My last LewRockwell.com article, "Welcome to the Neighborhood," was picked up and reprinted by Bob Livingston's Personal Liberty Digest.
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Check them out...let me know what you think.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Voice Work
I've been reading stories to my kids for, oh. at least ten years now. We started with Dr. Seuss, proceeded to Hardy Boys and Magic Treehouse, and very quickly graduated to young adult. We've read Artemis Fowl, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and the Hobbit/Lord of the Rings series, back to back to back to back.
My kids like when I read to them. I try to spice things up, add some energy to it, apply voices--when I can get away with it, anyway. ("Daddy, why does Dumbledore sound SO much like Gandalf...?").
Sometimes I overdid it just a bit...like when the six year old ran and hid when the Balrog stepped out of the shadows...*sigh*
But, anyway, I've been told by more than one person (and by more than one person, I also mean more than one person not actually related to me or married to me) who seem to think I know how to read out loud and tell a decent story. I did high school drama; I worked as a radio DJ for a year or two. I understand how people don't want to listen to a steady dull boring monotone when someone is reading to them or telling a story.
The new job has a bit of a perk...there's a recording studio onsite. So, I asked if there was any chance I could, maybe, someday, come in on weekends, and read my own stories, so I could set them up as audio books some time...
...not only did they say yes, they asked if I would be willing to record some things for them, too. Officially, no less. "Voiceover work" has been added to my job duties; I get to hide in the recording studio once or twice a week and record essays written for the Mises Institute.
For all of the latest recordings, drop by the Recent Uploads section of the site. For some of my own most recent work, check out "Even the Feds Admit Minimum Wages Cause Unemployment" and "You Didn't Consent To Be The State's Victim."
Comments, critiques, analysis, suggestions, all welcome...and, of course, should you *need* someone to record your story...*wink*
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My kids like when I read to them. I try to spice things up, add some energy to it, apply voices--when I can get away with it, anyway. ("Daddy, why does Dumbledore sound SO much like Gandalf...?").
Sometimes I overdid it just a bit...like when the six year old ran and hid when the Balrog stepped out of the shadows...*sigh*
But, anyway, I've been told by more than one person (and by more than one person, I also mean more than one person not actually related to me or married to me) who seem to think I know how to read out loud and tell a decent story. I did high school drama; I worked as a radio DJ for a year or two. I understand how people don't want to listen to a steady dull boring monotone when someone is reading to them or telling a story.
The new job has a bit of a perk...there's a recording studio onsite. So, I asked if there was any chance I could, maybe, someday, come in on weekends, and read my own stories, so I could set them up as audio books some time...
...not only did they say yes, they asked if I would be willing to record some things for them, too. Officially, no less. "Voiceover work" has been added to my job duties; I get to hide in the recording studio once or twice a week and record essays written for the Mises Institute.
For all of the latest recordings, drop by the Recent Uploads section of the site. For some of my own most recent work, check out "Even the Feds Admit Minimum Wages Cause Unemployment" and "You Didn't Consent To Be The State's Victim."
Comments, critiques, analysis, suggestions, all welcome...and, of course, should you *need* someone to record your story...*wink*
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Friday, May 30, 2014
Welcome to the Neighborhood
I have an article accepted and published at LewRockwell.com today, "Welcome to the Neighborhood."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/allan-davis/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/allan-davis/welcome-to-the-neighborhood/
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
Fanfiction: The Geek Trifecta
Sherman, set the Wayback Machine to, oh, early 2008, give or take a couple of months.
I stumbled upon an online writer’s group, with a weekly challenge--the Friday Challenge (although, back then, the website was The Ranting Room). The premise was simple; every Friday, a new challenge would be posted, while the entries in the previous contest would be discussed, debated, and judged through the weekend.
I lurked for weeks...maybe even months...before I decided this was a contest I wanted to enter. And finally, I decided that I would definitely write for the next Challenge, no matter what the subject, no matter how many other things conspired to keep me from writing...Friday Challenge or Bust.
That was when Bruce posted the first part of The Geek Trifecta (that would be Star Trek, Star Wars, and The Lord of the Rings), with his challenge to “write the Hollywood treatment for a sequel to The Lord of the Rings.”
Here is how he phrased it:
Yes, the first Friday Challenge I ever declare that I would most definitely enter, and it’s...well...huge. I mean, a freaking SEQUEL to Lord of the Rings? Really? For that, you would need...let’s see...reincarnated characters, repeated themes, general quest plotline...hmm…
I started brainstorming, scribbling out notes...three or four pages of ideas...and then started writing it. And amazingly enough, it was fun.
Oh, it’s an awful story, as such things go. Instead of plain old orcs, the villain has cybernetically-enhanced laser-wielding Neo-Orc Borg. The reincarnated Fellowship sneaks into Island Mount Doom by hacking the security system with a wifi-enabled laptop. And I just couldn’t resist throwing in snarky comments every few sentences.
It’s meant to be awful. It’s meant to poke fun at how awful a Hollywood sequel to Lord of the Rings would really be.
It was also the start of a theme in the Friday Challenge--fanfiction in the Geek Trifecta. And it left me with a small collection of unpublishable stories. Well...almost unpublishable, anyway. There’s really only one place on the ‘net to share fanfiction.
