I use this journal in several ways:

1. To post book reviews. Lots of book reviews!

2. As place to archive my work, so I have a back up and can access it from places other than my personal computer.

3. As a place to post my writing so that others can read it, without spamming my personal journal's friendslist. A few non-fiction or very old fiction pieces will be left unlocked to give some idea of my writing ability and style. The rest will be friendslocked. I generally write fantasy and sci-fi, though I also write based on my own life. If you want to read that, you need to leave me a comment. If I know you in real life or through my other journal, I'll probably add you immediately. If I know you through a community, or don't know you at all, I'll probably still add you, but I would like some explanation of why you want to read my work/how you found me. Not that most friendslocked material will be works-in-progress.

4. As a place to write about the writing process, or anything else that I don't want to inflict upon my main journal's flist.

5. To comment on other people's journals and in communities without drawing attention to a journal that sometimes contains personally identifying/embarassing information. That said, if you want to get to know me better, ask for my other username, and I'll probably give it to you.

I wrote this last night. Part of it came from a previous idea about setting, part of it came from a dream. No idea where it's going. I like the way my unplanned writing sounds. If only it made sense.

( The Shadowman, Part 1 )

tags: fiction, writing

I thought it would be fitting to post my old review of Stardust, what with seeing the movie this weekend. I'd like to post a more in depth review once I get a chance to re-read, but that might not be for a while.

( Stardust )

By the way, Yvaine is still my favorite character :)

tags: book review

A couple of reviews I wrote back in high school for our newspaper (*gasp* I feel old), slightly updated

( Persepolis )

( The Mercury 13 )

tags: book review

ghosts of childhood flicker
under the great tree like fireflies
the high-pitched calls carried on the wind
belong sometimes to the real children
who run beneath it now
they run towards tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
and leave more ghosts behind

Title: Music, the Middle Ages and Me: A Journey
Description: The strange love child of an academic paper and a personal reflection, written for a Medieval Literature class.
Genre: Essay
Rating/warnings: G/none
Word count: 1681
Disclaimer or copyright statement:The following work, originally entitled "The Experience of Instrumental Music" is entirely the property of the author. Any information incorporated from outside sources has been cited, and a bibliography is included.
Acknowledgements: Many thanks to Professor Szell for her commments and corrections.
Status: Written fall 2006. Completed, turned in, graded returned. Not looking for concrit, though you are certainly welcome to comment.

( Music, the Middle Ages and Me: A Journey )

tags: 2006, academic, essay, medieval, middle ages, music, new york city, non-fiction, personal narrative

I have just invented the Dover-Delaste Law of Toastedness, and felt I should mark the occasion with an entry. More on this later.

8,297 words.

My poor roommate is so very good about listening to my great plot rants. She even contributes helpfully. I almost have a plot, with almost an ending.

7260 words.

Ok, so I'm writing in limited omniscient, becuase I didn't want to be stuck in first person, and anyway, the storyline switches around a bit between at least four characters. My main problem is that I've started wriiting with Kreigh's viewpoint. I basically know what I want him to be: impatient and ambitious, but having learned better...mostly. Mind you, I'm going to have to fix a heck of a lot when the end of November comes around, but even if Narissa isn't quite right, I think she's coming out better than Kreigh. Because I can just show what she does and report what she says, while with Kreigh he needs to come out in his thoughts I guess, but that's not totally working. I guess I have to come up with ideas on what he would think, not just how he would speak/act. He's the one who's head I'm getting inside. That should make me feel closer to him, but I feel distanced. The really weird thing is that I suspect if I tried to write now with Narissa's point of view, I'd start having trouble with her.

Sigh.

About 3,500 words.

Hello, and welcome to my writing journal, which is solely a NaNoWriMo journal for about the next month. Any of my posts that contain parts of a story will be friends only, so make sure you comment and ask to be added if you want to be able to see that. Otherwise, this is the place for my thoughts about writing, and by "thoughts" I mean "incoherent ramblings."

So far, I have a clear idea for how my novel is going to start, but then don't know where to go from there. My working title is Strange Angels for reasons that don't actually make any sense if I don't put this one bit of conversation somewhere in the novel. I've got two male characters, Kreigh and Evard, and two female characters, Narissa and one unnamed who I'm referring to as "Lady Legs" for my own amusement. Please, name my characters for me! I mean, no. I am not already pleading for assistance. Actually, I may put up polls about things like names if anyone actually ends up reading this thing. So far, I'm planning on a fantasy, but I have not worked out the system of magic yet. Oops.