Ok, as promised, here's the first installment of Sinister's hopefully regular feature, which I'm now going to call the "Sinister Writers Club." Yeah, that's catchy. You're here, so you're sinister. We're taking the word back.
Today's soundtrack:
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful.
The new album from the Finnish symphonic metal masters finds them exploring and celebrating the wonders of science. Truly one of the best metal albums I've heard in a long time.
Here's the first single from the album:
Buy it here, if you're into buying physical media:
http://shop.nuclearblast.com/en/shop/item/groups/51000.1.html?article_group_sort_type_handle=rank&custom_keywords=nightwish%20endless
It's also available on Spotify and Google Play Music, and I'm sure some of the other streaming services.
Writing prompt:
Let's go with a classic. "The last man on earth sits alone in a room. There is a knock at the door."
Alright, so here's how this will work.
1) Say "Hello."
2) Tell me what you're working on.
3) Tell me how many words you want to write today.
4) There is no fourth thing.
5) Whatever you'd like.
Here's mine.
1) Hello.
2) I'm working on a new project the first chapter of which I posted below a few days ago.
3) As many as my little hands and brain will crank out.
4) Nothing.
5) Your turn.
You don't really have to number your comments.
If you'd like me to post some of your stuff on Sinister, email me at sinisterblog@gmail.com.
And...
Inspirational quote:
"After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with colour, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked -- as I am surprisingly often -- why I bother to get up in the mornings. To put it the other way round, isn't it sad to go to your grave without ever wondering why you were born? Who, with such a thought, would not spring from bed, eager to resume discovering the world and rejoicing to be a part of it?"
— Richard Dawkins
1:05 PM: Ok, this was fun. I'm going to sign off now, but feel free to keep commenting. We'll do this again soon. Stay tuned!
