It’s been some time since I’ve managed to write a wrap up on Friday…The Words, they will come…
Yes, I have been absent for a little while. I can squarely lay the blame at my xbox360 – and the fact that I borrowed Fallout 3 from a friend. So, that’s what I have been doing. Playing a lot. But as fate would have it, I have also been doing a bit of writing.
I mentioned a while back that I was on forum called Elliquiy. Well I’ve pretty much reduced my time spent there. Still writing, but not starting anything new…the forum is quite large and there are tons of people. I have found a new home though. It’s called Fractured Imagination. One of my writing partners in crime created it about a week ago and I followed her over there. I am one of the moderators now. And I spend a lot of time on the site. What’s even cooler is that I already have two new rp/stories going on.
There is a group game taking place in the Dollhouse Universe. I am playing a doll (call sign – Charlie) and am having a blast. Believe me, when you are not given a choice regarding personality of character and have to write based on criteria given, you are in for a challenge.
The second story is based in the Exalted gaming world. I wrote my first post for it this morning and I think it’s close to 100o words. (Haven’t checked.)
I am still writing on the other stories. Black Orchid Consortium is coming along nicely. I am truly enjoying writing the characters again.
So yes, I guess it’s true. The Words…they will come.
I’m not sure if I ever mentioned where I got the name for Loose Ends from…if I haven’t shame on me. The name of the blog comes from a song by Imogen Heap. She is what most folks would consider an electronica artist. I have seen her in concert 3 times so far and have been waiting patiently for her new album to come out.
Even if you do not like electronica music, please take a moment to watch this video. It’s long…really long as a matter of fact (roughly 27 minutes). But once you start it I promise you won’t be sorry. During the month of April Immy did some recordings in Maui while she was trying to finish up her next album. This is the first of 4 sessions. (I will not be posting the others.) It’s absolutely breathtaking.
I’m not posting this video for it’s visual content, I am posting it for the audio content. I would pay to be able to have this on my ipod or on itunes. If you want to listen to the other 3 sessions go here.
Synopsis: All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she’ll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member — a man trapped in a hell of his own.
Neither can resist the instant hunger than calms their torments . . . and ignites an irresistible passion. But every heated touch and burning kiss will edge them closer to destruction — and a soul-shattering test of love…
This was another book I randomly picked up the same time I picked up Bloodline. And I have to say I was infinitely happier with this random pick than with the previous book I reviewed.
The Darkest Night is the first book in the Lords of the Underworld Trilogy. The mythos behind the book is based on a tweaked version of Greek Mythology, specifically what really happened with Pandora’s Box. I’m always up to reading alt versions of Greek Myth.
The characters were all very strong and likable. The main female is a bit on the niave side regarding things but that can be forgiven. There were certain plot points that came screaming off the page, they were that obvious. But that is made up by the underlying plot that will hopefully thread into the remaining books. It is that plot that will have me buying the remaining two books to see what is going to happen.
Why yes, yes they are! It all started on Wednesday when Dana dropped by for a visit and kidnapped me from the house for a few hours. We wandered a mall going in and out of stores simply window shopping. At least, that’s what I did. Dana bought rocks. She recently started designing jewelry and has been on a bead and stone kick. The mall led us to one of the most amazing “bead” stores called the Rock Barrel in Dallas.
While we perused all the shiny stuff Dana and I began to talk about stories. She had recently added a bit to Witching Hour. While I was aware of this – I admit to checking the posts on E! on occassion, I hadn’t really decided to get back to writing it. While in the car Finger Eleven’s song ‘Paralyzer’ came on. Not even two bars into the song Dana says “I still think of Riley every time this song comes on. When are you going to write that story?”
See a while back (at least a year or more) I started an RP story with Dana and one of the characters I tossed her way was a male vampire named Riley. I used the song as a way to introduce him. Apparently the song + my written description of Riley really stuck with her because every time the song came on the radio after that Dana mentions Riley. (And I really do mean every time.)
