Hi all! Laptop is busted right now, which means blog posts are a bit of a PITA to write, but here's a little Halloween video to cheer you up on this spookiest of holidays.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Monday, October 21, 2013
In Which I'm On Vacay
Hey all! I'm on vacay this week, so no posts!
See you all when I get back (and get down to some serious work).
Until then, imagine me like this:
Friday, October 18, 2013
Friday Fun
Hi ape-friends!
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| Baby picture of meeee! |
Yvie here to launch you into the weekend with a dose of Friday fun!
Let's get this weekend started!
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Wednesday Weird: The Sunken Skulls
In 2009 archaeologists were excavating the dry bed of a prehistoric lake in Motala, Sweden. And because this is Wednesday Weird you know that had to find something. And they did. The foundation of a mysterious stone structure.
Okay, so not too crazy. They are archaeologists, after all. They had to be digging for something.
So they kept digging and began to unearth even more finds: stone tools and animal bones.
Oh, also, the skulls of 10 people.
Ranging in age from small children to the elderly, the 8,000 year old skulls were an anomaly.
Oh, and did I say 10 skulls? I actually meant 11, because they found another one buried deep in the mud. And buried in that skull was pieces of one of the other skulls, deliberately embedded inside the head of the 11th skull.
So, either someone put pieces of a head inside another head, or someone used a head to bash in someone else's head. Neither option sounds, you know, great.
But that wasn't all. Some of the skulls had had stakes driven through them before they were set on fire. Two of the skulls were actually found with the stakes still embedded in (or in one case, melted to) the bone.
There are multiple theories for this find, from war trophies to strange funerary practices, and each one holds as much weight as the next because no one really knows what the structure was, or what the deal is with the skulls.
Okay, so not too crazy. They are archaeologists, after all. They had to be digging for something.
So they kept digging and began to unearth even more finds: stone tools and animal bones.
Oh, also, the skulls of 10 people.
Ranging in age from small children to the elderly, the 8,000 year old skulls were an anomaly.
Oh, and did I say 10 skulls? I actually meant 11, because they found another one buried deep in the mud. And buried in that skull was pieces of one of the other skulls, deliberately embedded inside the head of the 11th skull.
So, either someone put pieces of a head inside another head, or someone used a head to bash in someone else's head. Neither option sounds, you know, great.
But that wasn't all. Some of the skulls had had stakes driven through them before they were set on fire. Two of the skulls were actually found with the stakes still embedded in (or in one case, melted to) the bone.
There are multiple theories for this find, from war trophies to strange funerary practices, and each one holds as much weight as the next because no one really knows what the structure was, or what the deal is with the skulls.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Cover Reveal For Lisa Amowitz's VISION
Today is the cover reveal for Lisa Amowitz's new book VISION, from Spencer Hill Press!
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| Isn't it awesome? I love the warmth and the subtle creepiness and tension |
BLURB!
The light is darker than you think…
When seventeen-year-old Bobby Pendell begins to have blinding migraines followed by frightening hallucinations, he fears there’s something wrong with him. Then murder rocks his sleepy town and the visions that put him on trail of a killer—also make him the prime suspect.
Bum bum BUM!!!!
I'm excited to snag my copy when it's available (May, 2014!), but until then, I can just mark it To Read on Goodreads!
WOO! Congrats Lisa!!
Monday, October 14, 2013
In Which I Say No To NaNoWriMo
Here we are, almost half way through October, which means we have just about 3 weeks until November 1st, which is, of course, the beginning of NaNoWriMo.
I've participated (and won) the last 4 NaNos, but this year it's looking more and more likely that I won't be able to participate.
One of the main reasons is that I'm gearing up for the MFA which starts in Jan. They want you to work on something new, and I know what I'm going to work on. And though I don't have an issue with starting that something new a little early, say, for NaNo, I don't think I'll be ready to go by then.
And I don't want to force it, and have something weird and effed up before I even start the MFA, you know?
I've been brainstorming some the last few weeks, but I know I won't be able to reaaaally start the brainstorming session until I've started to query All That Remains. And while I'm just about ready to go (could really go any day now, actually) it's still puts a bit of delay on things.
(briefly OT - I hit a MN SCBWI conference this weekend and it went awesome. Let's just say that maybe I had a MS review with an editor for a well recognized house and that maaaaybe they liked it. A lot. We'll leave it at that)
So. I just don't relish the thought of rushing things right now, which means NaNo will be taking a back seat this year for me.
Of course, who knows, maybe the brainstorming will suddenly all come together in the next two weeks and i'll be ready to go! I doubt it, because I have a vacation in there, but you never know. I could always change my mind.
What about you? Are you NaNoing this year?
I've participated (and won) the last 4 NaNos, but this year it's looking more and more likely that I won't be able to participate.
One of the main reasons is that I'm gearing up for the MFA which starts in Jan. They want you to work on something new, and I know what I'm going to work on. And though I don't have an issue with starting that something new a little early, say, for NaNo, I don't think I'll be ready to go by then.
And I don't want to force it, and have something weird and effed up before I even start the MFA, you know?
I've been brainstorming some the last few weeks, but I know I won't be able to reaaaally start the brainstorming session until I've started to query All That Remains. And while I'm just about ready to go (could really go any day now, actually) it's still puts a bit of delay on things.
(briefly OT - I hit a MN SCBWI conference this weekend and it went awesome. Let's just say that maybe I had a MS review with an editor for a well recognized house and that maaaaybe they liked it. A lot. We'll leave it at that)
So. I just don't relish the thought of rushing things right now, which means NaNo will be taking a back seat this year for me.
Of course, who knows, maybe the brainstorming will suddenly all come together in the next two weeks and i'll be ready to go! I doubt it, because I have a vacation in there, but you never know. I could always change my mind.
What about you? Are you NaNoing this year?
Friday, October 11, 2013
Friday Fun
All right, ape-friends! We've made it through another week, and we're that much closer to the wonderful holiday where we pork out.
I think you people call it Porksgiving or something. I dunno. I'm a dog.
Anyway, onto the fun!
I think you people call it Porksgiving or something. I dunno. I'm a dog.
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| Did someone say pork? |
Anyway, onto the fun!
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