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Whitechapel – My Working Notes
A few people have asked for a postmortem of the whole Whitechapel project. Now that I’m on “vacation” and able to get some thoughts together, I’m willing to do that. However, this project has been inside my head so much that I’m not entirely sure what kinds of things you guys would find interesting. So, [...]
The Premature End of Whitechapel
This is a very bittersweet post to write, so forgive me if I ramble a bit. A couple of months ago, things got busy for me — generally a good busy, but still busy. I figured it was just a bit of a rough patch, so I decided to work through it. I moved some [...]
Whitechapel Q&A Episode
After many, many, many delays, I finally have a Whitechapel fix for you — an hour-long Q&A between me and Rob Justice of the BearSwarm podcast. We answered a few questions that Rob had mailed to him by fans, a few question that had on his own, and a lot of rambling about the project, [...]
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If It’s Not One Damned Thing…
Image via Wikipedia So, last week I recorded the Q&A episode with Rob Justice of the BearSwarm podcast. I had fully intended to edit it today and post it, and start writing Whitechapel this week. Last night, the main laptop I use for work and recording started displaying problems with the power cord and battery. [...]
Q&A Episode Needs Your Questions!
Rob at the BearSwarm podcast is working with me to try and produce another Q&A episode. If you have burning questions about Whitechapel, my process, the project, or even just about me, feel free to check out this link: http://www.bearswarm.com/the-whitechapel-project-question-and-answer-session
Another delay
It sucks that I have to do this yet again, but I have a ton of paying work I have to deal with after my vacation, and that has to take priority over non-paying writing like Whitechapel. I hope I’ll have things on track in a few days, but rather than giving another deadline and [...]
Episode 17 – Slipping the Leash
Previously on Whitechapel Six killed Liz while under the influence of Jack. During a desperate search of her home, he discovered that she was really Rachel Parks, an agent for the mysterious organization Lacuna. His escape from Liz’s home was interrupted by the arrival of one of Lacuna’s agents. Six took Liz’s appearance and tried [...]
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Episode 16 Postmortem
Image by Ivan Walsh via Flickr So, I’m still crazy busy, but episode 16 was pretty quick to write, all told. Part of that is because I tried out a new process. Previous, I would write every draft of the episode in OpenOffice 3. I would write the first 1000 words the first day, and [...]
Episode 16 – Under Her Skin
Previously on Whitechapel While under the influence of Jack, Six murdered Liz, the mysterious woman who helped him back in the hotel. In searching the house that Liz brought him to, Six discovered that Liz was working for Lacuna, the secretive government organization that had some connection with the Whitechapel Project. Six discovered Liz’s cell phone [...]
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Schedule for episodes 16 and 17
Image by daveparker via Flickr For those of you who don’t know, I’ve had a nasty sinus infection for a week and a half now. It’s slowly getting better, but I’m still struggling with symptoms (at the moment, it’s a runny nose and difficulty in hearing). Further, I’m in the process of packing my house [...]
Episode 15 Postmortem
Image by joiseyshowaa via Flickr Not a lot to say about this episode, honestly. The voting was to learn a bit more about Liz, so I did that while seeding another part of the puzzle to come. Really, I’m trying to get things moving to the act three break, which means that things have to [...]
Episode 15 – Dead Letter
Previously on Whitechapel Six killed again. This time, his victim was Liz, the mysterious woman who met him in the hotel he woke up in after a hospital stay. The murder was much more intense than previous ones, as he was under the influence of Jack the Ripper while it happened. Six even started thinking [...]
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New Whitechapel episode up tomorrow
Due to today being a company holiday (and thus, a reason for me to spend several hours drinking with my coworkers), I’ll be recording and posting the next episode of Whitechapel tomorrow.
Episode 14 Post-mortem
Image by George Eastman House via Flickr Episode 14 was both the easiest and hardest episode of Whitechapel I’ve written thus far. It was easy because, in many ways, it’s an episode I’ve had in mind in some form for months. Even the voting went the way I was hoping (for the first time ever, [...]
You used WHAT to find me?
Image by eddyfate via Flickr Today, my distant drinking buddy and fellow asylum inmate Chuck Wendig posted a bit about the search terms people use to find his blog. David, my webmaster, was all like “Oh yeah, we can totally do that too,” and I was like “Well totally do that,” and he was like [...]
Episode 14 – Broken Home
Previously on Whitechapel Six discovered that he was tied to the notorious Jack the Ripper. Liz found him in a local hotel, and took him to a car wash to inform him that his clothing had been bugged by Richard Marsh, a.k.a. Mister Rich, an agent of Lacuna. Once the clothing was disposed of, she [...]
