Joe DeRouen - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm a professional writer living in Rogers, Arkansas, with my beautiful wife Andee and our brilliant six-year-old son Fletcher. I enjoying collecting Mego action figures, reading, and watching movies.

I play Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean Online. My character's name is Nathaniel Bluecastle.

I also play Disney's Toon Toon, where I am a blue bear named Master Rufflechomp.Below are some of the relevant links to my life:

Joe DeRouen My Writing Blog Weird Websites ComputerUser Magazine NanoWrimoThe Mego Store The Mego Museum The Official Chris de Burgh Website AndeeOnline Plaid Stallions Hover to see a description, click on any photo to see a close-up!

My Interests

Reading, writing, Mego action figures, Wacky Wobblers, comics, books, movies, music, fantasy, science fiction, horror, suspense, dark fantasy, text adventure games, interactive fiction, Zork

I'd like to meet:

People who share some of my same interests, including writing, reading, collecting Megos, music, etc.

Music:

Alanis Morissette, KT Tunstall, Chris de Burgh, Cheryl Wheeler, Anna Nalick, John Mayer, The Wreckers, Kelly Clarkson, Luka Bloom, Loreena McKennit, Kate Bush, Billy Joel, Christine Lavin, John Gorka, Cliff Eberhardt, Bourgeois Tagg, Frozen Ghost, Suzanne Vega, Avril Lavine, Liz Phair, Tom Petty, Nellie McKay

Movies:

Dead Again, Superman Returns, Star Wars, Spider-Man, Clerks, Amazon Women on the Moon, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Office Space, Shaun of the Dead, Xanadu, Napoleon Dynamite

Television:

The Twilight Zone, Justice League Unlimited, Teen Titans, Lost, Heroes, House, The Outer Limits, The Time Tunnel, The Ultimate Fighter, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, The Dead Zone

Books:

Replay by Ken Grimwood, Three Days to Never by Tim Powers, Alternities by Michael P. Kube-McDowell, Trader by Charles de Lint, Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Christopher Golden, Jonathan Carroll, James P. Blaylock

Heroes:

Rod Serling, Stan Lee, Batman

My Blog

You CAN go home again, but just for a while

I went to the Carthage, Illinois (population: 3,000) school system from Kindergarten through 11th, then moved to Dallas, Texas for my 12th. As you can imagine, I never really bonded with the kids in 1...
Posted by Joe DeRouen on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:31:00 PST

Should Joe go to his 20th high school reunion?

Okay, here's the deal - I grew up in Carthage, Illinois, (population 2,000 and falling) but moved away in my junior year of high school. But it's definitely the school I consider my high school. Found...
Posted by Joe DeRouen on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:10:00 PST

Confessions of an Un/Published Writer: Are Writing Source Books Really Helpful?

Are writing source books really helpful? Other than making the writer of said source material money, I'm not so sure. In my experience, few are worth the price, but a couple do stand out for me:Writer...
Posted by Joe DeRouen on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 05:54:00 PST

Myspace is addicting

For the longest time, I mocked myspace. And then, because she wanted to write someone on myspace, my wife joined. And because she wanted to know how to edit her page, and because I didn't want to sit ...
Posted by Joe DeRouen on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:01:00 PST