At last year's C4 Literary Conference, I learned a lot about building worlds from Kelley Armstrong, author of the Women of the Underworld series. (One of the books, Bitten, will début as a television show for Space.) Although set in 'our world', she still had to set some rules for her supernatural protagonists. Her werewolves … Continue reading And Now A Word About Building a Better (Fictional) World
Category: Life
Allow Me To (Re)introduce Myself
Ever have one of those intentions then the universe, whatever you believe in, decides to pop up and say 'here's a little hand'. Today proved to be one of those days. After mulling over how to get better as a blogger, WordPress decides to come out with its Zero to Hero: 30 Days to a … Continue reading Allow Me To (Re)introduce Myself
Midweek Geekiness: Getting Nerdy in the New Year
Fire up Your PVRs, DVRs, or *Cough* Favourite Torrent Sites Hear that high-pitched squeeing...it's Sherlock fans beside themselves in the UK for the return of the third series. (It's season to North American Folk, but I like 'series' it's more dignified, at least I think it is.) After smashing hearts with Dr. Who on Christmas, … Continue reading Midweek Geekiness: Getting Nerdy in the New Year
2013 in review
Helper monkeys only come with the best websites. No surprise WordPress employs such creatures to help put together their annual report. It's fitting to look over the old year as the new one just turned a little over an hour hold.What will 2014 hold? I have a few vague ideas to put into action. For … Continue reading 2013 in review
Bits of Wisdom During a Crazy Week
I got my MRI results about my back. In the grand scheme of things it's not tragic I have to give up running. I said 'not tragic' I didn't mean 'it was really easy.' I have disk narrowing between the L4 and L5, causing some disk bulging and accompanying annular tears. Think of the disc … Continue reading Bits of Wisdom During a Crazy Week
This Is My Winter Song To You
It's 10 am here in Winnipeg. I had my third cup of coffee, my mom finished watching Midnight Mass from the Vatican about an hour ago on EWTN. My parent's place is quiet, my mom wonders if I want the TV on, but I say 'no thanks'. I like the quiet, and I like being … Continue reading This Is My Winter Song To You
Worth Reading: The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Reblogged Post)
I rarely use the 'Reblog Post' button on WordPress, but this entry hit home. It made the 'Freshly Pressed' list on WordPress, and rightly so. It made me look carefully at the stories I tell over coffee, over dinner, and to myself. Wrapped within their plots are the perspectives I believe about myself. For anyone … Continue reading Worth Reading: The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Reblogged Post)
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
What's a Winnipeg winter without a cold snap. The best I could do for the above image is link to the original source, but I really want to know who drew it. It's quite funny, but the comments under it are even funnier. Among my favourites: I was about to say - "come to Norway, and … Continue reading Baby, It’s Cold Outside
A Little Blog Redecoration
Sometimes I scroll through the Themes on WordPress and try them out. I look at the freebies, quite lovely ones actually, as well as the Premium ones. While the Premium ones look sleek if I don't write quite so often on this thing, then it's money down the drain. The change in Theme signals a … Continue reading A Little Blog Redecoration
Hold Fast
Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.” Langston Hughes Final word count NaNoWriMo 2013: 25,514 While people shout out from the roof tops, in this case blogs and Tumblrs, they made it to the 50K mark, I wanted to be one of the people to … Continue reading Hold Fast
Unpaused Life 