And another: Readers of both traditional and urban fantasy–as well as fans of Shakespeare and film noir–will find much to savor in Lamplighter’s charming debut. She’s created a world so nuanced and believable, I half-expect to see barghest hounds on my next trip to the mall. An ensemble cast of delightful and distinctive characters take…
New quotes for Prospero Lost in today! Misty Massey — author of Mad Kestrel:"Prospero Lost is a delicious treat of a novel! A beautifully original handling of a classic tale, Miranda’s enthralling quest to find and save her father, the renowned wizard Prospero, is fraught with danger and surprises, taking her to the ends of…
A man in Holland has built a to scale model of the Ark. (It is to scale, but 1/5 of the size of the original.) He is sailing it in the canals and talking to children about the Bible. He said: “I had a dream that Holland will become flooded. The next day, I found a book…
Wow…who would have believe it…Robot flute player: http://gmy.news.yahoo.com/v/10568096
Okay…my experience is, when putting a story together, that the best way to get a "three dimensional" effect is to have a chart. Charts — overlaps of ideas — do for writing what shading does for art. So, I’ve taken the Boy Scout virtues and put under them related concepts that people here or…
Okay, Folks, I could use your help here. I was skating along today, bemoaning the fact that I just didn’t know if I was getting certain moral ideas through to my kids, and I realized that I had a wonderful opportunity to do just that! I’m running a roleplaying game with my kids and a friend and…
Carbonelle wrote: Stop talking about politics for a moment or two. Post a reasonably-sized picture in your LJ, NOT under a cut tag, of something pleasant, such as an adorable kitten, or a fluffy white cloud, or a bottle of booze. Something that has NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS. Include these instructions, and share the…
We’re having work done in our house, so the place looks like a war zone. Half the stuff is packed up, and the stuff that is not packed needs packing. Part of the work required that we dismantle our waterbed on Saturday. Then, last night, we filled it again to sleep on for the two weeks,…
A picture of Snufkin…because no one is cooler! Just found out that in addition to always being big favorites in Finnland (they are the Finn Family Moomintrolls,) the Moomintrolls are apparently huge in Japan…thanks to a Moomintroll anime…and there’s even a Russian rock group called the Moomintrolls (or whatever the Russian equivolent of the name…
My wonderful friend, Danielle, who is the head editor of the Faerie anthologies I’ve been involved with, asked that this announcement of the upcoming publication of her novel Tomorrow’s Memories be posted on her behalf. Tomorrow’s Memories is the sequel to her book Yesterday’s Dreams. http://www.mundania.com/books-tomorrowsmemories.html Now announcing the official release of Tomorrow’s Memories…