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December 14th, 2005

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October 3rd, 2005

11:10 pm - My tarot card results I got this from ambassadora as well. Here are my results. You are the the Hierophant card. The Hierophant, called The Pope in some decks, is the preserver of cultural traditions. After entering The Emperor's society, The Hierophant teaches us its wisdom. The Hierophant learns and teaches our cultural traditions. The discoveries our ancestors have made influence the present. Without forces such as The Hierophant who are able to interpret and communicate traditional lore, each generation would have to begin to learn anew. As a force that is concentrated on our past and our culture, The Hierophant can sometimes be stubborn and set in his ways. This is a negative trait he shares with his zodiac sign, Taurus. But like Taurus he is productive. His traditional lore can provide a source of inspiration for the creatively inclined, and his knowledge provides an excellent foundation for those who come into their own in the business world. Image from: Morgan E. Cauthers-Knox. http://elfwood.lysator.liu.se/loth/m/o/morganc/morganc.html Which Tarot Card Are You? brought to you by Quizilla The only difference I see to this is that I'm a Virgo not a Taurus. Current Mood: calm Current Music: No music - Special Report with Brit Hume

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September 28th, 2005

11:24 pm - What kind of sci-fi writer are you? Hi all, I know, I know. You're shocked and surprised that I'm posting twice in two days. Well, this quiz was just too much. I had to take it and post my results. This was gaked from the setonhillwpf LJ. I am: E.E. "Doc" Smith The inventor of space opera. His purple space war tales remain well-read generations later. Which science fiction writer are you? Current Mood: tired Current Music: No music - Special Report with Brit Hume

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September 27th, 2005

10:30 pm - Happy Dance!! I've just sent the required pages off to my critique partners! This is a good thing. Of course, I'm not out of the woods yet. I still need to come up with 30 pages ASAP so I can get the feedback from my critique partners but it'll come. If I never live through the fun of a glancing blow like Rita ever again, it will be too soon. But, I'm not complaining, really. I've got air and power and food. I'm good. I re-read the description of The Historian and that's not the kind of book I want to read!! I'm going to read one of Tanya Huff's books in her Blood series. As for the reading of Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling must have a very fertile imagination. Her ability to spin whole worlds complete with people, traditions, countries, good guys, bad guys, goals, hopes, dreams (takes a deep breath) is something I aspire to but don't know if I'll ever be. On my dream list of speakers for Seton Hill is J.K. Rowling speaking on setting. Just after her is Barbara Dawson Smith on research. Current Mood: calm Current Music: No music - Larry Elder Radio Show

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September 20th, 2005

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September 11th, 2005

11:05 am - Lest We Forget Today, 4 years ago, everything changed. Insane men commendeered planes full of innocent people and crashed them into the World Trade Centers killing more than 3,000 innocent civilians. Say what you will about the war in Iraq or the President or anything about that but think about what those families who were forever altered think and do on this day of all days. In memorium, I'm posting the words to Darryl Worley's song: Have You Forgotten written by Darryl Worley and Wynn Varble I hear people saying we don't need this war I say there's some things worth fighting for What about our freedom and this piece of ground? We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in Before you start preaching Let me ask you this my friend CHORUS 1 Have you forgotten how it felt that day To see your homeland under fire And her people blown away? Have you forgotten when those towers fell? We had neighbors still inside Going through a living hell And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden Have you forgotten? They took all the footage off my T.V. Said it's too disturbing for you and me It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say If it was up to me I'd show it every day Some say this country's just out looking for a fight After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right CHORUS 1 Have you forgotten how it felt that day To see your homeland under fire And her people blown away? Have you forgotten when those towers fell? We had neighbors still inside Going through a living hell And we vowed to get the ones behind Bin Laden Have you forgotten? I've been there with the soldiers Who've gone away to war And you can bet that they remember Just what they're fighting for CHORUS 2 Have you forgotten all the people killed? Yes, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field Have you forgotten about our Pentagon? All the loved ones that we lost And those left to carry on Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten? Have you forgotten? C 2003 EMI April Music Inc./Pittsburg Landing Songs (ASCAP) Current Mood: thoughtful Current Music: Have You Forgotten?