So, I would like to invite everyone to drop by Fanfiction.net, and check out the three Geek Trifecta stories that are currently online there: Arfour’s Complaint (Star Wars), The Naked Never (Star Trek), and Lord of the Rings 2.
There’s a fourth story posted there, also; quite possibly one of my top three favorite Friday Challenge entries. All of the Friday Challenge regulars agreed, if I remember correctly, that the remake of “The Day The Earth Stood Still” was awful--even more awful than any imaginary Lord of the Rings sequel could possibly be.
So, of course, Bruce turned it into a Challenge.
Imagine the humans at the end of the movie. They’ve been attacked by aliens. They’ve had their technology base completely destroyed, and they’re going to have to claw their way back up to civilization again. Once they get there, what will they do?
Emissary takes place thirty years later, as the humans make second contact with the aliens that sent Keanu Reeves to Earth in the movie. It also won that week’s Friday Challenge; Bruce described it as “a great, kick-ass hard SF story.”
So...thank you for perusing my meager collection of fanfiction; I hope you enjoy my take on the Geek Trifecta, so far at least.
Until “The Naked Never 2: Q To The Rescue…”
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I stumbled upon an online writer’s group, with a weekly challenge--the Friday Challenge (although, back then, the website was The Ranting Room). The premise was simple; every Friday, a new challenge would be posted, while the entries in the previous contest would be discussed, debated, and judged through the weekend.
I lurked for weeks...maybe even months...before I decided this was a contest I wanted to enter. And finally, I decided that I would definitely write for the next Challenge, no matter what the subject, no matter how many other things conspired to keep me from writing...Friday Challenge or Bust.
That was when Bruce posted the first part of The Geek Trifecta (that would be Star Trek, Star Wars, and The Lord of the Rings), with his challenge to “write the Hollywood treatment for a sequel to The Lord of the Rings.”
Here is how he phrased it:
In one of those horrible, hideous, tragic twists of fate that can only happen when a gigantic multinational media conglomerate gets its grubby mitts on a well-loved literary property, The Lord of The Rings II has just been given the greenlight. Tolkien's ending was too darn final to be overcome — but wait, here's a new idea! How about if the One Ring was not destroyed, but merely encased in lava for a few millennia, while the seas rose, and the land fell, and the slopes of Mount Doom became a peaceful tropical island known for its papayas and black-sand beaches. And there, at the edge of the sea, the One Ring waits…
That's this week's challenge. Three sections: beginning, middle, and end; I want you to sketch out a rough outline for the screenplay of The Lord of The Rings II: The Return of The One Ring.
Yes, the first Friday Challenge I ever declare that I would most definitely enter, and it’s...well...huge. I mean, a freaking SEQUEL to Lord of the Rings? Really? For that, you would need...let’s see...reincarnated characters, repeated themes, general quest plotline...hmm…
I started brainstorming, scribbling out notes...three or four pages of ideas...and then started writing it. And amazingly enough, it was fun.
Oh, it’s an awful story, as such things go. Instead of plain old orcs, the villain has cybernetically-enhanced laser-wielding Neo-Orc Borg. The reincarnated Fellowship sneaks into Island Mount Doom by hacking the security system with a wifi-enabled laptop. And I just couldn’t resist throwing in snarky comments every few sentences.
It’s meant to be awful. It’s meant to poke fun at how awful a Hollywood sequel to Lord of the Rings would really be.
It was also the start of a theme in the Friday Challenge--fanfiction in the Geek Trifecta. And it left me with a small collection of unpublishable stories. Well...almost unpublishable, anyway. There’s really only one place on the ‘net to share fanfiction.
So, I would like to invite everyone to drop by Fanfiction.net, and check out the three Geek Trifecta stories that are currently online there: Arfour’s Complaint (Star Wars), The Naked Never (Star Trek), and Lord of the Rings 2.
There’s a fourth story posted there, also; quite possibly one of my top three favorite Friday Challenge entries. All of the Friday Challenge regulars agreed, if I remember correctly, that the remake of “The Day The Earth Stood Still” was awful--even more awful than any imaginary Lord of the Rings sequel could possibly be.
So, of course, Bruce turned it into a Challenge.
Imagine the humans at the end of the movie. They’ve been attacked by aliens. They’ve had their technology base completely destroyed, and they’re going to have to claw their way back up to civilization again. Once they get there, what will they do?
Emissary takes place thirty years later, as the humans make second contact with the aliens that sent Keanu Reeves to Earth in the movie. It also won that week’s Friday Challenge; Bruce described it as “a great, kick-ass hard SF story.”
So...thank you for perusing my meager collection of fanfiction; I hope you enjoy my take on the Geek Trifecta, so far at least.
Until “The Naked Never 2: Q To The Rescue…”
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Arfour's Complaint
Arfour's Complaint, a Star Wars fanfic story originally written for the Friday Challenge, is now up and available on Fanfiction:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9902117/1/Arfour-s-Complaint
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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9902117/1/Arfour-s-Complaint
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Star Trek: The Naked Never
My Star Trek: The Next Generation parody, "The Naked Never," is up for review at Fanfiction.net. Please feel free to swing by and check it out:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9899301/1/The-Naked-Never
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https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9899301/1/The-Naked-Never
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Red October...Fade to Black
The Hunt for Red October...Red Storm Rising...Clear and Present Danger...Patriot Games...and more.
RIP Tom Clancy. You will be missed.
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RIP Tom Clancy. You will be missed.
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