Oct
29

Suspending Disbelief for Shoujo

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You know, it’s funny – I love manga and anime. I read a lot of it and before the kids were around I used to watch it all the time. And as anyone who watches anime knows, you tend to have to suspend disbelief quite a bit to get into the enjoyment of the thing. I tend to put most anime/manga into three categories. 1) Eyecandy. Story doesn’t make sense, but it’s full of teh pretty so I’m going to watch it anyway. 2) Good story – which is just that. Maybe lower budget in the animation department or art, but I’m more than willing to overlook it if the story is good (or at least decent). 3) Brilliant –  like the newer Hellsing releases, NaNa, Samurai Champloo or Cowboy Bebop. In either case, you do have make allowances for some cultural differences in both the books and the animation.… Read more
Oct
23

A Little Foliage…

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Just a pretty shot from my back deck this morning.  ðŸ™‚ (And look, there’s my messed up magnolia!) Pretty much apropos of nothing, but felt like sharing.… Read more
Oct
22

Random Stuff

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Just a little this and that for the moment – I’ll probably come up with something a little more thought inducing later. 1) I’m entering the Golden Heart contest this year. Debated on it for a bit, and then figured why not? I have a MS ready to go, might as well toss my hat in the ring for the Cthulhu of unpubbed romance contests. I don’t expect to final since it’s not real “romancy” to start with, but I suppose you never know unless you try. (And now I’ve got an excuse to crank through revising my synopsis). 2) I won a pitch to Becca Stumpf from the raffle over at FF&P yesterday. I get 10 minutes in a chat room to pitch my book, and I need 3 sentences to start with. Something high level, I suppose. I usually quip about using a few lines from the story… Read more
Oct
8

ShadowScapes

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Words cannot begin to explain how much I love this woman’s art. I’ve been following her since her very early days on Elfwood, when she was still an art student, and I just love how successful she’s become. I also love the new tarot deck she’s done – it comes out sometime this spring. It’s not available for ordering yet, but I *did* just order up the companion book for it (major arcana). She does commissions, but I’m almost afraid to ask her how much they cost. LOL.  Do yourself a favor and check out her website.… Read more
Oct
5

Great Falls

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We took a half a day yesterday to visit Great Falls.  It’s a really lovely park, but for some reason we only seem to get to it every couple of years or so.  It tends to be very crowded. Not sure hiking over the rocks was the best thing for my back (they muscles are screaming about it now), but I took it pretty slow. And really, you have to respect a place where even the signs in the bathroom declare that if you fall in the water you will die. So, here’s a little smattering of pictures… Awww…me, because I’m a big silly.  And I hate being photographed, but this one came out ok. *snerk* mr myn says I should use it for the back of a book cover (*cough*)  Me and the kids overlooking the river. It’s pretty high, but believe it or not, sometimes the river gets… Read more