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Episode 13 Post-mortem
Image by ningningning via Flickr Man, things have been crazy this week. Gained a car, lost a fuel pump on a different car, ended up selling that car only to not be able to sell it, all while shopping for houses and guest-hosting another podcast (the Darker Days podcast for you White Wolf fans). It [...]
Episode 13 – Where The Heart Is
Previously on Whitechapel Six woke up in a hotel room. After a few clues, he uncovered the fact that he is somehow tied to the notorious Jack the Ripper. A mysterious woman named Liz found him, and told him to keep quiet as they made their way from the hotel. Six spied a black van [...]
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Episode 12 Postmortem
Image via Wikipedia I realized going into this episode that the setup was similar to earlier episodes — a mysterious figure leading Six into a car and driving him around, and having some connection to one of Six’s memories from episode one — so I tried to play with the formula a bit. Since the [...]
Pre-Order Now for “Close Encounters of the Urban Kind”
Long story short: an anthology I’ve been published in is open for pre-orders. Buying a copy would be awesome. Details: Pre-ordering opened today for Close Encounters of the Urban Kind, the fiction anthology by Apex Book Company. This anthology features my short story, “Gloomy Sunday.” It’s about a washed-up private detective, his government-employed ex-girlfriend, and [...]
Episode 12 – Lacuna
Previously on Whitechapel Mister Rich, Six’s mysterious benefactor, was shot and fell unconscious in a gunfight, before Six himself was stunned with a taser shotgun shell. Three days later, Six awoke in a hotel room under the name “M. John Druitt,” which turned out to be the name of one of the suspects for the [...]
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Whitechapel in Spanish
Image via Wikipedia Not to be outdone, Super Agent of Whitechapel Matt Timm has also started a Whitechapel translation project — this time, into Spanish! If you’ve been looking for your favorite amnesiac psychic killer en espanol, add this baby to your RSS feed: http://proyectowhitechapel.blogspot.com/ “The Cell” is also already translated and posted: http://proyectowhitechapel.blogspot.com/2010/01/episodio-01-la-celda.html
Interview in Ergofiction magazine
Between last night (when I wrote my post-mortem) and this morning, this interview about Whitechapel at Ergofiction magazine went live: http://www.ergofiction.com/2010/01/cafe-wednesday-eddy-webb/ Go check it out!
Episode 11 Post-Mortem
Image via Wikipedia Before I start, a few pieces of news. First off, as you’ve no doubt noticed by now, this is nearly a week late, and episode twelve will be similarly behind. I go into some detail over at my personal blog, but the long and the short of it is that my grandmother-in-law [...]
Episode 11 – Silent Running
Previously on Whitechapel After Six escaped from the Whitechapel Project, his mysterious comrade-in-arms, Mister Rich, was shot and fell unconscious. In trying to escape from two unknown men in a black van, Six ended up outside an emergency room before facing down two police officers and being stunned with a taser shotgun shell. After lying [...]
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Episode 11 Later This Week
I hate to do this again, but I’ve been sick the past few days. I have a draft of episode eleven done, but the past couple of days I just haven’t had the energy or cohesion to focus on an edit pass, nor am I in any good condition to record. So I’m going to [...]
Episode 10 – Post-Mortem
Image via Wikipedia Because of a big plot development in episode ten, I’m putting the entire post-mortem behind a cut. Normally I assume you’ve already read or listened to the episode before you read the post-mortem, but in this case you definitely should if you want to avoid spoilers. You have been warned. Author’s Commentary [...]
Whitechapel in French
Image by Zeetz Jones via Flickr Agent of Whitechapel Alex Cochrane — who I mercilessly murdered in Episode 7 — has started translating all of the Whitechapel episodes in French! I’ll post links to each French version at the bottom of the English episodes, but you can follow along at the blog here: Projet: Whitechapel [...]
Episode 10 – Mr. Druitt
Previously on Whitechapel Six escaped from the Whitechapel Project, thanks to the help of the mysterious Mister Rich. Although Six got some clues to the nature of his past, he had more questions than answers when Mister Rich was shot by a man masquerading as a police officer. A high-speed chase with real police officers [...]
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Delay on Episode 10
Image by eddyfate via Flickr Due to work and the holidays, this evening is the first chance I’ve had to sit and even think about Whitechapel, and I’m not likely to get much more time until around Christmas. My options are to try and crank out a shitty episode, or push it back a week, [...]