Yesterday I finally started the story up again. Between two lengthy posts for what I am calling The Black Orchid Consortium and the posts for Witching Hour and Pulse I wrote roughly 2,000 words. I made three short OST’s for all the stories to help me along and right now I think my favorite has to be the one for Witching Hour.
Lilith awakens cold, naked and alone, knowing nothing—not even who she is—except that she has to run, run for her life…because someone is after her.
When Ethan discovers the terrified woman hiding on his ranch, he knows immediately not only who she is, but what. He’s never forgotten her, not in all the time since he escaped their joint prison, a clandestine CIA facility where humans are bred into vampires willing to kill on command. He refused to accept that fate, and since he won his freedom he’s become a legend to those he left behind. With her own escape, Lilith has become a legend, too, and now—together—they have no choice but to fight those who would become a legend by killing one.
Okay. I picked this book over the weekend at B&N. It’s been a while since the last time I purchased a book of any kind that didn’t relate to research or crochet. I thought that I would enjoy reading it. I had never read a Maggie Shayne title before so I figured why not give it a shot.
I think I should have left the book on the shelf.
I has some issues with the overall writing of the story that marred the experience for me. First off, everything from Lilith’s perspective is written in the first person. Everything else is not. And while I can see this style of writing working in other books – it simply did not work for me in this book. It was constantly jarring experience to go from POV to another. I didn’t feel that it did anything for the story and quite frankly detracted from it. Leaving me unable to make any connection with the characters, let alone care about what happened to them. It made my brain hurt. And this genre should not make my brain hurt.
The story itself felt more like it should have been part of a large picture, and it may well be. (I think it is part of a trilogy.) Unfortunately, I won’t be reading them.
As of 1 p.m. my subscription to WoW ended. Guess what that means. I am now going to focus on things other than the game – not my level 42 hunter.
It will be a nice change. I’ve been slowly doing some research for the un-named project. And I have been getting books from the library – though most are on crochet. I do believe I am going to dig out an old favorite and re-read it.
I haven’t written a review for it yet so that will give me something else to do.
This also means that there will be more appearing in this blog space.
…to quote the Barenaked Ladies. Good lord, where does the time go? Especially since I don’t feel like I have done much of anything at all these last few weeks. At least, not writing wise. Though seriously the last two days have been interesting.
I have been kicked in the patootie with inspiration. Just not the fiction type of inspiration. I’m not going to talk about it much right now because I don’t want the train to run out of steam too soon. Now this doesn’t mean I am not writing fiction though. I have been slowly getting all my ducks in a row for another project. The status of which is still being mulled over as I slog through a time-line.
The Writer’s Idea Book served its purpose and had been re-shelved for the next blockage. There were some really good advice, and the prompts were rather useful. So I have moved on to other things to read. Fairy Tales. Russian ones to be more precise. I haven’t read them since my early college years. I also have a book of Italian Fairy Tales that I plan on reading at some point. Sometimes I wonder why they call them Fairy Tales. Most of the stories are really morality stories.
There is a reason I am reading Fairy Tales though. This coming weekend I have a preliminary meeting set up with a friend to start brainstorming for an illustrated book for children. We’ve been going on about working together for a while now.
Well, that’s it for this post. I do actually have some researchy/writerly stuff to do today and there is a good chance for me to get things done because Blizzard preforms WoW server updates on Tuesdays and I can’t play. (Seriously I am so glad that I switched my subscription to gamecards…I would never get anything done.) After the 14th it’s not going to matter since I am not going to buy another card for a while, but it’s best to try and stop habits before they start.
Synopsis: All her life, Ashlyn Darrow has been tormented by voices from the past. To end the nightmare, she has come to Budapest seeking help from men rumored to have supernatural abilities, not knowing she’ll be swept into the arms of Maddox, their most dangerous member — a man trapped in a hell of his own.
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