So, as a form of prastination (one of many), I've been toying with various ideas for poetry projects* -- some I've been thinking about for a while now, some are brand new.

The newest idea, and one that could be done both fairly cheaply and easily (uh huh), is creating one or more pocket/mini chapbooks (thank you Poets & Writers). They would be 4.25 ( Read more... )

Nominations are up for a list of the 101 Best Fantasy Books (I'm not sure who's compiling it). You can vote for your choices here.

Some of those on the list I would classify more as scifi than fantasy, but no biggie. There are some that I know will make it onto the final list even though I'm sure they don't belong there (i.e., Twilight, which may ( Read more... )

I mentioned to junglemonkee earlier today that I was avoiding twitter like like a big scary alien who sucks your brains to the point where you can only think in 140 characters or less. She explained that that wasn’t likely to happen, and that twitter is useful for posting items that are too short to blog, which makes sense ( Read more... )

Poll Just wondering...

My sister came home with purple hands last night. She's a hairdresser, and had to dye someone's hair purple, and like the silly-billy she is didn't think to wear gloves. She claimed however that she had been attacked by a purple people eater ( Read more... )

I stole this idea from larinzia. Please let me know of three books that I just have to read in the new year (I'll already be stealing some of the suggestions from her poll). Not that I don't have enough books on my list to read of course, but what the hey. I always like to see what people liked and what I should be keeping up with.

Poll Book Suggestions for 2009I didn't include " ( Read more... )

Here's something I was going to bring up in my other zombie-love post. I was watching a short behind the scenes thing for a horror convention, and one of the questions asked of actors and actresses from various zombie movies was, "Do you prefer fast or slow zombies ( Read more... )

Valentines is one of those holidays that I feel rather ambivalent about. Sure, it's nice to have a day to acknoledge your love for another, but I tend to lean toward my sister's point of view. If you love someone, why should you wait for one specific holiday to show that love. Love is year round and should be expressed year round (which is why my ( Read more... )

Last night I was walking away from my desk, I spotted a huge, fat, ugly spider running across the floor. As I freaked, shrieked, and jumped up on tip-toes to avoid it, the spider changed direction and began running straight for me. More shrieking ensued as it passed me, heading for the desk. I attempted to beg and bribe my brother into killing the ( Read more... )

marikochan is doing some research on author's sites for a study she's doing. I thought it was interesting, and since many of you on my friend's list are authors and readers, I figured you would be interested, too.

So, if you feel like filling out a poll in author's websites, click here.