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| So I've always taken inspiration from music. My muse seems to be anything from great music that can move me to dance to crappy pop music with a hook that gets stuck in my head for weeks. See, that stuck part is crucial to actually getting the words out of my head. Something in my life will trigger a moment I want to capture, or even a scene, and I'll latch on to it. Most of the time that "thing" is a song I've heard that seems to speak to something going on in one of my character's heads. It can also be a thought that gets played out in said song, or genre of song, and the longer I listen to it, the better the moment or scene becomes. The more solid it is, the better my world works, and the more likely it is to get written down.
Realizing this a few months ago, and realizing that I could probably trigger myself intentionally, I realized I had a means-by-which to get into the head space I need to make progress on my writing. So I made a playlist on my iPhone to listen to in the car when I'm driving home. The thought was that I would be ready to go when I got back, but life seems to get in the way. All is not lost, however. Crafting the playlist itself has really helped me focus the time I do get to write. I can sense the movement of part one as a unit now, and it's actually kind of awesome. So for lack of anything better to write on my lunch break, here's the current playlist:
Book 1 - The Men of Kosar - Prologue - Prophecy: Unwritten - Natasha Bettingfield
- Chapter 1 - Kiernan: Breathe (2 AM) - Anna Nalick
- Chapter 2 - Rylan: A Kiss to Send Us Off - Incubus
- Chapter 3 - Micah: Moves like Jagger - Maroon 5; Pure Morning - Placebo
- Chapter 4 - Rylan: Dogma - KMFDM; Let's Hear it for Rock Bottom
- Chapter 5: Westly: Better That We Break - Maroon 5; Gunning Down a Romance - Savage Garden
- Chapter 6 - Micah: Smoke and Mirrors - Gotye; Craze - KMFDM
- Chapter 7 - Nichi: Stutter - Maroon 5; Deliberation - Katatonia
- Chapter 8 - Westly: Running Away - Hoobastank; Everyone's At It - Lily Allen
- Chapter 9 - Micah: Mad Season - Matchbox 20; Set Fire to the Rain - Adele
- Chapter 10 - Rylan: Teenagers - My Chemical Romance
- Chapter 12 - Kiernan: Undone - Rotersand; Break Me Shake Me - Savage Garden; Die Another Day - Madona
Also - looking at the first song... "If I get it all down on paper it's no longer threatening the life it belongs to". Yeah. That's the whole process to my writing. Fun stuff. - Tags:novel
- Mood:contemplative
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| I am offically a Grad Student - in the sense that I rolled out of bed, put on the same clothes I wore yesterday, started drinking the glass of juicy juice I poured last night, am making coffee and eating cereal as I try and wake up so I can ... *drumroll*
Finish my thesis that's due today.
Dear sweet gods, let it be over. | |
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| HalfMoon Cloaks are currently having a sale on some merchandise. ( http://www.hmoon.com/sale.html) Hunters ($90), Capotes ($200), and Ponchos with Separate Cowls ($90) are all selling for cheap. I just bought one, finally, and I wanted to make sure people knew. =D (The woman says they have a selection of "Regular" sized Hunters and maybe a small or two. I didn't ask about the others.) | |
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|  Set a Guinness World Record - Enjoy a Better Web Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours - it’s that easy. We're not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome. http://www.spreadfirefox.com/en-US/worldrecord/I'm pledged to participate! | |
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| To whom it may concern,
It is now April in my second year of Law School. This means that I have an insanely structured schedule right now, and will most likely not have time for anything outside of this schedule. I apologies in advance for not returning calls or answering messages.
Sincerely,
V
That being said, a modest update:
* I am working on my novel, to finish my third revision of Part 1 by April 30th. In addition, have begun working with material I haven't touched since Spring 2001. I just landed on the other side of the gaping plot hole I tore into my book in Summer 2001 when I took a character out of the first draft. Yes, I am ecstatic. So much so that I can't completely comprehend what I just managed to pull off.
* Larp season has begun, and I am going to ToV twice and MJ:FI one more time. (This is scheduled vacation.)
* I have a paper/web page/business plan to complete by next Monday.
* I am in love with Tool; they will help me make it through finals.
* I have an application in to the Board of Bar Overseers I feel strongly about, and a new suit to interview in.
* I have an informal interview with one of my professors tonight.
* I received an incredible compliment from a professor today. He was "very impressed" with my performance in his class, my poise answering questions, and my ability to give intellectual but not intimidating responses to his and other students questions in class.
* Did I mention I'm in love with Tool? Right, I did.
* I am procrastinating, but I'm not going to give myself too much trouble over it, as I'm trying to retain my sanity.
* I'm trying desperately to make friends to help save my sanity, as I really don't have any at law school. This fact is depressing, but there's nothing I can do about it right now. Eric's girls at BC are doing their best to help me, though, and I have one new girl friend I'm trying to keep in touch with better.
So that's what's going on right now.
Back to my regularly scheduled stressing out.
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| Remember that light I said I saw a few months ago?
The one at the end of the tunnel?
Well it's blinding when you finally reach it.
I just got there, and I'm so shocked that it happened that I can't see quite yet. | |
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| So it's been a few years since I took this test.... and damn, a few things have changed! My house mates totally agree with this description, btw... Half-Cocked Random Brutal Sex Dreamer (RBSD)  Fiery. Hungry. Blatant. Sexual. Christ. You are Half-Cocked. There's a lot of wild lust inside you, banging around, that much is obvious. There's also a lot of untamed emotion. When either escapes, look out. One minute you're completely together, the next you're a howling gale of hormones and opinions. Outside relationships, your intense, mercurial personality makes you a charmer. You can be fiercely devoted, and it's likely that many of your friends will be friends-for-life. Of course, your enemies are likewise certain and zealous, especially your exes and their therapists. You will find the right person. In the short term, he's someone virile who won't sweat your imperfections. In the long term, he will be someone mature and caring who will grow to love them. Your exact female opposite: The Maid of Honor  Deliberate Gentle Love Master Always avoid: The Slow Dancer (DGLD) Consider: The Playboy (RGSM), The Billy Goat (DBSD) | Link: The Online Dating Persona Test @ OkCupid - free online dating.
My profile name: : aslaugvorsaga |
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| Alright, so I said I wouldn't post here anymore, but darn it - I need a few opinions fast. That being said... here's my delima: Over the course of my time at Tales of Valor (larp), my character has essentially gone through puberty. During the spring season, my current horns began to un-stick quite a bit because the material the old ones were made of was cheap and falling apart. I thought the shedding thing was appropriate for the puberty thing. So now I'm searching for a set of bigger and better horns, since I'm growing. (Thing is, this character's ego is huge, and only getting bigger. You should see her pole-axe, appropriately named "Ego". And she wears SCA quality gothic plate mail as her outfit. I look like I have football shoulders when I put a cloak on. It's so awesome... and thus the reason I need large, awesome horns.) I'm considering these from Gypsyroses.org (http://www.gypsyroses.org/DragonQnLatex05.jpg) The red ones (not the black ones on the side of her head).  What do y'all think? This is how my old character looked, btw: | |
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