Liz's Looming Lunacy


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Swain's world (The Cosmic Unicorn #1); A Day in the Life (Alternate Hilarities #3); The Lawnmower that Ate Manhattan (NIEKAS, I forget the issue); Spring Cleaning (Sound Waves); Shadow Play (The Parasitorium II: Parasitic Sands, 2007); Crow's Feat (Free Fall (February, 2007) Oh, and Obligatory Holly Lisle Affiliate Link for writing workshops and stuff.

28.11.05

Surprise!

I'm happy. Terror's treating me to dinner tonight. She just called to tell me she has a chicken Parmesan with my name on it. *grin* So we'll save the spaghetti for tomorrow night. It'as a happy surprise. ;-)

26.11.05

Fwd: [THE PARASITORIUM] do you

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elizabeth Anne Ensley
Date: Nov 26, 2005 6:07 PM
Subject: Re: [THE PARASITORIUM] do you


All of the above, whether I'm writing the horror (this is a horror group, you know), fantasy, or even SF. Some humor, some non-humor, but the humor tends to seep into the darker stuff. Have you ever noticed that a bit of humor in a dark story tends to give it that edge that makes it more human--and therefore, more plausible?

Er, although I write more from my keyboard then from my heart and soul. See, the only way I could use my heart to get the words down is if I cut it out to sue it on the keyboard, but then I wouldn't get the words out because--well, you know. And if I tried to write with my soul--well, the ancient meaning of soul was what folks think of as the human body.

As for involving one's self in what one writes, that's two-edged at best: you have to be dispassionate enough to realize that the words you so frantically work to get down on paper, in a computer file or on a tape recorder will need editing, or at the least a good once-over. You have to be passionate enough to care about what you write and to keep sending out your stories, despite rejections, because you believe in them, but dispassionate enough about your stories that if you've made a mistake and an editor points it out to you (an act of supreme kindness), that you will not get upset over it and you will perhaps even look at your story and decide if you really should change it, or if changing it would change the tone of your story, and then you look at the surrounding prose to see if there's any way you could justify or clarify your decision with a little judicious editing--painting a new line here, painting over an arc there.

And I think that's the longest response I've given to anything in this group in quite some time. *grin*



On 11/26/05, L. U.  wrote:

write from ur heart and soul... putting part of u into what u
create...writing from the experiences of ur life.... writing of the things
that piss off others but that u know u can get away with in a work of
fiction?

Or do u write of the fanciful, far removed from self?

Or do u feel there is no way to not leave part of self in ons craft?

Lator gators
Lis


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22.11.05

*scratches head*

PAISLEY   f & m   English
From a Scottish surname which may be ultimately derived from Latin basilica "church".

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20.11.05

Updates on Auntie NaNoWriMo's Old Blues

               My blurty and LiveJournal profile pages are constantly updated with my count total, just FYI, but so far it stands at 8571. Yes, I know it's pathetic, but at least I finally started writing again.
               Now I think I'll go eat something before I croak. I'm getting offline now anyway, got more to write.
               TTFN!
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3.141719...

You Are Apple Pie

You're the perfect combo of comforting and traditional
Those who like you crave security

17.11.05

Cats: Mighty Hunters of the Jung--err, housefold.

        Well, the cat is on its way.
        Just when I thought Terror had forgotten. *grin*
        Actually, the shelter called here to make sure I was oaky with the cat. Snice Coral already asked me, I'd think that was a moot point, lol. They also got the number for the main office too.
        Why would I have a problem? Terror's the one who will pay cat support. XD
        Oh, and yes, Rachel promised to bring her digital camera so we can get a picture of the furry bundle of joy to share with y' all.

        Cat carrier.
        * Check.
        Cat toys.
        * Check.
        Cat food.
        * Check.
        SCratchnig post.
        * Check.
        Litter box.
        * Check.
        Food and water dishes.
        * Check.
        Kitty litter.
        * Check.
        Kitty litter mat.
        * Check.
        Kitty food and water dish mat.
        * Check.
        Kitty snacki-poos.
        * Check.
        Mom's approval.
        * Check.
        Tranquilizer gun.
        oo;; Tranquilizer gun?
        In case it tries to eat someone.
        Hey, it's a kitten, not a tiger.
        You've played with a kitten?
        Yes, but--
        Small difference, sometimes.

Zodiacat.

11.11.05

The Secondary Inversion of the Return of NaNoWriMo

          [rant]

          5705 words. That's pathetic. I should have had quite a few more of them by now. I know what I want to write, I know what happens, so why am I not getting it written?
          I miss my manual typewriter.
          You know what I mean: a nice, big, clunky, non-electronic device, one that you have to use Ko-Rec-Type or Spell-o-Tape on when you commit a major typo or seventy-billion, and that's only when you're on the second-to-last draft of your manuscript, when you're ready to tear your hair out when your fingers strike the wrong key, or several keys at once, so that the hammers get all stuck together and need to be pried apart with the diminutive equivalent of a crowbar. The feel of paper, of proper keys (and not this keyboarding/number pad/function key crap that you get with a computerized system--Damn the shortcuts! Full speed ahead!
          Has technology, in a way, become the ultimate nemesis of the writer's productivity? Has the creative spirit been quelled by a ready access or overdose--an overabundance of sites where people post fiction that has been un-proofed, un-spellchecked, where the author of the piece does not want to trouble themselves with a revision because "it's too much trouble to write it, it takes too damn long, it's too much work..." Granted, there are also many, many writers who genuinely care enough about their work on the 'net to put forth their best effort and constantly strive to improve their prose.
          Sometimes, you just miss the tactile sensation of inserting a paper into the carriage, hitting the carriage return several times in rapid succession, and the clatter of the hammers hitting the paper, the raised and sometimes faded lettering on the keyboard of the manual typewriters.
          Damn it, where's the love, people?

[/rant]

2.11.05

NaNoWriMo Day Two

Over 3k  words form yesterday. My totals will be posted on my profiles both at the main site and on my LJ profile page. Fun! My NaNoWriMo mug arrived today. I have that, and my tee shirt, so I'm all set for the month.

Sleep? What is this 'sleep' that you speak of? *smile*