The Vigil is a Lie
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greygirlbeastCloudy, windy, chilly today.
Yesterday, I wrote 1,551 words on Chapter One of Blood Oranges. I'm starting to think that I'm having fun writing this book. I created a perfectly, marvelously, beautifully vile vampire "child" yesterday, and I've figured out that, were this a film, the protagonist would be played by Jennifer Lawrence. I should be able to finish the first chapter today, at which point it gets sent off to my agent, and I get to work on the research I need to do for Blue Canary.
Which reminds me. Jennifer Lawrence. I've seen all the casting for The Hunger Games announced thus far, and they all seem pretty much dead on. The kid they've cast as Rue is perfect.
Lots of other stuff yesterday, like a look at the almost final cover of Two Worlds and In Between, which is just incredible, because Lee Moyer is awesome. Oh, and the signature sheets for Two Worlds and In Between arrived, and I have to attend to those ASAP.
I read more of Stager's book, and finished the March Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology by reading "New records of the fur seal Callorhinus Carnivora: Otariidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene Rio Dell Formation of Northern California and comments on ottariid dental evolution." Fortunately for me, I can immediately begin reading the January issue, as the latter arrived late and out of sequence.
Last night we watched David Fincher's very excellent The Game (1997), because Spooky had never seen it.
And played Rift. We signed on as our Guardian toons, meaning only to spend a few minutes with Mithrien (me) and Serrafina (Spooky) before switching to our Defiant mains. But. Then the mother of all Rift events struck Silverwood, and we spent the next two hours defending the school in the Argent Glade from incursions from the life rifts. Two hours. I think we both leveled twice. Anyway, later, after the movie, I set up a website for our Defiant guild, Eyes of the Faceless Man, over at Guild Portal (and there's still a TON of work to be done on the site). If you're already a member of the guild, feel free to create a profile, whatever. And if you're not already a member of the guild (we're on the Shadefallen shard), and would like to be, just send me a tell inworld (to Selwyn).
Please have a look at the current eBay auctions. The only auction that hasn't ended is the one for the PC of the lettered, boxed edition of In the Garden of Poisonous Flowers (2002), signed by me and Dame Darcy. A note to collectors: We've never offered the boxed edition, ever, before, and this auction also includes the chapbook, "On the Road to Jefferson." So, you might want to have a look. Auction ends in about seven hours.
And I think this is the last day I'll be taking responses to the "Question @ Hand" poll, for them subscribers of Sirenia Digest what might be interested.
Okay. The word mines await.
Verbosely,
Aunt Beast
Yesterday, I wrote 1,551 words on Chapter One of Blood Oranges. I'm starting to think that I'm having fun writing this book. I created a perfectly, marvelously, beautifully vile vampire "child" yesterday, and I've figured out that, were this a film, the protagonist would be played by Jennifer Lawrence. I should be able to finish the first chapter today, at which point it gets sent off to my agent, and I get to work on the research I need to do for Blue Canary.
Which reminds me. Jennifer Lawrence. I've seen all the casting for The Hunger Games announced thus far, and they all seem pretty much dead on. The kid they've cast as Rue is perfect.
Lots of other stuff yesterday, like a look at the almost final cover of Two Worlds and In Between, which is just incredible, because Lee Moyer is awesome. Oh, and the signature sheets for Two Worlds and In Between arrived, and I have to attend to those ASAP.
I read more of Stager's book, and finished the March Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology by reading "New records of the fur seal Callorhinus Carnivora: Otariidae) from the Plio-Pleistocene Rio Dell Formation of Northern California and comments on ottariid dental evolution." Fortunately for me, I can immediately begin reading the January issue, as the latter arrived late and out of sequence.
Last night we watched David Fincher's very excellent The Game (1997), because Spooky had never seen it.
And played Rift. We signed on as our Guardian toons, meaning only to spend a few minutes with Mithrien (me) and Serrafina (Spooky) before switching to our Defiant mains. But. Then the mother of all Rift events struck Silverwood, and we spent the next two hours defending the school in the Argent Glade from incursions from the life rifts. Two hours. I think we both leveled twice. Anyway, later, after the movie, I set up a website for our Defiant guild, Eyes of the Faceless Man, over at Guild Portal (and there's still a TON of work to be done on the site). If you're already a member of the guild, feel free to create a profile, whatever. And if you're not already a member of the guild (we're on the Shadefallen shard), and would like to be, just send me a tell inworld (to Selwyn).
Please have a look at the current eBay auctions. The only auction that hasn't ended is the one for the PC of the lettered, boxed edition of In the Garden of Poisonous Flowers (2002), signed by me and Dame Darcy. A note to collectors: We've never offered the boxed edition, ever, before, and this auction also includes the chapbook, "On the Road to Jefferson." So, you might want to have a look. Auction ends in about seven hours.
And I think this is the last day I'll be taking responses to the "Question @ Hand" poll, for them subscribers of Sirenia Digest what might be interested.
Okay. The word mines await.
Verbosely,
Aunt Beast
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:04 pm (UTC)I do want to read this.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:05 pm (UTC)I do want to read this.
It might turn out very well. I'll send you Ch. 1 as soon as it's done.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:08 pm (UTC)Awesome.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:20 pm (UTC)It really is good.
Trying to resist the urge to make a doll of the vampire, as I have too many other things to do right now.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:21 pm (UTC)Trying to resist the urge to make a doll of the vampire
Hey. You didn't me that!
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:23 pm (UTC)I was going to write that you should never resist any urges to do with vampires, but Stephanie Meyer kind of disproved that theory, so I'll just put in a vote for the doll when you get the time.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:25 pm (UTC)I was going to write that you should never resist any urges to do with vampires, but Stephanie Meyer kind of disproved that theory,
Very good point.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:28 pm (UTC)Under the Poppy is marvellous, by the way. I'm fast falling in love with Istvan. Though I'm damned if I can work out where The Poppy actually is. Thanks for recommending it.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:32 pm (UTC)I've done what I should have several months ago, and signed up to Sirenia Digest.
Thank you.
Though I'm damned if I can work out where The Poppy actually is.
In a Belgian town, apparently a suburb of Brussels.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:40 pm (UTC)BTW, I might have a less difficult location for our toons to meet. There's an island in the bay that you can swim to without any serious difficulty. Celinn is sitting on a sandbar-with-an-attitude (it would be too generous to call it an island) out near Silverwood when I logged out this morning.
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Date: 2011-05-10 05:47 pm (UTC)Cool. Though I haven't even figured out how to see the membership roster on the site yet.
BTW, I might have a less difficult location for our toons to meet. There's an island in the bay that you can swim to without any serious difficulty. Celinn is sitting on a sandbar-with-an-attitude (it would be too generous to call it an island) out near Silverwood when I logged out this morning.
Hmmm. Maybe. Though I sort of liked the mountaintop meet up. And the locale is a breeze for both sides, since Silverwood (Guardian starting area) abuts Moonshade Highlands to the south. And the you can use the porticum to get from Meridian to Moonshade.