Episode 09 Post-Mortem
Image via Wikipedia Quick note before I dive in: yes, there isn’t any post-mortem for episode 8. I was hella busy that week preparing for a LARP event, and I thought I could catch up on that during the Q&A that got canceled. If someone really has a question about the writing process for episode [...]
Episode 09 – Two Wakings
Previously on Whitechapel Mister Rich rescued Six from the Whitechapel Project and gave him some clues about his past. When the two stopped at an out-of-the-way motel for a shower and new clothes, two men dressed as police officers followed Mister Rich back from a shopping trip. Six reluctantly killed one of the men with [...]
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Act I Q&A Cancelled
We only got one question for the Act I Q&A, so Rob and I decided that we’re going to cancel this and shoot for a Q&A at the end of the entire story, rather than an act-by-act breakdown. I may do an act post-mortem, but since I do a breakdown of each episode anyhow, I’m [...]
Send Questions for the Act I Q&A!
After lots of intense negotiations (okay, after I asked nicely), Rob Justice of the BearSwarm podcast has agreed to host a question and answer podcast with me about Act I of Whitechapel! If you have questions about the story, the writing process, the podcast production, or even just personal questions about me, you can email [...]
Episode 08 – The Van
Previously on Whitechapel Mister Rich revealed some tantalizing information about Six’s past, although he was wary of Six’s true intentions. After Six had some food, a shower, and some new clothes, Mister Rich was followed by two police officers to the run-down motel that they were staying at. The situation escalated, and Six killed one [...]
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Episode 07 Post-Mortem
Image by killthebird via Flickr Author’s Commentary This episode was initially pretty tough — I kind of knew where I wanted to go, but the first time I sat down to write this, it just didn’t come out. I barely got 500 words in before I called it a day. Then I watched some television [...]
Episode 07 – Cop Killer
Previously on Whitechapel Six was picked up from the Whitechapel Project by Mister Rich, a man who knew Six before his memory loss. Mister Rich confronted Six about his disguise as Dr. Tucci, but after Six told Mister Rich the truth, he decided to trust Six for now. They went to a run-down motel, where [...]
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Episode 06 Post-Mortem
Image by Firesign via Flickr Author’s Commentary This was a weird episode to write in a couple of ways. The first half was really simple, because it was essentially the exposition I expected to get to in episode five, more or less. When that ran out, I also got to address a point that got [...]
Episode 06 – Questions
Previously on Whitechapel Six escaped from his cell at the Whitechapel Project, only to be picked up by a black car driven by a man known only as Mister Rich. The mysterious driver seemed to play into Six’s disguise as Dr. Tucci, one of the employees of the Whitechapel Project, but when they arrived at [...]
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Episode 05 Post-Mortem
Image via Wikipedia Thanks to everyone for being patient with the extra week. If you’ve been interested in what’s being going on with my health, you can check out the “health”-tagged entries on my LiveJournal. Otherwise, let’s dive into this. Author’s Commentary This episode poured out pretty easily. I had envisioned Mr. Rich acting in [...]
Some Quick Updates
Image by nataliesap via Flickr A few quick things that Whitechapel readers might be interested in. Shadow Freak is the sorry bastard lucky winner of the Agent Mission contest. He (or someone with his name, at least) will be dying in a future episode of Whitechapel. Congrats, Freak! I recorded a short Whitechapel promotional piece [...]
Episode 05 – Mister Rich
Previously on Whitechapel Six escaped from his cell at the Whitechapel Project disguised as Dr. Tucci, one of the project’s employees. After leaving his prison, a black car pulled up that seemed strangely familiar, and Six was told to get in. During the ride, the mysterious driver referred to him as Dr. Tucci, but asked [...]
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Slight bump for episode 6
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Things still look good for releasing episode 5 of Whitechapel tomorrow. However, I have oral surgery late next week (I’m having four wisdom teeth removed), which means I’m going to be on pain meds and healing when I would normally be writing and recording episode 6. In fact, the [...]
Agent Mission 2: Propaganda and Murder
Image via Wikipedia Welcome back, agents. Now that you have completed your basic training, we move to your first field mission. But first, I want to take a moment to commend some of you on your exemplary initiative. Many agents have gone out of their way to spread the word about Whitechapel. Some have also [...]
Episode 04 Post-Mortem
Image via Wikipedia Author’s Commentary Over the past few episodes, I had fallen into a rhythm with writing episodes of Whitechapel: post-mortem on Wednesday (which, after last episode’s close voting, I’m going to probably bump to Thursdays to let the poll close before I comment), first 1000 words on Thursday, revision and last 500-1000 words [...]
