Delayed Launch Party - Six Pack: Gyration

I am hosting a delayed launch party for Six Pack: Gyration on Saturday, June 2. This will coincide with the launching of a new website. During the day, I will be giving away a free copy of my first ebook, Six Pack: Emergence, sharing some trivia about the two books and unveiling the next chapter in the Arrowverse “Other World” Project. Plus, I will be talking about my upcoming appearance at the Smallville ComicCon in Hutchinson, Kan., June 23-24. I might have some other activities planned throughout the day.

So how do you enter the giveaway? Simple — I plan to launch the website Friday, June 1. All you have to do is, by June 3, like my Facebook page and share a link to the new website and reply to a post I will leave up that day with where you shared it, be it on your Facebook, Twitter or Instagram account, or on another blog or website. That’s it! Once you do that, you are automatically entered in the giveaway. Be sure to like my Facebook page so you can reply.

Hope you all will stop by this weekend and enter the giveaway! Thanks to everyone for their continued support!

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 24-26

Three more reviews of Young Justice episodes, which will bring us to the end of season one.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 13 - Supergirl

Disclaimer: This is the first chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 21-23

We are entering the home stretch of the first season of Young Justice. I have three more episode reviews for you this week.

Interview And Book Giveaway

Thank you to Sara Turnquist for hosting me for an interview on her blog this week. And if you stop by the link, you can enter a giveaway for a free ebook copy of my debut novel, Six Pack: Emergence.

Also, Krista Wagner hosted me this week at her blog and you can get more insight into my works and what led me to becoming an author.

Six Pack: Gyration Is Coming -- And Some Changes, Too

Those who have stopped by the blog have been used to seeing installments of the Arrowverse "Other World" on Wednesdays. Unfortunately, my schedule this week didn't permit me to get the next chapter completed.

Late May is a time of the year that gets busy for me -- and not only do I have a number of events that require greater devotion to my work schedule, but I have my new release coming out in less than a week!

On top of that, I have another project I've been working on -- a new website!

The website will be at bwmorrisauthor.com. I'm in the final stages of putting it together and plan to launch it by June 2 -- and that's also when I plan to hold the launch party for my newest release, Six Pack: Gyration.

Why wait that long until the launch party? First of all, Tuesdays are not a good day for me to do the launch party because that's when I have the busiest day of the week at my newspaper -- we put together the weekly edition that day and I need to concentrate on that. Then the next few days will be busy with events to cover, then comes Memorial Day weekend.

Yeah, this is what I call bad timing!

But what the delayed launch party allows me to do is focus better on what I have planned, plus reveal the new website to everyone. I will also talk more about my planned appearance at Smallville ComicCon June 23-24 and there will be giveaways, too.

I'll be talking more about the details of the launch party and what all will be planned for the website in the days to come. In the meantime, I can tell you that this blog will be semi-active, though I may use it more for thoughts related to subjects that have nothing to do with my writing and comic book geekery. The website will become devoted to those subjects -- and, yes, I plan to keep a weekly update going there.

The last weekly posts here will be the rest of the Young Justice Season One episode reviews (six more to go) and, with any luck, the 13th chapter of the Arrowverse "Other World." After that, those will be posted on the new site and posts at this blog will be less frequent.

I appreciate everyone who has stopped by and supported me -- and in the meantime, if you haven't already done so, be sure to check out the first book in the Six Pack Series, available on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 17-20

We're moving on to the next four episodes of the first season of Young Justice. At this rate, I might actually get all the first-season episodes reviewed by the end of the month.

We left off on a key episode in the series and some of what gets explored is the fallout from that episode, plus a few more developments as we move quicker toward learning more about what The Light's plans really are.

Let's look at Episodes 17 through 20.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 12 - The Flash

Disclaimer: This is the 12th chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 13-16

I have four more Young Justice episode reviews for you this week. It's at this point of the season that pieces start falling into place regarding who are the members of The Light and reasons behind some of the moves the members made, plus laying more groundwork regarding how the members of The Team interact with one another and mature in some ways.

Episodes 13 through 16 feature some elements that viewers who jump into the series at this point may not understand at first. But for those who have been faithful viewers since the first episode, they can accept these elements because they have grown accustomed to what to expect from the series, allowing the series' creative team to place characters in surprising situations.

Let's look at the next four episodes in the series.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 11 - Green Arrow

Disclaimer: This is the 11th chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 9-12

I had enough time this weekend to watch four episodes of Young Justice, which brings us t nearly the halfway point of the first season.

What's interesing about the first half of the season is that it's setting the table for the main arc of the season -- we get additional clues about who is part of The Light while left wondering what some of the moves they make will lead to. Then it's the second half of the season when the bigger storyline starts to kick into gear.

Along the way, we watch as the young heroes who make up The Team mature and grow as heroes and as people.

