Ok, so it's been a pretty long time since my last blog... so I thought I'd hit you guys up and let you know whats going on!
Moved to a new place with my awesome fiancee! and this apartment is even more awesome in the fact that to get in the place is pretty secure, and we're on the second floor... so when that zombie apocalypse does happen, we're safe :)
I've started a new band, which at the moment our working name is "Bacdorsin", but any suggestions, just hit me up on facebook! So, expect regular updates once we get recording/gigging etc.
And the other project I have started (again) is writing.
So, I started writing a zombie story about 4 years ago when I was working in a shitty job where I stood behind a till all day only to greet about 2 customers in 9 hours, so obviously this helped while away the hours.
Unfortunately, I still haven't returned to this book because I haven't got a freakin' clue as to where to take it from where it's upto!
So on the basis of this, I have started thinking about some new ideas.
I have promised people zombie stories, westerns, zombie westerns, and a kids book, but I've started writing a book that is going to be called "Clean World".
Clean World is the story of our planet, turned into shit by the government due to human experiments, weather experiments, natural disasters etc etc. and as a result, there are a group of mutated beings who want to eventually dominate the globe and there are us. Humans.
Not all the mutants are bad, some have even integrated into human society after years of rebuilding the world.
I know what you're thinking "so its X-Men yeah?". Well, not really.
Some mutants will be of human appearance with abilities to help humans (x-ray vision, healing powers etc.) and others will just be mutated, gelatinous messes with rubber teeth and windmills for hands.
Ok, I admit I may not have thought that far ahead yet, but I also don't want to give too much away, but as a teaser.. here is the first few paragraphs of the story.
Saint Francesco. August, 2245. After the major government fuck up known as the Clean World Project, the world as we know it has changed forever.
Every season became Summer, then they all became Winter. Now, there is some stability. Natural disasters hit the Earth one too many times. Daily earthquakes, tsunami’s, and the usual countries sending in troops to claim land that is not their own.
150 years of experimentation on climate control, creating the perfect body, the perfect race, the perfect soldier, the perfect weapon, the perfect can of beer, the perfect sirloin steak and moving the moon away from the orbit of the Earth just to “see its affects on the planet” destroyed most of what we had.
Eighty years of rebuilding the planet, re-colonising and integrating society back to how it should be and we are left with what the government call “The Perfect World”.
Far from the ideals the propaganda had promised us, our wonders of the world are mere ruins. The Golden Gateway To Hell, once a piece of architecture that people travelled far and wide to see. Now just a rusted bridge, only navigable by the light of day by the most daring of people. The only thing that separates us from the Malarkians. The evil Malarkians that is.
The only saving grace is the patrols at our end of the bridge. Manned twenty four hours a day by government officials and the most bad ass soldiers you can find.
Armed with the most advanced weaponry, they have the powers to vaporise any Malarkian who doesn’t produce citizenship ID for our city of Saint Francesco.
I hope you enjoyed that small installment and I'll keep you all updated when some new stuff gets written and about upcoming projects I have in mind!
Any constructive criticism (please tell me its shit if you think it is, don't just say its good for the sake of it... I can take it) then please let me know.
Thanks for reading and expect more soooooon.... x
