John-J Anderson

I am pressed for time today as I planned on getting the second draft of my latest short story finished up, so let me dive straight into the thick slimy broth of my goings on. The Shining is playing in the background as I write this, Jack has just strolled into the hotel for the first time and I felt that ominous familiar feeling all over again. I love the silent moutning fear in this film, I loved the coldness of the book, anyway I have distracted myself already. Lets get into it. You might have noticed a sudden change in the website, this was intentional unlike the last time when I got far too cocky with the code and broke everything. After some deep introspection over a few days in which I recorded my ideas onto my phone, played them back to myself and argued with each point, I have decided to alter the way in which the site is structured. Before the most recent changes, the site hosted all the chapters of my books, after the changes (currently) the site will hold only the first chap...

  Familiar Smile   Familiar songs played out. I can hear them through the walls and weak windows. Her perfume is chasing me through the vents. Laughter and glasses clinking echo and fade in the spring air. I fixate on the vowels that I long ago memorised. She deserves the best today, and I plan to give her my soul exposed. - “We are ready to go” the wedding curator says. The suit feels tighter around my chest. Walking down the aisle and nodding at my family with sincere joy. I wanted enter sandman for my walk, but she chose a classic instead. I don’t mind; I can barely make out the chords through my heartbeat at my ear. Then that scream broke the veil of warm loving mumbles. - Chaos and confusion as the scream gets closer. Someone has been killed; the room falls into panic. Loved ones check for their immediate and fathers look for daughters. Frozen in place in confusion, the world seems to tilt. There she is at the end of the aisle, my wif...

Good afternoon, you little toxic critters.  I am popping in to give some updates and some general ramblings, unlike all the other countless times that I popped in for some updates.....and some ramblings. Despite taking a week (or more) between the journal posts on this humble little station, I actually don't have much to talk about today - but let me start waffling and see what we uncover from the dirty little clumps at our feet. Speed round. Let me catch you up very quickly on the regular topics, I will try and keep this under two paragraphs this time. Angel is still ticking along and enjoying herself, she had a bad day yesterday with her nausea but otherwise has been munching down some new pellets that she likes and getting cuddles on the daily. Still with us and still loved, Tanya informed me yesterday that our little cat is actually 12 and not 11 like I thought, hits a little harder knowing our time is probably running out with her - but you cant think of what is going to happe...

Perhaps it was the freedom that came from taking my work away from Amazon, but I feel very excited in some kind of way that feels both understated and "professional" for lack of a better word. I have been slacking in terms of getting another blog update out with any news on the current projects; I could blame the heat, work being tough or wanting to take some time to enjoy simple hobbies that got kicked to the side. But in reality, I have just not had the motivation to write over the last few days.  What that looks like is still likely better than some; I have two ongoing projects, one new and one ongoing that I hope to finish before the end of the year. While I have taken time on projects before, Bulldog 3 is really putting me through the inferno of patience. I am just stuck on some character arch's closing out while the overall story could be concluded, while the overall plot points are solid and I think its a worthy end to the journeys these characters have been on und...