Blanket Fortress Of Solitude

Derwin and Marty go deep into the behind the scenes production of, "Buying Groceries, Like Normal People!" Stay tuned after the commentary for deleted scenes and outtakes!#novella #commentary #deletedscenes

Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life.He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safeplace to live...---Written By Derwin Lester II.Edited by Kieth Martinson.Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.#audiobook #novella #scifi

Laptop? Typewriter? On your phone? The correct method is the one that speaks most to the author.#writing #podcast #author

Diving right in at the cusp of the Mars-Titan War, Derwin and Nick discuss the manifest destiny doctrine of Mars and the underclass it leaves behind. #mars #trending #trend #podcast #trendingvideo #books #writing #character #scifi #plot #manifestdestiny

The search for stability was the driving force of my life. After three decades, I found it. Then, March of 2020 happened. Supply chain breakdowns lead to empty grocery store shelves. Those store shelves showed me that the stability I found was only as permanent as I made it. To reclaim that stability, I'd have to adapt. To prepare. To prep. #covid19 #pandemic #podcast

There is a curse that haunts the men in my family. A monster under the bed that comes for each of us. That curse, that monster, is called Anxiety. Until 2019, I could outrun the monster. Then 2020 happened, and I couldn't avoid it any longer. Because it was my turn, my time, to grapple with it. #anxiety #mentalhealth #pandemic

Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life.He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safeplace to live...---Written By Derwin Lester II.Edited by Kieth Martinson.Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.#audiobook #novella #scifi

Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life.He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safeplace to live...---Written By Derwin Lester II.Edited by Kieth Martinson.Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental.#audiobook #novella #scifi

Derwin and Nick discuss draft seven of Join The Corps, See The Galaxy! By the seventh draft, all of the major plot elements are figured out. We know who's going to die, and how the story ends. Now we go deep into the small character beats that define a memorable story. In this episode, they develop the reasoning for the food shortage and discuss how sometimes folks are just sane enough to fake the mental health screening and go on one more combat deployment. #trending #trend #podcast # #worldbuilding #character #novel

Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life. He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safe place to live... --- Written By Derwin Lester II. Edited by Kieth Martinson. Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. #audiobook #novella #scifi

Derwin shares stories of being a combat medic, incorporating them into draft 5 of Join the Corps, See the Galaxy! As a young medic, Spacer Mackenzie has a lot on her plate. She's 21, fresh out of training, and sent to the infantry where she's responsible for a platoon of Spacers on the killing fields of Titan. #podcast #worldbuilding #spacemarine

Winston Carmichael searched for stability his entire life. He found it in the Army National Guard. Then the Squids came from the stars, turning humanity into their Puppets. Now Winston was on the run, desperate find food and a safe place to live... --- Written By Derwin Lester II. Edited by Kieth Martinson. Published By Divided By Zero Books. All characters in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. #audiobook #novella #scifi

Derwin and Nick discuss the upcoming short story series, "Join The Corps, See The Galaxy!" Set on Titan during the Frontier War, Spacer Santos gives a first person telling of his deployment, exploring the nature of war and the purposelessness of death. #podcast #novel #worldbuilding #writing #trending

Merry Christmas! Derwin, Dan and Pete discuss the 2022 Christmas Classic Violent Night! David Harbor (Stranger Things, Red Guardian) stars as a cynical Santa Clause that teaches home invaders the true meaning of Christmas: Overwhelming horrific violence. #christmas #moviereview #podcast

Today Dan Mertz stops by to talk about the Mel Gibson 2020 Christmas classic FATMAN! MERRY CHRISTMAS! #fatman #santa #waltergoggins #movie #trending #trend #podcast #podcastvideo #movie #video #review #Santa #Xmas #Christmas

Derwin and Nick develop the inciting conflict that starts off the Titan Era! Consumed with greed, the oligarchs of Mars and Titan go to war for the resources of the solar system and the souls of mankind. #podcast #trending #worldbuilding #novel #writing.

