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“No one said elves are nice. Elves are bad.”
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- At 12:06pm on July 27, 2008,
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- At 6:32pm on April 8, 2008,
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- At 4:34am on March 27, 2008,
Jay Miller said… - My Friend,
May God shine his GLORY upon you. and through you, and brighten your day. Please take a moment now to give thanks for what you cherish most in your life. Recognize also, the other gifts he has bestowed upon you. Have a wonderful day.
- At 10:18pm on February 22, 2008,
Donald James Parker said… - Thanks Austin!!
Don
- At 3:11pm on February 22, 2008,
Shawna Van Ness said… - veritas
Truth.
- At 1:04pm on February 22, 2008,
Karina Fabian said…
- I'd forgotten that Pratchett Quote! I love his stuff.
- At 7:26am on February 22, 2008,
Shawna Van Ness said…
- hey, just to clarify: I think one letter is plenty differentiation, not to mention that I'msure our storylines and usage of andoven/andovan are completely at different edges of the spectrum.... nobody's ripping anyone off in this case, so I hope you haven't changed anything on my account! It's those places where spellings are exact that are so tricky... my original kingdom was called Aldaria--- but i found that exact definition as well as every possible phonetic respell that could exist when I googled it. When I finally retooled it, throwing in some latin allusions, it turns out I like the new name best, so God always knows what he's doing when we see a roadblock. E'veria fits the spirit of my novel much better than Aldaria ever did. Google can be such a beautiful thing!
- At 3:15pm on February 21, 2008,
- Elves are bad, eh? Have you been talking with my dragon? Actually, he doesn't think elves are bad--just longwinded and laborious, unless they're drinking soda in which case they're a royal pain in the keester. (The additives, you know.)
- At 10:26am on February 19, 2008,
Shawna Van Ness said…
- Truly. Likewise, another group of characters in my book are "Storytellers" and most of their names give homage to my favorite authors, Rowling, McKinley, and Lewis become Rowlen, Kinley, and Lewys, etc. --- I love that you create your own cusswords; the wonderful license of fantasy authorship! I'm struggling to follow CBA guidelines within my WIP (a contemp. novel) because I have characters who NEED to swear; they are begging me.... I guess I'll let them and see what sort of fits it causes editors later! HA!
- At 10:03am on February 19, 2008,
Shawna Van Ness said…
- It amazes me how we fantasy authors come up with the same sort of words. In my novel, "The Ryn," I have a race of people known as the Andoven. Sound familiar? One little letter and a storyline is all that separates us in the fiction world. Previously, my ficticious kingdom (same novel) had a different name than the current "E'veria" -- but I googled that creation and found that my kingdom already existed--and was trademarked!
Have you found this to be a common problem in your writing... and what do you do about it? It took me an entire day of panic and another spend in the hallowed halls of Google and Ask before I found a kingdom name that did not already exist... but it turns out I like this one better.... whodathunkit?
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- Reader, writer, or both?
- Umm, both...
- Favorite Genre
- Speculative Fiction (Y'know... Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror, deranged dream sequences, etc.)
- About Me:
- I come from the hinterlands of New York City, bearing strange ideas and forgotten lore. I make the concern of my study the life and thought of ancient Jews and early Christians. I write tomes on the life and history of Andovan, the Land Beyond the Stars; Paradise, the perfect world made such through the complete hegemony of technological overlords; of America in the future in 10: Seconds, and the wars for freedom that have yet to be fought.
I dwell in Brooklyn with my darling wife and twochildrencats. I listen to loud, fast, violent, and deliberately offensive rock music. I support Arsenal Football Club, play Lord of the Rings Online, and work for a major record label in the royalties accounting department (trust me, it's not very exciting. At all.)
One can sample the weightier matters on my heart and mind by visiting my website. Feel free to contact me with whatever you would want to say, whether it be hate mail or fan mail. Just leave the joyspam and chain letters in your own in-box, thank you.
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- http://www.bootsandbibles.com
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"Against Principalities and Powers" – First Draft Complete!
Woo! Two first-drafts in a week! And this one's actually marketable!
"Against Principalities and Powers" might not be so overtly twisted as "The Soulsucker of Aneuma," but it should hopefully cheese the right people off and make for a nice discussion piece. It weighs in presently at 2,735 words, and its success lies in its final execution. Right now, as far as executions go, it's less guillotine, more rusty serrated knife.
I'm endeavouring to sharpen t
… ContinuePosted on February 7, 2008 at 8:23pm —
"The Soulsucker of Aneuma" Redux, first-draft finished at 17,764 Words
This is not necessarily a good thing.
I was aiming for 10,000 words or less.
Who on earth is going to print a 17,000+ word story from a first-time author?
Oh, wait! Google Adsense has an advertisement for a group called "Publish America"... They say they'll publish my book "with Ease for Free"[sic]. I should probably look into that!
/sarcasm off
Posted on February 5, 2008 at 8:13am — 2 Comments
Ad-nonsense (Cheating Wife?)
So, I just saw this advert on the google ad-sense for, well, let me show you...
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Not only is the message somewhat odd (what the heck is a "discount" cheating wife, anyway) but it also makes me won
… ContinuePosted on February 1, 2008 at 3:02pm — 4 Comments
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