Stories on the edge of familiarity
When thinking of the next water monster to talk about, some part of my mind dredged up a freaky Mayan creature I had once read about. All I could remember was that it had a hand on its tail and vaguely what it looked like, and I was pretty sure that the book I’d read the information in didn’t mention its name. So, I turned to my friend, Taryn, who’s working on a book that involves a culture that she styled
Being a university student, I’m in the middle of finals season right now, which means I won’t be able to put up a new post until after the 16th. I do apologize. When I’m done with finals, I promise to put up a real post about Mayan water monsters. In the mean time, please enjoy this gorgeous song covered by my new favourite singer: If that song left you feeling sad, then I leave you with an absurd video to
Sometime in either December or January, a guest post by me will appear on http://suesantore.com/! I don’t know the date yet, so keep watching this space for more information: [The date: January 6th! :D] Until then, I’d encourage you to click on that link and check out Sue’s website. She’s got lots of solid writing advice, and there’s a guest post every Friday! Next bit of news! About a month ago, Angela McGill gave me the Versatile Blogger Award! She blogs about writing,
Three days ago was the National Day on Writing. I’m not entirely sure which nation the national bit referred to, but I decided to participate via Twitter by telling everyone in 140 characters or less why I write. The result: Because stopping is akin to suffocation, and continuation is my truest expression of joy. #whyiwrite Now, since 140 characters to describe a lifelong obsession (or passion, whichever implied level of sanity you prefer) leaves very little room for elaboration and
Five or so years ago, I remember reading about various mythological water monsters and coming across one mentioned in passing called a “Neck”. No joke. The name struck me as odd, and the book I was reading had infuriatingly little information on the creature, so it awoke my curiosity. I would like to say that I promptly researched everything on Necks and became and expert, but I hadn’t the slightest idea how to search for information on it, not only
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