January 2012
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Oh, Sherlock...
kairu321:
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Short Story: "Judgment" →
I wrote you bitches a short story.
Because bitches love short stories.
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Poetry: "A Writer on the Internet"
(A tribute to how the internet makes me feel every day.)
I wake, I rise, get up, and go Sit down, turn on my Macbook Pro Wait for the load screen and that sound And watch my data come around Meanwhile, I dress, put on my socks Then click Mozilla Firefox It starts at Yahoo; God knows why Then it’s to Gmail after two tries My first mail loads, and so I wait Good Lord, 158 Three from...
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30 Minute Fiction: The Solutionist (unspecified... →
My second 30 minute fiction piece! Now read it, tumblr!
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New Blog: 30 Minute Fiction →
So, I started a new blog today! It’s called 30 Minute Fiction, and it’s about me and writing 30-minute fiction. Who would’ve guessed?
Anyway, go there, people! It’s on Word Press and it’s awesome. And I already have a story up! So, yeah!
In case you’re confused, here’s my mission statement for 30 Minute Fiction:
30 Minute Fiction is a blog dedicated to...
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Poetry: "A Battle Hymn of Hearts"
A line A flash A brief, quick clash Zips through my mind As it burns to ash A step A trick Admonishment Pain for what I’ve done To your detriment I walk I fight I won the right To climb those steps To the highest heights I see I hear I have no fear My chest is hollow And my mind is clear Once upon a time, In a land we all know There was a fiery battle With a stake in tow Some won, some lost...
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Sherlock Themes on Soundcloud! →
Spent the last several minutes going through all the different remixes and covers.
I love you people. Seriously. Where would fiction be without fandom?
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unidentified snippet
cassandraclare:
He stopped dead. “Tessa told you?” he said.
Tessa told who what?!?!?!
Don’t tell me she told Jem that Will’s in love with her…
(Or is this Tessa from TMI?) Damn the unidentified snippets!
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On Watching "Sherlock": The End of the Fall
(SPOILERS)
So, I just finished watching Reichenbach.
And you know what?
I didn’t cry!
Victory is mine!
No, but seriously. Most heart-wrenching episode ever.
When Lestrade came to arrest Sherlock?
When John punched the Chief-Inspector-whatever-the-hell-his-title-is?
When Sherlock took off with John handcuffed to him?
When Moriarty…ah, I can’t even talk about that...
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On Reading "Divergent": Quote #1
My shoulder still burns. Christina persuaded me to join her in getting a tattoo of the Dauntless seal. It is a circle with a flame inside it.
- pg 246, Divergent by Veronica Roth
Pauses.
Slowly turns back to cover of book.
(LOL, I’m such a dork.)
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On Reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo":...
“You have beautiful eyes,” he said.
“You have nice eyes yourself,” she said.
Long silence.
“Why are you here?” she said.
- pg 332, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Long silence.
LOL. Awkward conversation.
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Poetry: "The Silence of Decay"
There is a vast place, unknown to the norm It exists in all colors, all shapes, and all forms It exists in all countries and all walks of life It’s name may be Pain, or Suffering, or Strife This vast place is growing, and yet we are blind We see trivialities, yet we are biding our time We are only delaying that which must come to pass: The point when we ourselves join this place at last This...
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On Reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo":...
Every family had a few skeletons in their cupboards, but the Vanger family had an entire gallimaufry of them.
- pg 166, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Gallimaufry? It’s rare for me to encounter a word I’ve never seen before (copious amounts of Swedish locations notwithstanding). But this one got me. I mean, the context makes the definition clear, but still....
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On Watching "Sherlock": First Impressions
Just started Sherlock.
Hello, new fandom!
My reactions to the first episode:
Tags, they have been added.
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Poetry: "The Only Walk"
He walked away, and so did I Down opposing streets with opposing lives We’d screamed the world once over, thus We figured that chain of love was broken for us And so we both marched our own warpaths away I said “See you never.” He said “Never seize the day.” And so I didn’t seize it; instead I thought in idleness Of all the trifles we had had to make this go...
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On Reading "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo":...
“Now we come to the real reason I want to hire you. I want you to find out who in the family murdered Harriet, and who since then has spent almost forty years trying to drive me insane.”
