Shinerdrinker: Blog

Sadly, age has forcibly wrenched certain movie scenes from my immediate memory that deserve never to be forgotten.

But then a wonderful thing happens when surfing the sad listings from the overly-expensive cable conglomerate: you come across Grindhouse: Death Proof and stop for a moment because they are drinking your favorite brew, but suddenly the scene shifts, and Kurt Russell is sat in the middle of a cool bar in the middle of nowhere.

Vanessa Ferlito is picking a good song from the most excellent jukebox, and one of the most incredible scenes in movie history doesn't last long enough... or maybe it is juuuust long enough.

Yep, I need to start taking brain vitamins or something.

--Shinerdrinker

Most people who have read my blogs in the past know of my open obsession with all things Refusenik and my need for new stories from this wonderful author. I would happily give all of my neighbor's hard-earned money for new stories from that incredible story-telling brain.

But this blog is not about Refusenik.

This time, I am openly calling out to an amazing wordsmith with the beginning of a great story here on SOL. I know it is not exactly an original story with all the incredible stories that got started and never finished here on SOL.

"Stone Age Cabin" by Wildnature is already listed in my favorite authors list under my name. But I really enjoy that story. There is a great universe he created following in the footsteps of others like CMSIX, Monbade, Aubie56, Howard Faxon, and too many others to name.

The problem is that I find myself having difficulty putting my finger on exactly why I like it so much.

It is not perfectly written. The majority of things here are that way, including my humble stories I've posted, so far. But the story flows and the characters are well-written and easy to understand. The conversations between the dead human "Doc" and his introduction to the aliens who put him on another planet like Earth currently with humans in evolutional timing like our own caveman days here on the third rock from the sun in this solar system. Yeah, the pretty blue one that is putting a filter of trash over itself.

Okay, enough of that. Back to it, Shiner.

Anywho, Stone Age Cabin begins... you know what... fuck all that! I'm not gonna rehash the story for y'all. I could point you guys to it, but it is not that hard to find.

I'm just openly calling out Wildnature to continue the story himself. It has the potential to go down some interesting paths. And I for one, would love to see which one Wildnature was getting ready to take us down.

This is all a feeble attempt to get a fellow author back on that horse and post more chapters for a story that deserves to be read.

Now, before I go (yes, I hear you loud, few out there, "Why aren't you writing Mayhem?"), Well, zip it. I took a bit of a break over the weekend, returned to a story I had not read for a few months, and thoroughly enjoyed it again.

So now the writer's flaws are satiated, and it is time to return to Mayhem. The amount of football is dropping significantly with the end of the college football season quickly approaching. It has the last few weeks of back-to-back bowl games that I always enjoy, and then, of course, my beloved Cowboys quieted down many of the naysayers.

So until next time... Wildnature, you keep writing, and if you have a chance, tell Refusenik I'm still looking for him!

--Shinerdrinker

Apparently, my attempt at a joke went over too many heads.

The whole aliens and Atlantis side story was a joke!!!

Good Grief!!

Read the chapter and tell me what you think!

--Shinerdrinker

Yes, I'm yelling.

NEW CHAPTER!!!!

I have sent in the corrected version of the next chapter for posting. It should either come up this evening or in the morning.

You should be able to read it soon enough.

With all the rewrites I needed for this chapter, I'm proud of it. I think I threw a little wrench in the works, and hopefully, no one saw it coming. I mean the aliens attacking is one thing, but the way that Atlantis comes out to defend the planet... pure beauty.

Tee Hee.

--Shinerdrinker

Just letting y'all know... I finally finished the next chapter. I wrote the thing six times in total. I've saved them all and there is some good and some bad. I'll probably use most of it.

Some of it, I kept and used in the next chapter. It is hard to write a rousing halftime speech when you are not in need of a rousing halftime speech. I spent a week just researching some of the best ones in TV and film history. That was kind of fun, actually.

Okay, so I've sent the chapter out for editing and it takes a few days since they aren't waiting impatiently for the next chapter like I thought they were. Geez, imagine that, they actually claim to have lives and they need to find time for the edit.

I mean... come on!

--Shinerdrinker