Weightlifting and writers. These two concepts don’t often rub up against one another but I believe they should. Lifting(of all things) has become a critical part of my writing process over the past few years, and I want to try to get you excited about making it part of yours as well. But there’s something… Continue reading Weightlifting for Writers
Author: Lane Talbot
My work has been listed as notable fiction in Best American Mystery Stories and published in Berkeley Fiction Review, ThugLit, Able Muse and elsewhere. I have an MFA from Southern Illinois University.
The X-Men # 9, January 1965
“Giant-Man!! Would you mind modulating your voice to a softer pitch? The resonance from your oversized larynx is virtually deafening!”
Central Conflict: The X-Men VS. The Avengers & Professor Xavier VS. Lucifer.
The X-Men #8, November 1964
“I am in the heart of the Balkans, in Europe… Descending into an almost bottomless pit!”
Central Conflict: The X-Men vs. Unus the Untouchable vs. (sort of) The Beast.
The X-Men #7, September 1964
“Seconds later, in answer to the time-honored carny battle cry, a group of husky roustabouts charge the mighty mutant!”
Central Conflict: The X-Men VS. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants VS. The Blob
Ronin: A Checklist for Writers and Mercenaries
The 90s saw a revival of the kind of tense, talky, swift-as-a-racehorse suspense movies that previously peaked in the paranoid 70s (Three Days of the Condor and All The President’s Men are good examples: one grade above James Bond and one below, I dunno, The Godfather Part II).
The X-Men #6, July 1964
“Though I am prince of the deep, monarch of the sea, my titles are hollow… my kingdom is empty and meaningless!!”—Namor the Sub-Mariner, X-Men # 6, 1964
Central Conflict: Namor VS. The X-Men VS. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
The X-Men #5, May 1964
“Never have you, the reading public, been so instantly fascinated by a group of super-powerful villains as last issue, when you met Magneto’s evil mutants!”
Central Conflict: X-Men vs. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
The X-Men #4, March 1964
“I am wiring two bombs! One will be placed at this door, to booby-trap it and destroy them when they enter! As for the other, that one will be a nuclear bomb, capable of blowing up this entire nation!”
Central Conflict: X-Men vs. the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
Breakout Character: Quicksilver
Raiders of Character
Watching Indiana Jones as a child changed me irrevocably and I realized it as it was happening. I was five years old when I sat on the carpet of my grandparent’s living room watching Raiders of the Lost Ark on their enormous screen. As the nightmarish boulder chased Indy down that famous cave throat, I… Continue reading Raiders of Character
The X-Men #3, November 1963
“Didn’t expect the flying Zamboobas to tackle you this way, did you?” Central conflict: The X-Men vs. The Blob and a cast of circus performers At this point (Issue 3), the X-Men’s central purpose seems to be to detect and locate other mutants and absorb them into their team or battle them. When Xavier senses… Continue reading The X-Men #3, November 1963