Derwin and Nick discuss what Earth might look like on the other end of climate change, how the restoration of the bio-sphere would bring new religions, and the struggles of freedom versus power. #podcast #trending #trend #trendingvideo #novel #worldbuilding #scifi #sciencefiction

A retrospective on George A. Romero's Trilogy of the Dead! Derwin and Pete stumble through the Night of the Living Dead (1968), have muscle spasms in Dawn of the Dead (1978) and accept the undying pointlessness of existence in Day of the Dead (1985)! #zombie #movie #review #podcast

The Dead President's society reviews and discusses forgotten U.S. Presidents. Pete stops by to talk about it. #podcast #trending #history #unitedstates #president #potus

Wars don't happen in a vacuum, even in space. They're the result of countless conflicts that go unresolved, leading to a fragile state of society where it only takes one mistake, one scared trigger squeeze, and the rest of humanity pays the price. In the Spacers Saga, the outer planets of the solar system have been the battle ground for the oligarchs, zealots and armies of the solar system for decades. The gunpowder was poured. The gasoline primed. Then one day, a scared trigger finger on Mars lit the fuse.

Season 1 Finale! President #22 and #24. Kind of a creep.

President #30 1923-1929 He didn't want to be a great man. Just a good one.

President #18 1869-1877. A better General than President.

President #9. 1841-1841. Some men lead hundreds into battle. Then they forget to wear a coat and die 32 days in office.

When writing a novel, each draft serves a different purpose. It takes five drafts to find the story. A sixth to find the ending. At the beginning of draft seven, Derwin and Nick discuss the origins of "Spacers: The Petrichor Conspiracy, " how draft seven is where they'll find the characters, and how it fits into the Spacers Saga overall.

By 2029, nuclear war has wrecked the planet. Survivors fight an artificial intelligence that has replaced mankind as Earth's dominant life form. To defeat the machines, John Conner has only one solution: Send his dad back in time to hook up with his mom. #trending #trend #trendingvideo #podcast #video #viralvideo #viralvideos #review #movie #moviereview #terminator #terminatorsalvation #cameron #schwarzenegger #arnoldschwarzenegger #lindahamilton #Terminatorsurvivors #terminatorgaming

By 2029, nuclear war has wrecked the planet. Survivors fight an artificial intelligence that has replaced mankind as Earth's dominant life form. To defeat the machines, John Conner has only one solution: Send his dad back in time to hook up with his mom. #trending #trend #trendingvideo #podcast #video #viralvideo #viralvideos #review #movie #moviereview #terminator #terminatorsalvation #cameron #schwarzenegger #arnoldschwarzenegger #lindahamilton #Terminatorsurvivors #terminatorgaming

Senior Medical Correspondent Doctor Matt stops by again to discuss if a bowl of cherries can kill, and if maybe you shouldn't drink water that has cow poo in it. #trending #podcast #history #president #whitehouse

Zachary Taylor. President #12. March 4, 1849–July 9, 1850. Some men spend forty years in the Army and then are killed by cherries.

Derwin and Marty discuss how in the 1979 Alien movie, without the immense backstory of the franchise, simply exists as intended: an old school slasher in space. #trending #trend #trendingvideo #podcast #video #viralvideo #viralvideos #review #movie #moviereview #alien #aliens #alienromulus #ripley #xenomorphs #xenomorphs #alienvspredator #prometheus

Derwin and Marty discuss how in the 1979 Alien movie, without the immense backstory of the franchise, simply exists as intended: an old school slasher in space. #trending #trend #trendingvideo #podcast #video #viralvideo #viralvideos #review #movie #moviereview #alien #aliens #alienromulus #ripley #xenomorphs #xenomorphs #alienvspredator #prometheus

Derwin and Marty discuss how in the 1979 Alien movie, without the immense backstory of the franchise, simply exists as intended: an old school slasher in space. #trending #trend #trendingvideo #podcast #video #viralvideo #viralvideos #review #movie #moviereview #alien #aliens #alienromulus #ripley #xenomorphs #xenomorphs #alienvspredator #prometheus

Herbert Hoover. President #31. March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 Some men are born to be Indiana Jones. Some are born to be President. Most are not meant to be both. #trending #trend #trendingvideo #podcast #podcasts #history #president #usa

Conspiracies are built on greed. Today, Derwin and Nick explore the depths that madmen will go as they workshop, "Spacers: The Petrichor Conspiracy!" Set centuries before the Titan Civil, the Petrichor Conspiracy shows the origins of the Spacers Saga and how the asteroid that killed two million people shaped the history of mankind.