Episode 04 – Eden
Previously on Whitechapel Six wakes up with amnesia, and escapes from his cell after killing a guard with his mind. He breaks into the office of Dr. Harold Tucci and learns that he’s part of something called the Whitechapel Project. Using a different aspect of his powers, he disguises himself as Dr. Tucci and manages [...]
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Episode 03 Post-Mortem
Image by Wellington Grey via Flickr Author’s Commentary I wasn’t entirely sure how this episode was going to turn out, to be honest. When the vote was firmly cast for bluffing, I had to think about how he could actually do that in a plausible way. I did have a note that VI had the [...]
Episode 03 – Escape
Previously on Whitechapel A man known only by the roman numeral six wakes up in a padded cell. He discovers he has strange abilities when he turns his guard into a bloody mess just by thinking about it. Six makes his way into the empty office of a Dr. Harold Tucci, who turns out to [...]
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Agent Mission 1: Basic Training
Image by Dunechaser via Flickr Congratulations! Each of you reading this has a unique opportunity to join a very elite group, a chance to become one of the mythical and awe-inspiring Agents of Whitechapel. Your duty is a dangerous one, and should you be captured… Okay, okay. It’s not all that dangerous. But some of [...]
Episode 02 Post-Mortem
Image via Wikipedia As a side note, about half-way through the voting I heard a couple of concerns that the IP and cookie tracking I had implemented made it hard for businesses and multi-reader households to vote separately. So, I changed it to just cookie tracking, so multiple computers on the same IP can vote. [...]
Episode 02 – Honor
Previously on Whitechapel A hospital patient wakes up in a padded room with a massive headache. The only clue he has to his identity is a plastic bracelet with the letters “VI” printed on it. As he tries to figure out who he is and what’s happened to him, a man dressed in business casual [...]
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Episode 01 Post-Mortem
Image by opellulo via Flickr After each episode’s voting closes, I plan to do a “post-mortem” post. This will be a combination of author’s notes on the episode (kind of like DVD commentary) and my thoughts on the voting and discussion of the previous episode. Author’s Commentary I’ve had the idea for the opening scene [...]
Quick Whitechapel Update
A quick note from GenCon. The poll is closed, and it looks like VI stands for the roman numeral for six, carrying over 50% of the vote. Thanks to everyone who voted!
Upcoming Whitechapel schedule
Image via Wikipedia Just a quick note on the scheduling of Whitechapel, and how I’m going to fuck it up right out of the gate. Currently I’m planning to post something at least once a week — one week will be an episode of Whitechapel, then when the voting closes the following week I’ll do [...]
Episode 01 – The Cell
… I can smell the faint stench of decay on her breath, taste notes of it on my lips. Her hair is plastered across her face as my fingers clench. I imagine the soft silkiness of her neck in my hands… … I can see metal and plastic and leather and glass, all in a [...]
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Author’s Notes: Questions
I’ve been going through some of my old pieces, and I decided to post this flash fiction piece to give a taste of (unrelated) horror. “Questions” is an older microfiction piece of mine, and it’s been through a number of revisions (including one version that made it onto the “Pseudopod” podcast). I also used a [...]
Questions
Image by the_exploratorium via Flickr … Cold. So cold. I can’t feel my hands. They’re a couple of twitching lumps of meat at the end of my arms, uncaring about my needs or desires. I push them closer to the fire sputtering in a rusted oil drum, but the heat is as unconcerned about me [...]
More Awesome Internet Serials
One week until the launch of Whitechapel! If you’re looking for other free Internet serials to fill your time with while you wait, I have four other sites you should check out. Jet Pack is a central point for the fiction of three extremely talented writers: Chuck Wendig, Will Hindmarch and Wood Ingham. I’m particularly [...]
Whitechapel, Katrina Night and Beer
First, a quick Whitechapel update. Episode 1 is written, and I have some final revisions in mind before I record it. I still have to work a little on my reading speed (which is why I gave myself more time — I’m anticipating quite a number of takes the first time through), but overall things [...]
Episode 00 – Promo
A short (41 second) promo for Whitechapel. Feel free to use this for your own podcast, or share it with your friends! Note: It does contain spoilers for the first episode. A man wakes up in a padded cell with a headache, no memories and the ability to kill with his mind. The only clue [...]
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Announcing Whitechapel
For those who have followed my Twitter and LiveJournal for the past few weeks, I’ve made a few cryptic remarks about an upcoming fiction project (which, by the way, is totally unrelated to my work at my day job with CCP/White Wolf Publishing). After a while, I dropped the name “Whitechapel.” After weeks of messing [...]
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