But let's look at the next four episodes and see how they build to what's to come down the road.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 10 - Supergirl

Disclaimer: This is the tenth chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 7-8

Two more episodes of Young Justice reviewed -- at the rate I'm going, perhaps there is a chance that the reviews will be finished before the start of Season 3 in the fall. No pressure. though!

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 9 - Canary

Disclaimer: This is the ninth chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 5-6

Only got to two episodes this week, so I doubt there will be any chance of me reviewing all episodes before the third season debuts later this year.

But it beats what I thought would be my original plan of reviewing one episode per week -- with any luck, I'll have more weeks in which I'll be able to review multiple episodes.

For those who have enjoyed the reviews so far and would like to learn more about the series, may I suggest visiting the Young Justice Wiki.

Now let's get to this week's episodes.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 8 - Green Arrow

Disclaimer: This is the first chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the  Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of  paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green  Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are  free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be  generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these  characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the  writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

Young Justice Reviews: Episodes 1-4

It turns out I was able to fit in the first four episodes of Young Justice into my viewing Saturday night, so I'll be reviewing them all this week.

With each episode, I will give a brief summary of the plot, key elements to the overarching season storyline or to what makes the characters tick, my favorite quote from each episode and my thoughts about the episode.

There may be minor spoilers given out, but I'll do my best to avoid talking too much about the details, in case you have never seen the show and want to check it out for yourself.

Without further ado, let's look at the first four episodes of Young Justice.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 7 - The Flash

Disclaimer: This is the seventh chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.

The Appeal Of Young Justice

One of the TV shows that inspired me to try my hand at novel writing was Young Justice, a series about the teenage superheroes in the DC Universe.

The show, created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti, revolves mainly around six characters and gives the spotlight to some characters that people not as familiar with the DC Universe won't know as well, with one instance of the show's creators introducing a new character. The six characters the show centered on are:

• Robin, aka Dick Grayson, who most everyone will recognize as Batman's sidekick. He's eager at first to lead the group of teenage superheroes known as The Team, but learns over time he has a lot to learn about what leadership means.
• Aqualad, aka Kaldur'ahm, the character Weisman and Vietti created. He is calm and serene most of the time, but finds himself thrust into the leadership role and must learn how to handle it, along with struggling with his thoughts about what he left behind in Atlantis.
• Kid Flash, aka Wally West, a protege of The Flash. He is cocky, lighthearted and anxious to prove himself, but must learn what it means to take on greater responsibility and thus mature -- but as he does, he shows he can pass on good advice.
• Miss Martian, aka M'gann M'orzz, one of Martian Manhunter's nieces. She is friendly but sometimes too eager to please her friends, but keeps her true Martian form a secret.
• Superboy, aka Connor Kent, a teenaged clone of Superman. He struggles with the fact that Superman seems unwilling to accept him and lets his anger issues get the best of him at times.
• Artemis, aka Artemis Crock, who becomes the new protege of Green Arrow. She has a quick wit but struggles with her own secrets about the family ties she wants hidden from the rest of The Team.

A couple other characters are rolled out into the series and each gets their own arc, too. That Weisman and Vietti are able to balance multiple characters and give each an arc throughout the series is a testament to why the series works so well.

Unlike many animated superhero shows, Young Justice features an ongoing storyline throughout its first season, one that evolves into something bigger in the second series. It's different from other series in which there might be a storyline taking place during the course of the season, but it fades into the background at times, while taking a larger role at other times.

What I also enjoy about Young Justice is how there are important plot points dropped in during the season that, upon first glance, may not seem key to the larger storyline, but are later revealed to carry a greater importance.

That Weisman and Vietti are able to balance so much character development and weave together a storyline with bits of information that appear to be throwaway at one point, but are revealed to be key moments, explains a lot of its appeal. Another plus is that the show's creators took some characters that fewer people know about and gave them bigger roles -- in some cases, the creators came up with different interpretations of a character that makes the character more interesting.

The show aired 46 episodes on Cartoon Network and wasn't renewed, but will be revived on a planned DC digital service later this year. In the weeks to come, I will sit down and review the Young Justice episodes -- my plan is to do the reviews as my weekly Sunday blog post, though I may switch to another topic on a given week depending on how my own schedule works and my plans to talk about my second novel.

And even if I do one episode per week, I won't get to them all before the planned third season starts on the DC digital service. But I hope you'll enjoy learning more about the series and perhaps it will convince you to check it out for yourself on Netflix or track down the DVDs that are out there.

Arrowverse 'Other World' Chapter 6 - Canary

Disclaimer: This is the sixth chapter in a story about an "other world" based on the Arrowverse, the CW shows that focus on DC superheroes. I am writing this as my way of paying homage to my fandom for the Arrowverse. The character names Supergirl, Green Arrow, The Flash, Canary and Brainiac are trademarks of DC Comics. These chapters are free to read, they will not be published in book format, nor will any revenue be generated from the chapters. If there are legal issues involved with the usage of these characters, please email me at bwmorris at mail dot com and I will cease with the writing. Critiquing of my writing is welcomed and may be left in the comments.