President #23. March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 Teddy Roosevelt without the charisma. This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com

President #21. September 20, 1881 – March 4, 1885. An above average President. This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com #history #podcast #trending #unitedstates #books

Senior Medical Correspondent Doctor Matt stops by to give his professional opinion on whether President Harding got Epstein'd by the First Lady, the unsterile death of President Garfield, and his plans to save President Lincoln by drilling an additional hole in his already shot head, once the flux capacitor reaches eighty-eight miles per hour. #podcast #trending #history #president #trend #trendingvideo #video #viral #viralvideo #potus #whitehousehistory

President #29. March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 Small Town Newspaper Editor. Forgettable Senator. The Prohibition Era's Boozing, Gambling President. Warren G. Harding rose from humble beginnings, only to die the most controversial Commander of State until Nixon. Also, so much Oval Office sex. This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com #president #history

What is artificial life capable of, once they outlive the humans? Derwin and Nick explore this question through the lore of, "The Spacers Saga!"

Thrill as two C+ history students study the master of failing upwards! #podcast #trending #trend #trendingvideo #history #historical #president #whitehouse #viral #video #viralvideo #trailer

William Howard Taft. President #27. 1909-1913. Whose the Ohio Boy who wrote the Philippines Bill of Rights? Taft! Damn straight. Who slept off his Presidency, but wound up on the Supreme Court? Taft! Shut your mouth. #Taft #history #historical #shaft #presidential #USA #unitedstates This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com.

The Dead President's Society showcases two C+ @HISTORY students discuss America's forgotten Presidents. #podcast #trending #trend #trendingvideo #history #historical #president #whitehouse #viral #video #viralvideo #trailer

Derwin and Nick discuss the differences between NASA and the United States Space Force, how political radicalization starts from a place of utter hopelessness, and the wonderful potential of space colonization of our solar system. #NASA #Spaceforce #trend #trending #colony #podcast

George Miller's 1979 'Mad Max' shows a world at the end stages of falling apart, and a new realm of monsters rising to take its place. #madmax #furyroad #movie #podcast #furiosa #miller

Derwin and Nick go deep into Stargate SG1 Season 2, Episode 5 "Need." Is Daniel free to date? Will his new girlfriend get him hooked on smack? Will Jack O'Neal die in a slave mine? All these questions and more are explored!

Most combat veterans are not John Rambo. Most combat veterans are Micheal Garibaldi from Babylon 5. Just a person trying to reconcile who they are with a world that makes very little sense. Derwin and Nick explore this archetype in Darius Maroney from, "Spacers: The Erebus Effect."

Today Derwin and Nick discuss season one episodes of Stargate SG-1! The introduction of the Asgardians in "Thor's Hammer." The sadness of Kowalski in "The Enemy Within." Making up for lost time in "The Torment of Tantalus." Jack O'Neil gets laid and gets old in "Brief Candle." This episode sponsored by www.dividedbyzerobooks.com.

Jack O'Neal knows when to shoot the gun. Daniel Jackson knows when not to. Their partnership is what makes Stargate SG1 season 1 so successful.

Stargate SG-1's pilot episode 'Children Of The Gods,' accomplishes what The Force Awakens couldn't: Take familiar characters, retell a familiar story, but advance the character arcs of its main heroes in a meaningful way.

Civil wars happen when there's a breakdown of the status quo. When writing about interplanetary civil wars, be sure to explore what the breakdown is and why. In the Spacers Saga, after the Mars-Titan War (2294-2299), Titan was punished severely by Mars, leading the rise of radical insurrectionist factions on Titan during the 2330s.

Derwin goes off the rails and dives into an unhinged rant about the series finale of Star Trek: TNG! Why do Riker and Troi have such a weird toxic relationship? Why on earth would Worf get involved in that? Who in their right mind would follow Picard post cognitive decline? All this and more are explored! #podcast #trend #trending #trendingvideo #startrek #podcasting #startrek #startrekpicard #startrekdiscovery