood-thirsty bunnies by breaking out of the laboratory and heading into the islands massive jungle…

But what awaits them in the jungle is much more terrifying then they ever imagined.

Who will survive Uncle Fuzzies Bunny Cuddle Farm?

Phineas Black, Reginald P Winterbottom and Thadeus Dinsmore have all signed on to the film.

I’m especially excited about having someone like Reginald P Winterbottom starring in the movie. I think he’s perfect for the role of Mitchel Mitchelson, the wise Janitor who appears from nowhere to fill the group in on the history of the island and the doom that awaits them.

I must admit, I’m a little awestruck around him and can’t wait to start filming. ‘The Archer Affair’ is one of my all time favourites – “You want a puppy? You want a puppy? You can’t handle a puppy!”

Filming will begin shortly after the release/immediate success of the book in September 2012 and should be showing in your local cinema somewhere around 2013-2014 Christmas period.

I’ve created a monster. An awesome awesome monster. And now I have to write the bastard…

So… Let’s not talk about how bad I did on NaNoWriMo this year. Instead, let’s look off into the distance until the subject changes…

Look behind you!! It’s a distraction!!

…and that’s pretty much how my November went.

I didn’t start out well at all. I didn’t get any work done at all the first day, I think because I had a long shift at work that day and yadda yadda… didn’t feel like it after that. As it turned out that was my second last day at work, the last complete shift.

The whole month was a little like that. A repetitive cycle of declaring that I would get the work done, that I would be a powerhouse of creativity, typing each day until my fingers bled.

But that never lasted long. Something would distract me and I was back to avoiding the keyboard and the blank page.

And then I got lost, choosing a style and direction for the story to be heading in, and I couldn’t continue without revisiting the drawing board.

And that’s where the final third of my November went…

Pretending I was at the drawing board.

However, on the up side, I did have a brand new and super-fantastic idea for another novel.

And isn’t that what NaNoWriMo is really about?

It’s not? It’s about writing 50,000 words in a month?

Shit.

Once upon a time there was…

Finally, there’s a cat that describes the way I’ve been feeling lately.

I’ve actually written most of this blog entry thingo before but I lost it somehow. The draft didn’t save or some crap. I hate losing stuff like that, it’s a pain in the behind. But when it’s not that important you can just shrug and say frak it. I once lost quite a lot of stuff, some of it was recovered from a backup I didn’t even know I’d had but there was a tonne of stuff lost as well. Sucks don’t it.

It’s surprising to me that almost half the year has passed already and as the title there and the cat suggest, it hasn’t been all that productive kind of year so far. In fact I’d goes as far as to say it was a downright unproductive year. At least as far as creative pursuits go.

But all that is about to change.

Stop laughing.

Quit it!

I understand some scepticism but laughing like a jackal is just downright uncalled for.

Bitch.

The thing is I have at least three projects that I’m both excited about and want to see completed. Three. Exactly. So why can’t I get them passed drawing board stage? I don’t know. I think I keep forgetting the first rule of first drafts (or in one projects case third attempt at rewriting), which is to not worry about writing it perfectly. The polishing comes later.

That and lack of focus, but I’ve covered that before.

And I’m kinda getting tired of these blog entries talking about how I’m getting anything done.

So here it is – By the next entry, something will be done. At least one stage of one project will be completed.

So check back in about a year or two for the next entry.

Wink.

And by that I don’t mean I can’t concentrate, I mean where the hell are my glasses?

And also,

I just can’t seem to concentrate.

The year is almost half over already and I’ve gotten absolutely nowhere.

I know what the problem has been though. Those damned Evil Ninja Penguins. Those bastards have been hounding my day in and day out. I can’t get a lick of work done because of them. I sit down, all ready to work and boom an Evil Ninja Penguin shows up and hits me with his nun chucks. I manage to fight them off each time, but by the time I have I’ve lost my train of thought and am unable to work.

That and other distractions.

Truth be told, I have some ideas floating around in that big black void between my ears but I just haven’t been able to make myself sit down at the computer long enough to do anything but make a quick note about it. One of the reasons for this is I sit down at the computer and immediately check if she is online… he says hinting at an underlying story which we won’t get into right now…

unfortunately she is the only thing I’m able to focus on at the moment. Which is leaving me in a downer of a mood not conducive to my creative efforts.

I don’t necessarily believe blonde jokes… though I did giggle. But it makes a point about futility. I really think I should just try and forget about… she…. and try to get back to what is achievable… probably…

Writing that novel which future reviewers will call Pure Genius and Amazingly Brilliant.

A Masterpiece.

Not that I’m setting my goals too high or anything.

But it’s time to stop thinking about… unachievable goals… such as she.

Starting… NOW

Okay… now

Now

…

So, that’s the gist of my current dilemma… Too much procrastinating. Too much worrying about the wrong things. Too little sitting down at the computer to actually get work done…. And so on.

There are so many ideas, some absolutely brilliant and exciting ideas but I just haven’t been able to get it together.

I have two current works at the forefront of my mind. One, which I’m sure I’ve mentioned quite a bit in previous entries, my apocalypse. I attempted to complete it at last years NaNoWriMo, but as I reached the 25,000 word mark (Or there-abouts) I realised that it would be much better told in first person than in third omnipotent as I was doing. So I threw it aside to begin again… which I haven’t really done anything about yet.

The other story is a somewhat futuristic/alien world type story about a man whom everyone believes saved the universe and had since died. But he didn’t and he hasn’t. What a twist! At least that’s how it’s looking at the moment. I’m not exactly sure what will happen when I get into it. I really only have plans for the first few chapters thus far.

There are plenty of other ideas all muddled up in there. Some stuff I’ve abandoned for a time, others which are still processing. Some I’m just collecting ideas on. A world or two that have been created but are still looking for a story to tell.

Work work work work. So much time, so little to do. Wait, reverse that.

It’s feeling good to actually be thinking about the work again.

Anyway, I think that’s about it for now. There’s probably more but this was mostly just for ramble and blah-blah-blah’s. So, I’m going to go now. I have plotting to do and a little editing, some attempts at first sentences to get started on… and…

And this made me snigger -