See Spock in my icon? :points: That's the way I was stuck for almost ten minutes, propped on my open car door, this morning. And, yes, I was snickering madly, despite being in a shitload of pain. What can I say, I'm wired weird ( Read more... )

I entered this awhile back and I don't want to see it die before I get a chance to complete my story, so...

alterego_thon:

What this is ( Read more... )

Over at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books, the SBs are discussing a "creative writing textbook" (The College Handbook of Creative Writing) that makes me glad I could never fit that creative writing class into my schedule in college. Here's the excerpt that made me roll my eyes so hard they almost flew out of my skull:

"Entertainment literature does not ( Read more... )

Since I've given Yugi a slight handicap (other than his height!) in "1001 Nights", it got me to thinking about what a romance novel would be like with a heroine who has a chronic illness (they do say to write what you know). But it would be a very short book if our heroine had *my* chronic illness(es ( Read more... )

The second chapter is up at ff.net!

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4517420/2/1001_Domino_Nights

In the latest issue of the TOR/Forge newsletter, Kevin J. Anderson talks about the latest novel in the classic Dune series, Paul of Dune* (co-written with Brian Herbert).

"What in the world happened between those two novels [Dune and Dune Messiah]? How can we explain the dramatic shift in Paul’s character? Paul of Dune is the untold story of ( Read more... )

My lovely beta reader kmktr found this chapter in her email archive, so I was able to post an update to "Chariots of the Gods"!

CotG: Chapter 26Note: I was in the midst of doing massive revisions of the story when the old computer cacked it. I decided to change "pilot" to "Duelist" when referring to the Duel Mecha pilots, and the new chapter reflects ( Read more... )

Five favorite (or most memorable) lines of dialogue.

I'm going to go with "most memorable" (because I have a lousy memory, so I probably won't even recall my favorite lines until about 2 a.m. next Thursday).

1. "Millennium Puzzle -- Activate!" (For the sheer WTF-ery and the Wonder Twins flashback)

2. "No, I am your father."

3. "Why do we even ( Read more... )