A serpent born with wings, a dragon formed
by flesh or soul of heaven and of earth:
a twinless being, waiting for a storm
to break the world with self--to prove the worth
of power will the dragon first appear--

A pearl the key to every hope's rebirth,
and blood the answer to its every fear.It's a translation ( Read more... )

...having a journal you actually like to look at. Yay for customizing colors ( Read more... )

Last night I wrote, and this morning I had that brilliant experience of reading the scene again for the first time. Usually that means sitting for a very long time revising and agonizing over anything that doesn't seem just rightThis time, though, was one of those rare times where you read straight through because it carries you straight through, ( Read more... )

*does the I-should've-gone-to-bed-or-spent-this-time-working-on-my-presentation-for-Thursday-or-my-paper-due-Saturday-but-I-really-don't-care-because-my-novel-in-progress-is-now-90-count-'em-NINETY-pages-long dance*

It's a good dance.

You should try it sometime :D

So...I did it. I finally wrote something that could actually (well, mostly) be considered "fan fiction". I did it partly because the idea's been in my head for a long time, and partly because I wanted to have something on my fanfiction.net account, even if it is mediocre ( Read more... )