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How I usually write.
I've been thinking about this lately because I just finished NaNoWriMo and am now working on a short story and the two of them just make me feel more aware of mechanics lately. I usually start with a setting or situation, and then have to find characters and a plot to...
Vote for your favorite!
Apparently you can vote for your favorite stories and poems over on The Fifth Di.... I wouldn't be sad if your favorite was me Me mE MEmemEMeMEME meeeeeeeeeeeeee! Just don't stuff the ballot box or anything.
Die, OpenID, die.
Apparently, OpenID mysteriously quit working with LJ. I'll assume that's why I haven't received any comments since September. Comments are moderated because of spammers. Specifically, it's because there is a special circle in hell for people who spam my dead pet...
Possibly eccentric decision.
At least, it made Brian give me a weird look. 😉 I'm considering doing all my composing in plain text rather than Open Office or AbiWord. Why? More portable--easier to sneak in work on other machines (*coughcough*the office*cough*). I won't need to convert the story...
“Corporate Oversight” available at The Fifth Di…
My story, "Corporate Oversight," is now available at The Fifth Di.... Woohoo!
I win at life!
I think it needs to expand out, like an accordian. Later. I reread part of the beginning. It's better than I remembered. It's... funny. I'm still a couple of rewrites from the decision of whether I want to 'fess up to it in public, but... I wrote a novel. In a...
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.