Because I feel the man and his work deserves all the attention it can get.

“If we knew what we are, we should do as Sir Arthur Jermyn did; and Arthur Jermyn soaked himself in oil and set fire to his clothing one night.”

-- "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family" by H.P. Lovecraft

I usually try and not print out chunks of what I’ve written so as not to get bogged down in edits. But Jen has been asking to read what I have so far, so yesterday I printed out 20 000 of the 30 000 words I’ve got down for book one of the Strickland Diaries.

Strangely enough, I haven’t had the urge to go sit down and read it all. Apart from making ( Read more... )

Was going to see ‘Moon’, but a change of plans now has that happening tomorrow night. Snuggled in bed with cats and lovely. Tea next. Then some mindless TV.

collywobbles: intestinal cramps or other intestinal disturbances. (also known as tummy ache)

Here's a spiffy update of the treatment-in-the-works myself and SF author Marianne de Pierres are writing for Enchanter Productions. Kick. Ass.

Stalking Daylight

I finally have the Wordpress blog set up dedicated entirely to the book I'm writing. You can find some interesting details about characters, guilds, soundtracks and more there, which will be updated frequently -

Strickland Diaries

Also, the protagonist, Alex Strickland has her own Facebook page:

Alex Strickland's Facebook Page

Those are but two of the cool topics
I recently talked about the World SF Blog
in a short piece about the influence of
background and environment on writing.


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Somehow the protag of my novel, Alex Strickland, got herself a profile on
Facebook.

This will be trouble.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000327533440&ref=name

Sometimes it helps to go on TILT.

As noted in the rant-fest of an entry below this one... The day after said rant was posted, I emailed a very nice email to said lecturer explaining my position and why I thought certain of her comments had disadvantaged my grade. Result? Lecturer remarked essay and bumped grade from a B+ to an A-

Her email in ( Read more... )

It's been hard at times, but for three years I've kept my mouth shut. About what, you ask? Well, most of the time Stephen King (because the man can be a joy to quote). But on the whole-genre fiction.

• Context: University. Double major-English Literature and Religious Studies.

In three years, I have never raised contentions about either a ( Read more... )