Posts Tagged ‘Music’

Five Things I Am Loving At The Moment

Posted August 20, 2011 under Entertainment | Tagged: , | 1 Comment

I’m loving a lot of things at the moment, so here’s five of them. :D

Covers That Change the Genre and/or Gender

For me the best cover songs are ones that the cover artist makes their own, and right now I’m listening to a couple of classical crossover artists covering pop/rock/whatever songs. Whether it’s Josh Groban covering Linkin Park or Katherine Jenkins covering Evanescence, it adds a new aspect to the song not to mention it’s great for writing/character playlists.

Superhero Novels

I love superheroes. I love novels. Sometimes these two great tastes can be found together. A couple I have read:

There are more out there: I am looking forward to reading the Masked anthology in particular.

Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me To You

I don’t really read a lot of stuff that’s pure romance, but Kimi Ni Todoke is my major exception. This manga is frustrating in all the right ways – most importantly the part where I eagerly gobble a volume down only to be very upset that I don’t have the next one on me right now.

My eReader

Reasons why I love my ereader:

  • It saves on space.
  • Books are cheaper.
  • Some books are free!
  • I don’t have to limit my options when it comes to travelling. TAKE ALL THE BOOKS!
  • I can borrow books from the library without leaving the house. And because I have a passport I can borrow books from the Singapore Library as well!
  • It’s light and I never have to worry about bookmarks – which is great if I want to read something like The Passage.

My New Layout

Finally I have broken away from the traditional style and this is the result. :)

You’ll Fall Like A Guillotine

Posted July 10, 2011 under Writing | Tagged: , | No Comments Yet

I love combining music and writing. Making playlists for WIPs really helps me get in the mood and prepare for starting a piece. And sometimes songs just inspire one completely.

For the past two days I have been listening to Guillotine by YADI and after listening to it once or twice a story started bursting from my head like Athena. It’s a glimpse into the background of a minor character from another work.

I’m still working on the first draft but here’s the beginning of the story. Please excuse the draftiness.

She had not killed in some time.

Why should she have to when she had plenty of humans willing to kneel before their queen and offer their blood, humans who proudly displayed the scars on their wrists from her delicate nibbles as proof of royal favour?

She did not have to kill now, either. At least not personally.

She could have sent in a small army of humans armed with their barbaric guns. They were more than willing to sacrifice themselves for their queen and her consort.

Or she could send in her people to complete this task. They were stronger than humans and could easily overpower those monsters in the traditional way.

But she did not. Even with her rusty killing skills, even if she had to do it alone, it was her consort they had taken. Thus it was going to be by her hands, her fangs that he was going to be avenged.