Reviewing the gamefilm

"Project Alpha" is a culmination of many years of work, twelve in total, that has seen many revisions, changes, additions, subtractions, and many people in my life that has come and gone during that time period for any measure of reason.

The book itself can be purchased here, through the CreateSpace E-Store. Or here, through Amazon.com. As a labor that has caused me a lot of headache over the years, it would be greatly appreciated if people gave it a look and pass the word on. My creativity will continue to go in different directions as life goes on. It may lead to prequels, sequels, or even spinoffs - who's to say at this point. I sincerely hope that it gives people as much joy reading it as I did writing it, and it is something that people will talk about in the future.

This post however focuses on the things that have come and gone during this twelve year period. While it seems like only yesterday, while sitting in my highschool freshmen English class, that I put the pen to paper on this - in reality, I am twelve years older, and probably forty years wiser. I have also borne witness to several positives, and many negatives along the way. There have those of you that have stuck with me through thick and thin of it all. That number can be counted on one hand, and is a sad reality of the day and age we live in.

During this time period, I have also borne witness to many of life's mysterious, and many of its atrocities. Ranging from betrayal to chauvinist, from insecure to user. Betrayal of the trust I held in many people, dealing with the chauvinists who see women as property that is owned, seeing the insecure turn themselves into users to make themselves look better in society's views - all traits of the human emotional spectrum that we will never understand.

Betrayers of trust on the grand scale is everything when it comes to friendship, and can end a long standing friendship in the blink of an eye. Betrayal doesn't have one specific face it takes, it can assume many different forms. The loss of friendship cannot always be attributed to any one thing either, as in the case earlier this year. A simple fact of walking away due to the fact that one can sense the friendship falling apart, and not wanting to deal with it all anymore.

Chauvinists are, in my opinion, some of the lowest forms of scum on the face of the planet. Women are human beings, not property that can be owned. Even if biblical times, or even the centuries leading up to our present one, society has evolved and we, as a race, must go with it. Women have come a long way to be in their present course of life. They are meant to be loved, to be cherished. Not to be treated like they have a collar on their necks.

The users, the bottomfeeders of society, are the worst. The ones who take advantage of the ones around them to better themselves, defending their actions as it being a "dog eat dog" world, and "only the strong survive".  While that may be true in some facets of life, in the end - our race can only survive by working together to ensure its survival. This will never happen, but the users are the worst among worst in terms of society's totem pole. If such a place exists, those types of people are the ones who rot in the seventh ring of hell.

But in the end, it comes down to the insecurities of humanity. An insecure individual is one bad move from turning into any of these. From the people who decide that betraying your trust is worth whatever gain they may accrue, to the boy who decides that women are nothing more than his property, to the person who uses those around them, sucking the life out of them, and leaving them all to die in their wake.

In the twelves years since "Project Alpha" was authored, I have learned quite a bit about life and all of its mysteries.
                          And its atrocities.

Adeiu.

Officially a published author

Its taken twelve years for me to get to this point, but everyone knew it would get here eventually. Everyone except me of course.

Project Alpha will officially be for sale via Amazon.com and the Createspace E-store by Wednesday, September 10th, which is where the link will take you. I will have to check the status of the Amazon listing, but will update accordingly. The reason for the additional wait is due to my awaiting my hardcopy proof for the final version that I am satisfied with. Though there may still be issues with it, to me - there isn't much else I can do to make it any better. I'm not expecting much from something that will only sell a handful of copies anyhow.

Against all odds though, I am officially a published author - and this twelve year headache can finally end. While I may or may not be done writing, for now - I'll just sit back and focus on other things. The help I need from everyone now is to help me spread the word around. Word of mouth is perhaps the best marketing tool there is - so if you enjoy the work, please consider passing the word along to other folks who may be interested. Constructive feedback is always appreciated, and am always looking for suggestions on how to improve. Just remember that I have a Kentucky education, hah.

The credit list for this thing is WAY too long to mention everyone, so I just send a general thank you to everyone that has supported me with this, kept me going when I was done with it, kept pushing me forward etc. etc. Blah blah, all that good stuff. You all are the reason I wrote this, lol
But mainly, thanks to my friend Bill Brock - who is not able to see this moment. Bill played a pivotal role in getting this book going for me, even suggesting a character based on himself to play alongside the main character. That character flourished well in the storyline, and I did my best to play him true to how the real Bill was. Thanks buddy, I'll find a way to make sure you can see the dedication to yourself.

Not much of a post, but hey - its the word that counts. As ideas creep up, I will update with them as I go. The blog itself may turn into more of a philosophical discussion that no one reads anyhow, so hey! Brain dump for the win.

Adieu.