I've started a new novel.

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I believe he did play a villain at least once in a direct-to-video/television movie. His career has been rocky, at best. The sheer vulgarity of his standup act, combined with the failure of his first starring role, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, gave him a bad reputation in Hollywood. In Roger Ebert's review of the film, he noted that Dice would make a better villain or heavy than a hero, and that was pretty much the genesis of Cygar in a nutshell.

And believe me, I have every intention of making Cygar one badass enforcer. I look forward to the fight scene between him and Sean/Alphaboy.

Here's some more characters.


Dr. Felix Frankenheimer, inspired by character actor Billy Drago, is a former Prometheus Corporation* scientist. He left the company in pursuit of fortune and an opportunity to show off his intelligence. Having joined the nefarious organization Legion, he's developed a powerful biochemical weapon capable of transforming people into monsters. Like Zauzer and Cygar, he has his own agenda involving our hero...


Michael Jamal-Warner provides the template for Sean's best friend, Nathaniel Colby. He's recently moved back to into the neighborhood after spending a few years in Chicago. He's hot-headed, aggressive, politically incorrect and somewhat high-strung, but ultimately a good kid.


If Alphaboy is the adventurous supercop, then high school principal Anne Macek, patterned after Jane Kaczmarek, is the perpetually put-upon chief. She's initially somewhat antagonistic towards Sean, fearing his superhero antics could ruin her school's reputation.

I'm thinking of winging this one, rather than using a thorough outline. I find it more fun to figure out how points A, B, and C logically connect as I go along. I also recently watched Beverly Hills Cop to get in the right mood.

I already have an idea of my opening, and I know that the big action climax is going to take place in a baseball stadium during an MLB playoff with thousands of people in attendance. I kid you not!

I'm just about done with the first chapter of this bad boy. It's already looking like it'll be more fun than Redesigning Eva. Speaking of which, I'm hoping to work on the second draft sometime this year.

Well, I haven't made much progress since I last posted in this thread. I'm only on the second chapter. Still, it's better than nothing.

I've tweaked the story a bit. It turns out that Nate Colby, Sean's friend, gets killed early on in the story. You see, Nate was hooked on Zauzer's designer drug Z, and stumbled upon his evil plan for the Saturday baseball game. He's eliminated by a hit squad, but not before telling Sean a bit about the conspiracy.

I have great news. In January, I wrote a thirty page treatment of Alphaboy, which more or less doubles as a first draft in that I got the story out of my head in some form. I'm over three thousand words into a full-blown draft, and I'm also working on short stories and a new draft of Redesigning Eva. Things are looking up!

Keep it up, it'll be interestign to see the finished product.