The novel unfortunately feels very same-old, same-old. The writer with debilitating writer’s block. The serial killer using the Internet to find victims. The mysterious phone calls with the husky-voiced stranger on the other end. While the murders themselves might be effectively portrayed on the screen, for me they felt about as scary as one might see on an episode of CSI.
New twitterzine @7×20 Speculative (no horror) and literary fiction and poetry. You should be able to guess length limit. # So true! RT @catephoenix When I’m writing I want to edit, and when I’m editing I want to write. However, when I twitter I want to twitter. # Powered by Twitter Tools.
There was a certain ancient, mythological, allegorical feel to the whole “married to the sea” idea, and I wondered how it would translate to a more contemporary setting, i.e., “what would really happen” if this was a real custom. I think there’s a lot to be said for humanizing myths.
Today’s Twitter updates included a Dresden Files RPG, level-based versus skill-based advancement in games, favorite YA sci-fi, Paul Jessup’s new anthology Hatter Bones and something that will make you stand on your head!
In “Magic for Beginners”, fifteen-year-old Jeremy Mars appears in an episode of The Library, his favorite television show. The Library is unlike any show we have in our reality –- the cast constantly switches parts, and the television program has no set airing time or station.
…here is the difference between MacDonald and Grimm: when boys and girls go into Grimm’s woods, they emerge victorious over some monster, terrified into some life lesson, or they do not emerge at all. When they go into MacDonald’s woods, they come out the other side gentler, stronger men and women.
Today’s tweets included vampires from outer space, an ancient Easter egg, favorite author Susan Palwick, and how to determine your fantasy boyfriend! Can you guess who was paired with Fantasy Magazine?
When the lake chose Els, everyone was surprised. So was Els. She was nothing aquatic, barely anything at all — Aries-born, Capricorn ascendant, a mishmash of air and earth, a harsh dust storm, the one they feared would not be chosen by any of the Family of Landforms. They had shown Els to lonely deserts and old mountains and they all said no; they all said, “what is that?” And those were the dregs of the Landforms.
GMs, don’t be afraid to pander to your players. Keep an eye out for what they like and give that to them. Make it sweet and delicious. Because all of that sweetness will make the bitter which comes later that much more poignant and potent.