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September 5th, 2005

08:00 am - Happy Birthday to me!! To anyone reading, today is my birthday! I am now 34. I thought of looking for a meme about what happened when I was born or what things cost 34 years ago vs. now but it was too much hassle. I'm just happy to be here and not in New Orleans. Not to make this political or anything but: WTH is going on with the mayor of New Orleans? Is he stupid by nature or did he work at it. Working through Harry Potter 5. J.K. Rowlings descriptions make me feel like I'm sitting in the movie theatre. Current Mood: bouncy Current Music: Happy Birthday song

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August 30th, 2005

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August 27th, 2005

11:48 pm - Like watching a train wreck in slow motion That's just what I feel like right now. The deadline for the 30 pages is now and I've only got 10. I'll send out what I've got and pray. The weather has not been at all helpful (and I'm not talking about the hurricane). Although, it does make me happy that I don't live in or around New Orleans. I'm almost finished with The Dark Sleep. My favorite part of the story is the setting. Prohibition-era Chicago. How cool is that? I wish I could do setting as well as Pat does. Me? I'm not good at writing setting. I'm much better at dialouge. Current Mood: crushed Current Music: No music - Larry Elder Radio Show

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August 16th, 2005

12:44 am - I'd scream if I thought it would do any good. I saw a bumper sticker the other day and it fit my mood perfectly. Sometimes, it's just not worth it to chew through the restraints. I just got passed over for a full time job at work. I can't pay the car note or the insurance and on top of everything else, I don't have the 30 pages I need by the 27th. I know that things will turn around. I know they will but right now, I'm not happy with myself. Current Mood: distressed Current Music: No music - Larry Elder Radio Show

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August 10th, 2005

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August 3rd, 2005

11:35 am - There was a chat last night? Oh my! I forgot about the chat!! I'll have to tatoo the make-up date on my forehead so I'll remember it. (Okay, that's a mild exageration but I really do like the chats) On the writing front, I've hit several bumps in the road and honestly have not had a lot of time to do much of any writing or reading for that matter. I'm trying to get a full-time job, be able to pay my bills and keep up with the pages for Seton Hill. I hate myself some times. Current Mood: anxious Current Music: None

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July 27th, 2005

11:29 pm - The synopsis is done!!! Oh, my, am I happy that the synopsis is done and on it's way to the people in my critique group. I thought going in that if I worked my way through the synopsis with a positive mind set, I might actually learn from the process and get something useful out of the process. That didn't happen. I still *hate* writing a synopsis. A positive note is that The Dark Sleep is just as good as I hoped it would be. I would cheerfully read all of P.N. Elrod's books again and again and again. She is a master storyteller and I worship at her feet. Current Mood: drained Current Music: None

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July 20th, 2005

03:24 pm - On the road!! Ah, the beauty of Cape Cod! I have escaped the heat and humidity of Houston for a few brief days of R-N-R and boy, was I looking forward to this. After not being able to attend the residency, I was really going stir crazy but all that has changed. On the writing front, I am hard at work on the synopsis and it is a total bear. On the reading front, I'm paging through G.M.C. and it's a wonderful book. We need to have Debra come and speak at a residency. I liked G.M.C. so much because Debra was able to take the complex and break it down and make it understandable. After finishing her book, I knew I could do what she had laid out in the book. All I have to do is apply the seat of my pants to the seat of the chair. Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: None

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July 12th, 2005

12:19 am - Writing a synopsis Caution: I will be doing a fair bit of whinning for the next couple of seconds. //whine mode on// Why do I have write a synopsis? I hate writing synopsis! I don't know where the story is going! I can't write a synopsis now. Why do I have to write a synopsis? //whine mode off// Yeah, no one likes writing a synopsis but it's got to be done. Fortunately, I don't think it will be too hard, it'll just take a while. (rolls eyes) More later. Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: No music - Larry Elder Radio Show

