| The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories by Gertrude Atheron |
[Jun. 18th, 2009|10:42 pm] |
5/6/09 - Ill 7/6/09 - Blocked [social] 8/6/09 - Blocked [social] 9/6/09 - Editing 10/6/09 - 13/6/09 - Ill 14/6/09 - Day Off 15/6/09 - Ill 16/6/09 - Art: Commission 17/6/09 - Ill 18/6/09 - Art: Commission
( Review: The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories )
This book is: * - a combination of the supernatural and the psychological * - recommended for "The Striding Place" if nothing else. * - short
This book is not: * - easy reading * - scary * - commonplace |
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| Midnight |
[Jun. 5th, 2009|05:35 pm] |
12/5/09 - 26/5/09 - Ill 27/5/09 - Art: Cthulhu 28/5/09 - 31/5/09 -Ill 1/6/09 - Art: Commission 2/6/09 - Ill 3/6/09 - Art: Commission 4/6/09 - Ill
( Review: Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant )
This book is: * - worth reading to see how not to write horror * - trashy horror, with the emphasis on "trash" * - accidentally comical in its ineptitude
This book is not: * - worth buying second-hand * - well proofread * - good at all |
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| How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman |
[May. 11th, 2009|07:52 pm] |
12/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 13/4/09 - 17/4/09 - Ill 18/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 19/4/09 - Ill 20/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 21/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 22/4/09 -Ill 23/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 24/4/09 - Ill 25/4/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 26/4/09 - 11/5/09 - Ill
( Review: How Not to Write a Novel by Howard Mittelmark & Sandra Newman )
This book is: * - light-hearted * - full of amusingly awful examples * - a friendly guide to better writing
This book is not: * - new or unique in its advices * - consistent in its conceit * - particularly deep |
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| Lord of the Night by Simon Spurrier |
[Apr. 10th, 2009|03:19 pm] |
23/3/09 - Art: Dark Redemption profiles 24/3/09 - 27/3/09 - Ill 28/3/09 - Art: Dark Redemption sketches 29/3/09 - Art: Dark Redemption sketches 30/3/09 - Day Off 01/4/09 - Ill 02/4/09 - Ill 03/4/09 - 05/4/09 - Holiday 06/4/09 - Ill 07/4/09 - Day Off 08/4/09 - Ill 09/4/09 - 11/4/09 - Blocked [social]
( Review: Lord of the Night by Simon Spurrier )
This book is: * - surprisingly good * - character-driven * - mostly about Zso Sahaal
This book is not: * - good beyond its two main characters * - more than competantly written * - well-ended |
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| Duncton Wood by William Horwood |
[Jan. 21st, 2009|12:23 pm] |
01/1/09 - Archiving Day 02/1/09 - 04/1/09 - Ill 05/1/09 - Editing 06/1/09 - 09/1/09 - Ill 10/1/09 - Art: OV TG Maximals 11/1/09 - 13/1/09 - Ill 14/1/09 - Art: OV Silverbolt sketches 15/1/09 - Ill 16/1/09 - Ill 17/1/09 - 1105 words on Stormhangar 18/1/09 - 974 words on Stormhangar 19/1/09 - Ill
( Review: Duncton Wood by William Horwood )
This book is: * - unconventionally structured * - a surprisingly easy read * - conveniently broken down into manageable chunks for the stop-start reader
This book is not: * - for kids * - well-finished * - consistent |
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| 081230 - Suckle |
