Q & A Time!

by Blake JK Chen on November 16, 2010 at 1:50 am
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Ask any question about Twilight Lady.

And if somebody asks a question and you know the answer (or have a theory), feel free to chime in.

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Twilight Lady @ the Last Chance Saloon

by Blake JK Chen on October 15, 2010 at 1:57 am
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Come end of this month, Twilight Lady Sings the Blues will no longer be available as a PDF donation incentive. Why? Well, I did say it was for a limited time only back in… um… January. Figured it was time I started offering some other goodie. (Watch this space for news.)

For those who haven’t read it, Twilight Lady Sings the Blues is a 10-page story in which Jen, on her first out-of-town gig, runs into a blind bluesman haunted by the ghost of murder ballads past… and when murder is involved, can the Lady in the Hood be far behind?

Starting November 1, this special tale will be available in (shudder) print format only. So spare those trees and getcha PDF while you can!

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Mysteries

by Blake JK Chen on October 4, 2010 at 3:59 pm
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When writing dialogue, I often find it useful to try to imagine not only the sound of a character’s voice, but their speech mannerisms, down to every idiosyncratic detail and nuance.

These are not always set in stone, and tend to evolve. When it comes to the Lady, whenever I find myself wondering, imagining what she may sound like delivering a given line, I can’t help but think of “Mysteries” by Beth Gibbons. Inevitably, this song pops up in my mind whenever I try to “hear” the Lady, whether I want it to or not.

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Donate-Meter Update

by Blake JK Chen on September 14, 2010 at 1:05 am
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From Sep 29, 2009 to Aug 8, 2010 Twilight Lady received a total of $120 in donations.

I’d like to thank Michael from New Mexico, Ana from Brazil, Ian from Australia, Brian from Texas, David from Australia, Linda from Latvia, Chris from Texas, Jonatan from Sweden, Satish from South Africa, William from Oklahoma, Paul from Illinois, Francois from Canada, Steve from California, Timothy from Ohio, Bryan from Colorado, Joseph from New York, Joseph from Massachusetts, Petter from Sweden, and Lawrence from Canada for contributing during this period.

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Having seen Inception recently…

by Blake JK Chen on September 6, 2010 at 10:38 pm
Posted In: News

… I realize that I’ve been going about promoting Twilight Lady the wrong way.

After the first 5-10 minutes, Inception is basically a fun caper movie cum psychological thriller with a fairly straightforward plot and POV. But all the hype surrounding the film seemed to be about how difficult it is to follow. (“You’ll have to see this movie 5 times to really get it. 5 TIMES!”) Sheer marketing genius.

Now, if you’ve ever tried describing Twilight Lady to anyone, I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a bit of a challenge. I usually keep it simple, so as not to scare people off by making it sound totally convoluted. “She’s kind of like Nikita but with supernatural abilities. Oh, and she’s a ghost. Sometimes…”

Like I said, maybe I’ve been approaching this the wrong way.

Next time you tell someone about this comic, I suggest using one or more of the following lines to entice ‘em:

“It’s 1000 times more confusing than Inception, believe me!”

“Only starts to make sense after you read it for the 50th time. Backwards.”

“You’ll never figure out what this comic is about. Not until the day you die. Maybe not even then. PROMISE!”

“You thought Inception was incomprehensible? Wait’ll you read Twilight Lady!”

And so on, and so forth… (Feel free to make up your own.)

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