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Poetry, about girls. Probably not what you think.
Strong Means Something
Raise a glass with me to Dorothy, tough as yellow bricks.
If she can follow that road, she could walk on the Styx.
She kills witches? Big deal! She tore down a veil,
Exposed the manipulator, wrinkled and pale
Let's drink to Alice, who nobody sent,
But boldly through the looking-glass went,
She began as a dream, but put the dreamer ( Read more... ) -
Strength of Character
Most of us, at some point or another, will have come across the mutant-power approach to characterisation, as illustrated by this conversation between two writers ( Read more... ) -
The Hunting Of the Snark
Props to Sarah Rees Brennan for making me think about this: theblackarts.com/sarahreesbrennan.com/personal-blog-2/
Snark. Its everywhere. We love it. It's more fun than a monkey on a space hopper.
Sarcastic mockery is a religion in some regions of the net. It's more popular than Barack Obama. Its more popular than* hope* dude. Righteous Anger and ( Read more... ) -
I'm in ur library, readin ur wordz
Reviews!
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Um... Wow. This book is intense. And I mean INJECTING A COFFEE AND AMPHETAMINE COCKTAIL INTO YOUR EYEBALL intense.
It's pretty violent, it's pretty gory, it's very fast paced and fairly twisty, but the real intensity comes from the incredible rawness with which the lead character experiences ( Read more... ) -
Scribbling on the Heart - 1. Crazy Little Thing Called...
Welcome to the start of a couple of very brief brainstorm on writing emotions. Before I invite the rage, this isn't supposed to be rigorous. I'm just chucking ideas at a page, and you're welcome to join in.Still to come: hate, fear, ambition and lust, but first up ( Read more... ) -
The Dragon Nextdoor
Evening all,
At Eastercon there was a chat about what makes Urban Fantasy tick, and I thought I'd add my two cents:
What exactly is Urban Fantasy? It's a question that causes controversy. There's always going to be a scrap when you get a group of people together who are as voraciously intelligent as geeks, and have the hard-on for taxonomy that many ( Read more... ) -
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
This message was brought to you by the need to have a completed novel by the end of the month.
That is all
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
This message was brought to you by the need to have a completed novel by the end of the month.
That is all
Posted via LiveJournal.app.
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Best Physics Ever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0c5yClip4o
Fool proof I tell you, stuffed chockfull of indisputable facts