By keeping the lights in my room off, so that the room is only illuminated by the dull, wintery sunlight that filters past my blinds, I'm making a wish.

Let time stop, just for now.Still in my pajamas and glasses, hair still braided from sleep and unbrushed, I'm creating a quiet little illusion for myself. Even if just for a second, I can still ( Read more... )

*blank stare at the reviews and critiques for her personal essay on ADD ( Read more... )

Stress is like an aphrodisiac for plot bunnies ( Read more... )

I love Mercedes Lackey and her sense of humor. I'm currently re-(re-re-re-re-re-)reading The Ship Who Searched by Anne McCaffrey and Mercedes Lackey. It was actually this book that got me reading Lackey, to be honest. It was my favorite of all of the Brainship books (all of which McCaffrey wrote with different people), and so I investigated the ( Read more... )

I feel kind of gypped ( Read more... )

For me, at least, the appeal of fantasy and science fiction is that element of the fantastic. Yes, I love characters who I feel like I can identify with, because that makes it all that much more realistic ( Read more... )

Title: Soulfire
Genre: ...magical realism?
Warnings: Written at about 3:00 a.m. on caffiene and cold meds. The grammar is insane, the writing is odd, and I mutilated the english language. Just odd.
Notes: This was one of the stories I wrote for my Speculative Fiction class. It's still in development, so feel free to tear it apart and offer advice ( Read more... )

Okay, young, aspiring writers? Listen up. We're here today for a friendly little lesson on grammar.

I'm glad to see you were all paying at least a bit of attention during the class on elipses, but you need to learn that they aren't always necessary. I too was young and stupid once, and had a roleplay character where I used ... to connect every ( Read more... )

I joined the No True Pair community on InsaneJournal, and this particular month, the challenge is a take on the ever-popular "Twelve Characters" meme. Authors were to make their list of twelve characters, and submit them before a certain deadline. After that deadline passed, the actual list of prompts were put up, and people began writing. This is ( Read more... )

I sent off the first box of books today, so you should be recieving them in the next few days (especially considering that we live in the same state).

Also! This is something that my Dad's been raving about lately that immediately made me think of you: The WorldWide Telescope. It's a program that you can download that basically gives you and ( Read more... )