Growing up during the birth of HIV/AIDs I think had a pretty strong impact on me, psychologically. In middle school, I asked my biology teacher if you could get AIDs from a mosquito bite. Because those suckers will come from 30 miles around just to suck my blood. She said it seems logical they would be able to transmit it. That's how little we knew. In high school, all the walls were plastered with "don't do drugs" and warnings about... Read More
We're all dealing with a pandemic. And the key is to stay safe and stay sane. And the first part is by far more important. What I mean is, people are going stir crazy. Kids can't do normal kid stuff like play spin the Lysol or photocopy their butts without extreme decontamination. So I'm personally much more forgiving about people trying to stay sane. If you need to blow an airhorn at 9 pm or dance nude in your front... Read More
I got to vote for 2019 Nebulas. One category everyone can probably vote on is movies. Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation Titles Avengers: Endgame, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Marvel Studios) Captain Marvel, Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Marvel Studios) Good Omens: “Hard Times”, Neil Gaiman (Amazon Studios/BBC Studios) The Mandalorian: “The Child”, Jon Favreau (Disney+) Russian Doll: “The Way Out”, Allison Silverman and Leslye Headland (Netflix) Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar”, Jeff Jensen... Read More
Hope everyone is staying safe. Kevin Clay has agreed to do the audiobook for Spell Talker. Already been in communication about details. I finally got my completed Hank model. I've started putting together my first real scene. What are they up to? https://hardluckhank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Teaser1.mp4 Read More
These are my top contenders to do the narration for Spell Talker. It's taken a lot of hours to get down to this selection, and I took the time to write the previous 20 or so who didn't make the cut. So far there have been over 170 submissions! I thought it might be fun for you to hear and comment. Or not. Tom Zingarelli [audio mp3="https://hardluckhank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Spell-Talker-Audition_Zingarelli.mp3"][/audio] Arthur Rowan [audio mp3="https://hardluckhank.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Arthur-Rowan-Spell-Talker.mp3"][/audio] Liam Owen (I cheated and gave Liam some background... Read More