The exerpt on style from Theodore A. Rees Cheney's book, Getting the Words Right.

Seriously, when I feel like I need a boost of confidence, I read this passage. Again and again.

To writers everywhere, I hope this will help in boosting your confidence as well. Again and again.

( Your boost of confidence... )

Title: Embrace the Sea

Fandom: Prince of Tennis

Pairing: Mild Akaya x Yanagi

Rating: G

Summary: A simple evening stroll and a curious little question.

( Sea person vs Land person... )

Title: Kunshi ~君子~

Fandom: Prince of Tennis

Pairing: Sanada x Yanagi.

Rating: PG

Summary: AU. Like a lone luminescent lotus blossom, the tea master struggles and sprouts from the muddy waters of ignorance and fear.

( Part 1 of 4... )

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A phenomenal song on a phenomenal album.

Thunder flashes, lighting up the darkness and illuminating Genji's figure. Even when the light goes out, Genji will exist forever, waiting to be rediscovered. Just like, Rin' may have disbanded. Yet, their music will continue to exist.

As I search my mind tirelessly for inspiration, memory leads me to my ( Read more... )

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The actors are amateurs. But that's okay.

The tea master composed the tea ceremony in an incorrect sequence. The clumped-up matcha he used appeared cheap and stale. But that's okay.

These things don't really matter.

What matters is the moral of the story. What matters is that it successfully provided inspiration for my upcoming piece.

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My favorite song on this album. For this reason alone, it gets an entry in my journal. (:P)

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I am going away on vacation for a few days.

For some reason, this music really makes me feel like I am hiking somewhere. That the road I am traveling on is not as flat and easy to conquer as it seems.

Don't let the title mislead you. It is not just a prayer. It is a journey full of discoveries, full of evolutions, full of comprehensions. The prayer ( Read more... )

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Someone provided an interesting description to this song on her blog. That it felt like the singer "was singing to protect something precious." ("用那种想要保护某种珍爱东西的心情去吟唱着")

It was kind of what I felt yesterday. I feel that life has a tendency of throwing ice to put out your fire. With time, people learn not to care about a lot of things. But, then, in ( Read more... )

Title: Purification ~淨化~

Fandom: Prince of Tennis

Pairing: Yukimura x Yanagi

Rating: PG-13

Summary: AU. If he was buried under this snow, then perhaps he would be cleansed of all of his contamination from the past.

Notes: 温柔强攻, 淡泊隱忍受, BE

( To be purified... )

Happy birthday, ( Read more... )