- pg 92, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Ninety-two pages in and I finally find out where this is going. That’s a long intro to the main plot.
But this book is so packed...
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Review: "Legend" by Marie Lu →
courtvents:
maniacalmind:
Working my way through my Christmas book bundle. This is my latest find.
YES, I loved this book, and I loved the font changes!
I’m glad I’m not the only one. I like it when they spice up a book design. It makes me want to read it even more, just because it looks so interesting.
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Review: "Legend" by Marie Lu →
Working my way through my Christmas book bundle. This is my latest find.
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Poetry: "The Ventriloquist"
A voice was thrown across the world A shallow little unheard voice It existed in all of the forms That all the world loves To ignore I sat so long staring in stride Out of a window, lofted high And yet that staring far And wide did not aid Me at all That tiny, little unheard voice that Soared so far across all of time It was a voice I’d long forgotten And I once conceived it may Have been...
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Poetry: "The Anthem"
They sing it from the mountain tops They sing it from the valleys low They sing from above the sky They sing from the ground below They sing it sitting by their windows They sing it standing in their yards They sing it in their run-down cars They sing it by their game of cards But what can it be that they all sing That not a single person hears? What can it be that they all know Yet not a single...
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Review of "The Hunger Games" trilogy by Suzanne... →
Since I finally finished the trilogy, I decided it was time for another review. Enjoy! Hopefully, it gains the fandom a few new members!
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Reblog if you love to write.
Whether it be fanfiction, original stories, drabbles, songs, poems, books, or anything that has to do with creative words, then reblog. Let’s gather all the writers of Tumblr together.
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List the weirdest character names you've ever...
write-me-a-novel:
Here are some of mine:
Kaiser Fatale Rino Erastaito Kopaine Keyr Agua, Cascada, and Onda
My inner sci-fi novelist shines right through me.
In no particular order:
- Ni’ren Valenzia (pronounce NAI-ren Vah-LEN-zee-ah)
- Nihara Kari (pronounced exactly like it looks)
- Gabreille Sata’cheri (pronounced Guh-BREEL SAH-tah Chuh-REE)
- Ransif Haphardy (pronounced...
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Clockwork Princess spoiler
cassandraclare:
So Tessa won her match against Katniss.
I am, honestly, shocked. I really didn’t think that would happen. I thought Clary had a shot since she won the nomination round but not her quieter sister-in-fiction. So thank you for voting.
I will be quietly stunned for awhile, but in the meantime, a Clockwork Princess spoiler (as it would be extremely unethical to not deliver what I...
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CHAIRMAN MEOW AND LUKE'S TRUCK FOR COHF COVER.
chiefofthebunch:
iamalsothybrother:
morbidmandy422:
YES
wait, wait, I have to ~fix it~
CHAIRMAN MEOW DRIVING LUKE’S TRUCK OVER CLARY
BECAUSE APPARENTLY CLARY HAS TO BE ON THE COVER.
i think i’m hyperventilating
What has been imagined cannot be unimagined.
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Vote for Tessa! →
cassandraclare:
Katniss is quickly catching up to her! I know we’ve all been distracted by cover goodness, but now is the time to vote vote vote!
[And don’t forget to reblog!]
Good God, go vote for Tessa, people! I really want a Clary vs. Tessa showdown!
So, go vote for Tessa! Now! Right now!
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Poetry: "The Design"
I molded them from hardened clay And they were hardened dust I bestowed all of my love to them And yet, they broke my trust Within my shape, I molded them But they broke their chains of clay And though I still sit above them now I mourn them to this day But what can the balance weigh to see If I am wrong or they? Was I at fault to make them so Or them to disobey? The fundamental arguments Of faith...
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City of Lost Souls Cover Reveal and Prologue →
cassandraclare:
The cover! And the prologue!
Good Lord, what a sad prologue! Apparently, this is going to be a hard read for fans of anyone.
Simon…
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I have a problem with Mystic Falls
cestparcequejetaime:
Seriously, they have a social event every freakin week. They have dances, masquerade balls, founders day shit, historical society check giving, funerals, carnivals. I mean, what town does that? Every time some big bad vamp thing happens there is always an event. Everytime someone gets turned, its during an event. Everytime someone dies, its during an event. And they have...
