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Seriously, fishmalk what the hell kind of question is that :P

I don't have any one thing that I can point to and go "Yes! This thing! This thing gives me a real sense of accomplishment!'" Not my PhD, not my one ever published short story, not any one thing I have produced or any thing I have done. If I could get the fire lit in the fireplace tonight i might have been pretty feeakin' proud of that, but nope :p

So then - I think, if no one thing stands out - I am going to have to go with the whole package. I probably could have done things better, but on the whole I am pretty satisfied with who I am as a person, even if I'm not exactly where I would like to be, or where I hoped to be. I feel like I am pretty good at dealing with stuff when I have to, and my Life Skills/Adulting Skills are both fairly well developed and varied. I am not always 100% confident in everything I do and in some regards I am very dependent on others, but I think I do okay at managing those things as well.

So there you go. Yes, another co-out answer.

How I got to this point (or how I think I did) is another question - but not one anyone has asked! I do still have two open questions though.... On DW|On LJ

Thanks to a combination of work (scraped my arm last year carrying concrete blocks), Maze (scratchy cat is scratchy), and the fact that I scar at the drop of a hat, I now have the Norse rune Laguz inscribed on my left forearm.

As far as I can discern from perusing the internets, it means water, or the ocean (apt, I think), and can also symbolize dreams, imagination and elements of the supernatural and the underworld (heh). It is also a female sign (because girls = water, dontcha know).

For my old Neville brethren out there, is also symbolizes a leek >:D For my underworld peeps, I take this as a further sign that my next character should be an Einher :V

It will probably fade in time, but for now, it entertains me ^-^

here is a link to Facebook - let me know if it doens't work. I'm going to put some of the dress ones on flickr in a bit.

Also go to FB, if you can, to see the videos I posed from the Firewhip performance :D

Flickr dress pics :)"

Found here :)

Someone (okay it was fortysevenbteg. ETA: no, I lie it was nichm!) posted this as a meme. I'm egotistical, so I'm game.

Rules: Take a picture of yourself right now. Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair... just take a picture. Post that picture with NO editing.

Just a reminder to anyone who might be interested but doesn't necessarily usually check my writing journal that I'm in the middle of the August Writing Challenge - there's a lot to read over there right now, and hopefully for the rest of the month too! I like doing this challenge because it helps me bulid up a momentum for writing - I hope that I can keep it up better this year than last.

Aim high, I say!

So I finished my Cursed Wreck story last year. I'm resubmitting it this year because the magazine I'd sent it to before is going through some kind of metamorphosis. I usually only futz much with my writing in the summer on account of being too busy during the year. I do have another piece to send out this year, though, and also another one that I'd like to finish and get out. I think it is feasible for me to finish... Anyway i am considering markets. Some magazines will accept simultaneous submissions, but not *multiple* submissions. They all have different length caps (sans query, anyway), submission guidelines, payment stuff, and response times.

So here are the stories:

The Cursed Wreck: Horror; blatantly Lovecraftian. 7100 words, diving/fishmen adventure in Turkey.

Keep Off the Grass: Fantasy Horror. 4100 words. A kid tries to be a hero against an invasion of evil grass.

Shadow of a Place: Horror, in progress. A woman visits an internet friend at her creepy creepy house.

I also have...

Breaking in to the Market: never been sure how to decide the genre - Modern dark fantasy?. 4600 words. Old story - a kid gets sucked in to the soul buying racket, and sets out on his own when he gets older.

Happiness Man: Modern fantasy? 4284 words. A man invents his own god. Rejected from On Spec with some recommendations for polishing that I've yet to follow up with.

The markets:

Apex:"Where Science Fiction and Horror Meet." Up to 7500 words. Pays 5 cents a word. Simultaneous submission not accepted. he only one that doesn't just want FNSAR - they want electronic and (non-exclusive) anthology rights. Response time 20-30 days.

Cemetery Dance: Horror, dark mystery and suspense. Up to 5000 words, response time 2-4 months, pays minimum 5 cents a word, max payment of 250$. Snail mail submissions only. Simultaneous submission okay.

OnSpec: Canadian speculative fiction - sci-fi, horror, etc. Pays set amounts (150-180 for my stories), up to 6000 words okay without pre-querying. Prefers Canadian content. Snail mail submission only, 3-4 months turn around. Simultaneous submission okay, I think?

Weird Tales: Unique, fantastic and bizarre stories. Pays 3-4 cents a word, up to 10000 words. E-mail submissions okay, turn around 6-8 weeks. Simultaneous submission okay.

Talebones: Science fiction and dark Fantasy. Pays 1-2 cents/word up to 6000 words. Snail mail submissions, turn around 2-6 weeks. No simultaneous submissions.

Cursed Wreck is the one that is the most ready to go. I could send it out tomorrow. I need to reformat Keep off the Grass and look it over an it will probably be okay. The others need more revision (or, um, to be finished...) and who knows how long that'll take me?

So, thoughts? I was going to send Cursed Wreck to Weird Tales, but they might want more original stuff. I was thinking of sending Keep off the grass to OnSpec, too, but again, I dunno.

Alas, the HP Lovecraft magazine isn't accepting submissions, and is possibly dead ;p

I'm open to recommendations of other markets as well.

I typed up part of a piece I started over he summer in order to lok productive and also jumpstart my creativity. It's friendslocked, over at my writing journal, measured_words, so take a look! If you want to be friended, either just leave me a note or friend me and I'll add you back. Wooh!

I often have an urge to make a fanvid, if I can see clips form a show that are well suited to certain songs. earis and I have a mental list of Avatar fanvids we'd eventually like to get around to doing, but inspiration and time have rarely coincided.

This weekend, all of that changed.

This is my first fanvid, but I think it's pretty sweet, all things considering. It will eventually show up below, once Youtube has finished processing it. If you like it, pimp it around.



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I would like the world to know that i wear the same size shades as Cthulhu :V

Thanks Joel :D