Lighthouses In A Sea Of Time

I’ve spoken before about my love of the animated series Gargoyles, and watching a few episodes these past few days has only served to remind me even more. The episode I have just watched is “A Lighthouse In A Sea Of Time”, a very special episode about the importance of literacy. Unlike a lot of [...]

She’s A Vampire (Writer)

Last night I went to bed at about 11. About two and a half hours later I woke up with the burning desire to write something. Normally I would roll over and go to sleep but this time I was afraid that if I did do that I’d lose it. It was a new beginning to Blood Bound, and I like it. It takes the basic idea, the sentence of “I didn’t believe vampires were real until my brother came home from one of the undead” and expands on it. It’s a lot smoother, and it brings forward the voice and the setting much better than the original draft.

My Soul Is Rushing Right Into Your Mouth

Ever had a song get stuck in your head? And it’s a song you love and so you don’t want it to leave?

That is the way I feel about The Vampire Waltz by Hannah Fury. Gorgeous and dark, especially the lyrics.

NZ Music Month Victory

I just found out that I won a contest over on the MightyApe fanpage for New Zealand music month. Yippee! T-shirt, frisbee and a CD. And since the CD is Brooke Fraser’s Albertine I thought I would share the first song from that album with you.

10 Books Of January

Over at On The Nightstand I am taking part in several challenges, one of which is “read 100 books in a year”. I did the same last year, reading (IIRC) 117 books, with the bulk of my reading happening between March and November. I did read a lot, but once I started up my book blog the amount of reading I did increased exponentially.