| 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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