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2012: My Writing Plan
2011 wasn’t a great year for my in terms of writing. But with a new direction in college, and the previous year behind me, I’m hoping to change that for 2012.
Here’s my writing plan for 2012:
1.) Rewrite The Bombardiers: I scrapped my NaNoWriMo draft because it was so horrid, but I’m now armed with Scrivener and a really detailed outline, so I’m hoping to have the...
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Poetry: "Circadian"
Up at the top of the hour of the night Lost in the movement of a thousand lights I walked through the sands of a thousand times Lost in the winds of the infinite rhymes Up at the peak of the mountain of gold Lost in the beats of the heart, thousand fold I walked through the snow of a thousand years Lost in the winds of the infinite fears Up at the hills of the pastures of old Lost in the sounds of...
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On Reading "The Hunger Games": Quote #7
Haymitch rises to go. “While I was waiting…I ate your lunch.”
- pg 111, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
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On Reading "The Hunger Games": Quote #6
He holds up some sort of metal headgear that I instantly name the head shackle.
- pg 110, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Katniss’ naming abilities never cease to amaze me.
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On Reading "The Hunger Games": Quote #5
I’m trying to think of a witty comeback, when Boggs says brusquely, “Well, don’t expect us to be too impressed. We just saw Finnick Odair in his underwear.”
- pg 82, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Boggs, my new best friend.
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On Reading "The Hunger Games": Quote #4
He looks down at his legs as if noticing his outfit for the first time. Then he whips off his hospital gown, leaving him in just his underwear. “Why? Do you find this”—he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose—“distracting?”
- pg 79, Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Finnick Odair.
Has complete mental breakdown.
Still freaking hilarious. And really hot.
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Poetry: "Creativity"
I ponder the ineptitude of a single blade of grass To do much more than flutter in the drifts of blusters past I ponder the inability of the small to do the large Then I realize that the singular is not what is in charge I ponder the creation of a trillion blades of grass That flutter like a fury in the blusters of the past I ponder my ability to lie within them, staring high As each blades cuts...
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On Reading "The Hunger Games": Quote #3
“No, wait,” says Finnick. “Let’s do it together. Put our faces right in front of his.”
Well, there’s so little opportunity for fun left in my life, I agree. We position ourselves on either side of Peeta, lean over until our faces are inches from his nose, and give him a shake. “Peeta. Peeta, wake up,” I say in a soft, singsong voice.
His eyelids...
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10 Reasons I Need to Stop Doing NaNoWriMo →
plasticpencil:
maniacalmind:
plasticpencil:
maniacalmind:
1.) Half the time, my story never gets finished because finals shoot me out of the sky at the beginning of December. Then it just sits there on my desktop, staring at me forever.
2.) My story ends up 99% introspection and 1% disjointed plot. Redistribution of literary wealth, people.
3.)…
1) Camp nanowrimo, so tis’nt...
10 Reasons I Need to Stop Doing NaNoWriMo →
plasticpencil:
maniacalmind:
1.) Half the time, my story never gets finished because finals shoot me out of the sky at the beginning of December. Then it just sits there on my desktop, staring at me forever.
2.) My story ends up 99% introspection and 1% disjointed plot. Redistribution of literary wealth, people.
3.)…
1) Camp nanowrimo, so tis’nt november
2) Personalise word goals
3)...
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10 Reasons I Need to Stop Doing NaNoWriMo
1.) Half the time, my story never gets finished because finals shoot me out of the sky at the beginning of December. Then it just sits there on my desktop, staring at me forever.
2.) My story ends up 99% introspection and 1% disjointed plot. Redistribution of literary wealth, people.
3.) My manuscript is always unsalvageable, and 90% of it will get scrapped. Sometimes it’s so bad I...
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My Top 5 Books of 2011 →
Didn’t have time to read much, so I still have a lot to read, but these were the cream of the (small) crop I did manage to get through.
On my current reading list (which is, admittedly, a much stronger pool than my already-read list):
1.) Catching Fire (reading now)
2.) Mockingjay
3.) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy
4.) Daughter of Smoke and Bone
5.) The Leviathan trilogy
6.)...
