Damn. Didn’t See That One Coming.

I am now well and truly in full on vampire mode, having gotten out of bed as the sun was almost completely set.

I am also now amazed and somewhat bummed out over the fact that Ron Moore has announced that Battlestar Galactica will–as Edward Olmos hinted–be ending as of the fourth season. This is a bit weird for me since I love the show, but am only half-way done, since I watch the DVD collections rather than the actual broadcast episodes. On the other hand, this is a pretty logical progression since–in novel-like fashion–Moore has been advancing the characters and stories with irreparable changes and the whole “we’re looking for Earth” thing kind of needs to be addressed. Still, better to end it with people loving the show than just let the momentum run out and turn your fans against you, a la the X-Files back in the day. It’s a gutsy move, and I’m really curious to see how this will go, since I had thought they wouldn’t be able to tell the entire tale in four seasons and would need at least a fifth to pull it off.

In other news, the second story for the Liquid City anthology has been done, sent off to the artist and he says he’s going to start on his roughs within a week. What was supposed to be my “easy” 10 page story once again ballooned into something 17 pages in length, but with the artist looking it over, there may be room to cut things down. Man, I remember there was a time when I could actually tell a story in less than 8,000 words, and now I’ve gotten to the point where it’s nearly impossible. How the hell did that happen?

There’s also a little bit of work to be done for IGN, as the editor I was previously in contact with has moved on, and after pitching an idea to the New Guy, he decided to run with it, so I’ve got to start doing some prep work on that. And the last of the articles for GameAxis needs to be put away for the month, so I guess I’d better start tidying that up as well.