[Dec. 30th, 2008|05:07 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | abandoned story, autobots, constructicons, decepticons, inferno, megatron, mixmaster, ratchet, ravage, red alert, scrapper, skyfire, skywarp, slash, starscream, wheeljack | ] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | City of the Elder Things | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | pissed off | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Black Sabbath - "Falling Off The Edge of the World" | ] |
3/11/08 - 603 words on Lambitches 4/11/08 - 8/11/08 - Ill 9/11/08 - Blocked [social] 10/11/08 - 13/11/08 - Ill 14/11/08 - Art; Black Wizards: The Invitation 15/11/08 - 25/11/08 - Ill 26/11/08 - 1110 words on Stormhangar 27/11/08 - 6/12/08 - Ill 7/12/08 - 1425 words on Stormhangar 8/12/08 - Ill 9/12/08 - Ill 10/12/08 - 850 words on Stormhangar 11/12/08 - Day Off 12/12/08 - 19/12/08 - Ill 20/12/08 - 29/12/08 - Holiday 30/12/08 - Day Off
( 10/5/08 - 11/5/08 Suckle [TF:G1 S2, abandoned story, SLASH] ) |
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| 081027 - Quiet pt 14 |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|02:35 pm] |
3/9/08 - Ill 4/9/08 - 1232 words on Glass Diamond, editing 5/9/08 - 1090 words on Glass Diamond, editing 6/9/08 - 1040 words on Glass Diamond, editing 7/9/08 - Ill 8/9/08 - Day Off 9/9/08 - 11/9/08 - Ill 12/9/08 - Fail 13/9/08 - Blocked [social] 14/9/08 - Fail 15/9/08 - Ill 16/9/08 - Fail 17/9/08 - Ill 18/9/08 - Ill 19/9/08 - Fail 20/9/08 - Blocked [social] 21/9/08 - 24/9/08 - Ill 25/9/08 - 3 hours editing 26/9/08 - 3 hours editing 27/9/08 - 3 1/2 hours editing 28/9/08 - Day Off 29/9/08 - Art; It Hurts!; assorted sketches 30/9/08 - Art; Variations on a Theme of Surly 1/10/08 - Art; Liege Maximo 2/10/08 - Art; Liege Maximo 3/10/08 - 5/10/08 - Blocked [social] 6/10/08 - Ill 7/10/08 - Ill 8/10/08 - 3 hours editing 9/10/08 - 26/10/08 - Ill
( 27/10/08 - Quiet, pt 14 [TF:G1, pre-Earth] ) |
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| 080902 - Word Painting #4 |
[Sep. 2nd, 2008|03:54 pm] |
19/8/08 - 1335 words on Stormhangar 20/8/08 - Day Off 21/8/08 - Ill 22/8/08 - 872 words on Stormhangar 23/8/08 - 25/8/08 - Ill 26/8/08 - 637 words on Stormhangar 27/8/08 - Ill 28/8/08 - Ill 29/8/08 - Art; preliminary sketches 30/8/08 - 1/9/08 - Ill
( 2/9/08 - Word Painting #4 ) |
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| 080831 - Sticky Green Treats |
[Jul. 31st, 2008|02:50 pm] |
18/6/08 - 22/6/08 - Ill 23/6/08 - 14/7/08 - Holiday 15/7/08 - Ill 16/7/08 - Ill 17/708 - 784 words on Glass Diamond, 262 words on The Other God of Charr 18/7/08 - Ill 19/7/07 - Ill 20/7/08 - 4344 words on Huskarls 21/7/08 - 746 words on Huskarls 22/7/08 - 1386 words on Deeper Down 23/7/08 - Ill 24/7/08 - Ill 25/7/08 - Day Off 26/7/08 - Ill 27/7/08 - Ill 28/7/08 - Ill 29/7/08 - 727 words on Huskarls 30/7/08 - Ill 31/7/08 - Ill
( 19/8/07-21/8/07 - Sticky Green Treats [TF:G1 post-S3, abandoned story, SLASH] ) |
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| 080617 - Quiet, pt 12 |
[Jun. 17th, 2008|06:54 pm] |
5/5/08 - Commission work 6/5/08 - Commission work 7/5/08 - 9/5/08 - Ill 10/5/08 - 1096 words on Suckle 11/5/08 - 1114 words on Suckle 12/5/08 - 31/5/08 - Ill 1/6/08 - 1138 words on Glass Diamond 2/6/08 - Fail 3/6/08 - 2206 words on untitled BW fic 4/6/08 - Ill 5/6/08 - Day Off 6/6/08 - Ill 7/6/08 - 1099 words on untitled BW fic 8/6/08 - Ill 9/6/08 - 955 words on untitled BW fic, Glass Diamond 10/6/08 - Ill 11/6/08 - Ill 12/6/08 - 550 words on Glass Diamond 13/6/08 - 836 words on Stormhangar 14/6/08 - Ill 15/6/08 - 538 words on Lunatic Cabaret 16/6/08 - Ill
( 17/6/08 - Quiet, part 12 [TF:G1, pre-Earth] ) |
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