By Greg Meyer
August 21, 2014
Hey Greg, I had a question for you. Would you like to work on a collaborative Sci-fi series Nick and I have been working on? -Tim
My Facebook phone app beeped at me as I took my dog out for another potty break. Whoever said dogs were intelligent must never have met my dog, because I can’t get her to properly use the washroom, something even a three-year-old child can do. Take that, Chloe.
Anyhow, I checked my message and saw that it was from Tim, my friend from grad school. I had originally met Tim back in 2009 during our first fall semester in Virginia Beach. I was enrolled in the Screenwriting program, while Tim focused on Editing. As I got to know the fellow Midwesterner with wild, crazy hair, we discovered we had many common interests. We were huge Mystery Science Theater fans, appreciated quality anime programs, loved Super Smash Brothers, and breathed air. What more could you want in a friendship? We only had one class together but that was enough to form a friendship.
I ended up moving back to Illinois the following semester and switched to distance classes. Yet I stayed in contact with Tim. I even started listening to his storytelling podcast with some guy named Nick, who I didn’t know, but apparently he really liked Russian Literature. Their podcast kept me engaged with storytelling and writing when most of life tried its hardest to push me away.
Reading Tim’s message piqued my interest. A collaborative sci-fi series, eh? They must’ve been impressed with that Tetris fanfiction I sent them about the plight of the square block. Turns out they never read it, but that’s not the point. The point was they wanted me to join their group of writers and flesh this world out!
The only problem was at the time I was completely lost in trying to finish my final project for grad school. I had to turn Tim down to focus on my final project, but told him one day, I would return, and that I would bring hope to this crumbling world.
Okay, thanks Greg! was his reply.
That was in 2012. Now in 2014, I’ve graduated, and I’m ready to jump into the world of Selects, tracing, and cataclysms. I’m excited to be part of this project, and I hope you’ll enjoy the novella I’m writing.
Look forward to reading about Bron and Nyasha’s dance-off against Emperor D-Con and the T-Town Breakdancers in Quick Steppin’ Select 2: Electric Boogaloo* sometime later this year. I’m positive you’ll be dancing with your preferred e-reading device as you cheer on our plucky heroes in their journey to the Thyrion dance finals. And I’m sure the other staff will enjoy it, too, once they recover from what I can only imagine is my utter creative brilliance.
*Note: Working title and plot
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