I haven't touched my novel in a few months. Partially, it's been that my life has been all 'splodey, and partially, it's been that I only just recently decided why my villain's motivation is. And now that I have a solid outline, I might want to start over, with the exception of about one or two chapters. I mean, I've changed everything in my ( Read more... )

I made a couple of color tweaks to the temporary new layout. Note to self-- this is the best hexidecimal site I've seen yet. At any rate, I toned down the green a bit and turned the comment foreground to burgundy. I've emailed someone about helping me make a more permanent layout-- she's made layouts for me before that I absolutely love (she ( Read more... )

Synopsis:: From the very moment she was born, Primavera's songs made water flow and flowers blossom. She brought new life to the desert where her family lives. But even in Paradise there are dreams that cannot be fulfilled. Primavera is in love with a man who can never be hers-- so when a handsome stranger offers her the gift of a horse-headed ( Read more... )

The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
Synopsis:: Tartt's much bruited first novel is a huge (592 pages) rambling story that is sometimes ponderous, sometimes highly entertaining. Part psychological thriller, part chronicle of debauched, wasted youth, it suffers from a basically improbable plot, a fault Tartt often redeems through the bravado of her ( Read more... )

Synopsis:: A collection of four short stories and novellas-- 'Cleopatra Brimstone', 'Pavane for a Prince of the Air', 'Chip Crockett's Christmas Carol', and 'The Least Trumps'. Only 500 copies of this book were ever printed, each hand-signed by the author. Includes an introduction by Lucius Shepard, and story notes by the author. All of the ( Read more... )

Writing challenges #1 - 10 of 19. Comments, critiques, helpful suggestions welcome.

( Breathe )

Mortal Love by Elizabeth Hand
Synopsis:: "Elizabeth Hand explores the theme of artistic inspiration and its dangerous devolvement into obsession and madness through three interwoven narrative threads in this superb dark fantasy novel. In late Victorian England, American painter Radborne Comstock makes the acquaintance of Evienne Upstone, a model ( Read more... )

Twilight, by Stephenie MeyerThis book was an impulse buy. I read a lot of Young Adult fiction, I always have. Sometimes it's old favorites that comfort me-- books that I read over and over again with a mug of hot tea, curled under the blankets. Sometimes it's the latest big thing, just out of curiosity ( Read more... )

Finding Serenity: Anti-Heroes, Lost Shepherds, and Space Hookers in Joss Whedon's 'Firefly'
Edited by Jane Espenson

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Virgo: In his "MuseLetter," Richard Heinberg writes that Jesus "taught renunciation of ephemeral desires, fearless and carefree public behavior, and contempt for riches." This happens to be a precise prescription for those of you who hope to put yourself in maximum alignment with cosmic rhythms in the coming week. I suggest you suspend your ( Read more... )