It's been difficult for me since I realized my attempt at choking love out of my life was turning me back into a monster. Looking back, it really shouldn't have surprised me--in a way, it's what I wanted: Feel no pain and revel in callousness. But that's just not who I am. Does that mean I've succeeded in some way? Or am I just jaded enough to bear ( Read more... )

http://www.cracked.com/article_15801_5-current-genetic-experiments-most-likely-destroy-humanity.html

For years I've been able to avoid actually writing the finished version of Vermillion Sky because 'it wasn't finished'. I'd start in and realize, if I changed my mind later, all this writing would be for nothing. And that was fine by me; it did prove to be a wise decision, after all ( Read more... )

Have you seen me?

Last seen riding on a runaway train,
heading the wrong way on a one-way track.

If you have details about this person's
whereabouts, please call 555-NOWHERE.

Answers to empty promises, false hope,
lost ideals, and philosophical nonsense.

Please do not approach this person if you
see him, as he may not actually be real.

Bwahahahaha!! A major plot hole--the major plot hole--just resolved itself, clearing the way for the climaxes of The Chains of Fate and The Great Destroyer, the last two Vermillion Sky books.

Yes!

I finally forced myself to go back through the archives of this journal and set my memories in order. It's funny how twisted and misremembered some of the events had become: I commented with such wonder at no longer being bound to an ever-present sense of what was about to happen--and what would supposedly happen in the further future; it was a ( Read more... )

I haven't posted because not a lot is going on ( Read more... )

I don't normally forward these sorts of things, but this one is particularly insidious. It's also been verified on Snopes.com, so feel free to check it out there, minus the 'OMG!' tone. Here you go:

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Writing isn't all cream and cake, that last part was a chore to write and it still looks awful. Bleh. Anyway, went to see Beowulf today. Good movie. If you've played God of War I or II, you've seen Beowulf. Which is to say, it was pretty awesome. Angelina Jolie's parts alone were worth the price of admission ( Read more... )

It is a very good thing for the human race that I am not my character Conrad Alexander, because all of Islam would burn. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311848,00.htmlRead more... )