Brenda Novak's Auction

It's that time again. Go here.



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Hunter of the Heart: Werewolves of the Caribbean

PBW had this fun link over on her blog (her comic strip is a hoot!) and I thought I'd give it a whirl. *g*

You can click onto the panel for a lager image, but I had a heck of a time loading it to the blog and it came out a bit illegible. Check here for the original webpage.



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Just Lovely

Go read this post over on Murderatti. It's wonderful.


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Links

On writers and following their voice:

Jordon Summer has a cool post up on Romancing the Blog

Sasha White has a thoughtful post up over on her blog.



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Valentine Linkage

I was looking for images to go with the interesting Valentines facts for the post above when I came across these.


NSFW re language.





But funny as hell. Looks like they do this round up every year, make sure you check for 2006, also. I'm going to check back and see what they have up for 2208.









I-Mockery. com



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Round and About

Jorrie Spencer and Lyn Winfre both got good reviews from Dear Author and Mrs. Giggles respectively on their indiviual releases.

Margaret Moore has several writing craft posts up.

Dramatic Tension
The Big Misunderstanding
Keeping To Schedule
How To Get Tense

Sylvia Day had a interesting post on the Beta Heroine up at Romancing the Blog recently.


And Tanya had an epiphany on her blog.

Raine is a crack up as usual. Read this post on The Only Person In The World!

John Scalzi's The Dictator of Writing

John has posted: The Dictator of Writing Announces His Decrees, Part I. Funny as hell, but very practical/wise advice. The part below made me laugh out loud.


4. By Order of the Dictator of Writing, Writing to Impress Other Writers is Punishable by Death. Honestly. You want to impress another writer with your emanations, set a pot of chili between you and then lock the door. Aside from that, think of the poor reader, who just wants to be entertained, and does not know or care that you are trying to impress that fellow writer whom you loathe, or want to get into the pants of, or both. Won't you please give a thought to the readers? Especially when death is on the line?

Perhaps to enforce this sentiment, and to cut down the number of needless deaths among writers, we should institute a program like the following:

SCENE: A writer's garret: WRITER is hammering out immortal prose. There is a knock on the DOOR.

WRITER (opening the door to find a large, burly man in the doorway): Who are you?

JOE: I am Joe, sent to you by the Dictator of Writing to help you in your task. I am a reader of average intelligence. Is that your latest work in your hand?

WRITER: Why yes, yes, it is.

JOE: Will you read it to me?

WRITER: Well, it's a work in progress.

JOE: Of course. I understand completely.

WRITER (clears throat): "I blanketed myself with wrath incarnadine --"

JOE punches WRITER in the gut. WRITER falls to the FLOOR.

WRITER (gasping and writhing): Why did you do that?

JOE: I didn't follow that sentence. And when that happens, I am authorized to beat you.

WRITER: Let me fix it. (WRITER crawls to DESK, grabs a PEN, and makes an EDIT)

JOE: What does it say now?

WRITER: "I got mad."

JOE kicks WRITER in the TESTICLES. WRITER collapses.

JOE: Now you're just being condescending.


Go read the rest.

Three 4 Things

1. Submissive heroes are not my speed. I'm reading Susan Squire's One With the Night. It's a testament to SS's talent that I haven't 'recycled' this book already. I *hate* when a hero is tortured and dominated by a female. Doesn't matter if she's teh evol beyoitch skanky hooowaarh villianess, or the heroine in some kinker of a BD/SM erotica/erotic romance. I'm not sure what gets to me more, the pain, the humiliation or the emasculation (as far as I'm concerned.) I'm still reading though. It's an excellent story. Not sure I'll be keeping it, only because it presses *this* particular hot button for me.

Reviews, here and here.

2. Ms. Giggle has another editorial up. Blog Drama Drinking Game. To qoute my boi, Busta Nut Rhymes, Pass da Courvoisier.

3. Tess Gerritsen has the most amazing commencement speech--The Creepy Facts Of Life-- posted on her blog. Consider this graduation day, and go read it.

4. The season finale of Supernatural KICKED. ASS!!! OMG, Papa Winchester showed up in a heart wrenching moment. ::sniffle:: I love the dynamic between the brothers. It's not about how easy on they eyes they are (that's just icing on the cake), I love, love, love, the range and the rawness of emotion between them. Dean, Dean, Dean. What did you do, dear boy. How you gonna get out of that bind? I can't wait for next season. Heck I can't wait for the end of summer when this season's dvd goes on sale.