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July 4th, 2005

02:17 pm - Happy Birthday, U.S.A.!!!! This comes from http://www.bartleby.com and it needs to be read and re-read by everyone in this country. "I am the Nation" by Otto Whittaker I was born on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence is my birth certificate. The bloodlines of the world run in my veins, because I offered freedom to the oppressed. I am many things, and many people. I am the nation. I am 213 million living souls—and the ghost of millions who have lived and died for me. I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere. I stood at Lexington and fired the shot heard around the world. I am Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry. I am John Paul Jones, the Green Mountain Boys and Davy Crockett. I am Lee and Grant and Abe Lincoln. I remember the Alamo, the Maine and Pearl Harbor. When freedom called I answered and stayed until it was over, over there. I left my heroic dead in Flanders Fields, on the rock of Corregidor, on the bleak slopes of Korea and in the steaming jungle of Vietnam. I am the Brooklyn Bridge, the wheat lands of Kansas and the granite hills of Vermont. I am the coalfields of the Virginias and Pennsylvania, the fertile lands of the West, the Golden Gate and the Grand Canyon. I am Independence Hall, the Monitor and the Merrimac. I am big. I sprawl from the Atlantic to the Pacific … my arms reach out to embrace Alaska and Hawaii … 3 million square miles throbbing with industry. I am more than 5 million farms. I am forest, field, mountain and desert. I am quiet villages—and cities that never sleep. You can look at me and see Ben Franklin walking down the streets of Philadelphia with his breadloaf under his arm. You can see Betsy Ross with her needle. You can see the lights of Christmas, and hear the strains of “Auld Lang Syne” as the calendar turns. I am Babe Ruth and the World Series. I am 110,000 schools and colleges, and 330,000 churches where my people worship God as they think best. I am a ballot dropped in a box, the roar of a crowd in a stadium and the voice of a choir in a cathedral. I am an editorial in a newspaper and a letter to a Congressman. I am Eli Whitney and Stephen Foster. I am Tom Edison, Albert Einstein and Billy Graham. I am Horace Greeley, Will Rogers and the Wright brothers. I am George Washington Carver, Jonas Salk, and Martin Luther King. I am Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman and Thomas Paine. Yes, I am the nation, and these are the things that I am. I was conceived in freedom and, God willing, in freedom I will spend the rest of my days. May I possess always the integrity, the courage and the strength to keep myself unshackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the world. I live in the greatest nation on Earth and I am not ashamed to say it. It is because of where I live that I am allowed to do all that I am doing. Our greatest right is Freedom of Speech. It is because of this right, that I am able to post whatever I want in this or any other LiveJournal I want. It is because of this glorious country, I am able to attend a college and get a Master's degree in writing. My country rocks!!!! Current Mood: happy Current Music: Washington Post March

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June 28th, 2005

03:15 pm - There is hope! Looking at the list of books that Barbara and I worked up, I really like what I have to read this semester. I haven't found out what the genre book is yet but whatever it is, I'm sure it'll be good. Now, I also have on my list to read: G.M.C. By Debra Dixon ---> I love her books. I've been to two of her talks and she just makes it all seem so simple. The Historian ---> Barbara suggested this book as an example of what I'm trying to write. A suspense/horror novel. I'll be looking to see if I really want to read this. I don't really want to read something gross that's in the horror genre, simply because I have vampires in my novel and it's assumed that there will be lots of gore in my novel. That's simply not true.I prefer to mess with a person's mind than their stomach. The Dark Sleep By P.N. Elrod I love Pat Elrod's books. She has this ability to draw you completely into the story and make you forget that you're just a reader. In the Name of Love By Michele Masse This book is supposed to be my critical/historical text on the romance genre. I've never heard of this author or this book but I'm always open to new readers. More on this particular book later. I am intrigued by all I will be reading. I have good list and it should be interesting to see what I find. Current Mood: excited Current Music: No music - Tony Snow Radio Show

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June 23rd, 2005

06:46 pm - Well, maybe my life doesn't suck so much after all Well, I just got off the phone with my mentor Barbara, who has been really, really cool about all this. After setting things up with Lee, we talked on the phone and hammered out my contract for this semester. So, I'm going to be doing all the writing and everything, I'm just not going to be schelping out to Greensburg. This is fine. I really appreciate Lee and Barbara for helping me out in this very weird situation I find myself in. Hopefully, this will be the only residency I'm forced to miss. Current Mood: crappy Current Music: None

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June 20th, 2005

11:35 pm - My life sucks!!!!! Oh, my God. My life sucks! I shouldn't be using this LJ to whine but I can't think of anything else to say at the moment. I've been going through some nasty personal problems, the culmination of which is that I'm not going to make it to the June residency. More later. Current Mood: infuriated Current Music: None

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May 5th, 2005

06:45 pm - Cinco De Mayo! Today is a day of celebration of when Mexico broke free from Spain. How do I know this? I've lived in Texas since I was 10. I couldn't NOT know it. That's not a complaint believe it or not. I love history and anything having to do with it. Even if it's in an area that I don't have a lot of interest in that particular area. It is, as another writer friend once told me, all grist for the mill. Speaking of writer friends. I have a writer friend who has written many, many, many essays on the writing life and the creation of stories. She is an English professor and a published author. Her LJ name is Minisinoo. Here is her journal minisinoo. Check it out, you won't be sorry. Current Mood: accomplished Current Music: No music - Larry Elder Radio Show

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