D: Is My Expression Right Now

Everywhere I go I see, in the YA sector, people going, “NO MORE VAMPIRES!” and other words to that effect. Every time I see that, though, I just want to yell back, “BUT MINE AREN’T IN HIGH SCHOOL!”   Delia’s over eighteen for a reason people. Just as Daniel looks about twenty-five. Definitely not in [...]

26 September 2009 Humour, Writing 3 comments

We Interrupt This Lack Of Posting

To bring you a very important youtube video. In other news, I’m wading my way through some awkward scenes for Lionheart – they’re awkward because my brain wants to get to the awesome scenes but I know I have to do these scenes for context, world-building and to start peeling away at the backstory of [...]

16 September 2009 Humour, Internet 3 comments

The Only Colour That Matters

The right-inset image was brought to my attention via the Allison and Busby blog. It’s a t-shirt from CafePress with the phrase “vampires prefer brunettes”1 – a reference to the line said by Edward in Twilight2 And it made me think, on characters, author appeal and funny. Now, while one of my vampires (the adorkable [...]

This Is Why Context Matters

While watching my Twitter feed go by, I noticed that Robbie was posting tiny snippets from the work he was currently reading. Since I was on a big Lionheart kick at the time, and we had been discussing Doctor Who and concepts like the TARDIS being bigger on the inside, I decided to post a [...]