Dark Diversions

So I was supposed to host Cassandra Jade today. Unlike some of the externally scheduled guests, or people who I might GUESS would be unreliable, Cassandra is publishing and on her tour, and... has disappeared. My reminder was timely, and there has been no post AT ALL on her blog in more than two weeks. So I'm WORRIED. Remember this conversation last week about 'if something happened, who would know?' That is where my dark mind has gone.



So if anybody knows Cassandra is FINE, please tell me so I can stop worrying...





And in the meantime, we will continue the D Theme.





Dual Dream Disciplines



Dreams play an important role for me in my idea generation. I'm not sure there will be any dream generated ACTION that makes it all the way into any of my books but the SET UP? Dreams are my best source for the really unique pieces of the stories I write. The ones that do it sometimes startle me awake they are so completely vivid. Mr. Tart is also known as Mr. Crabbypants, so I don't have a notebook by my bed, but I've got a whole STACK of them in the bathroom, so I usually head in there to get the basics in writing so I don't lose them.





Dream ALSO want to appear in my stories. I hear this is unpopular with the publishing industry, and that is understandable. It is a tempting technique and I can see it being OVER used, used BADLY, or used too obviously. But MAN, I love a well done dream sequence. So it is tempting to WRITE them, is it not? Maybe it's just me...

Diversions, Dalliances and Delusions



Usually this is where I turn to Cross-dressing Death Eaters, so why not. I haven't figured out how to bring an animated picture in here, but I have an avatar at HPANA that is currently playing my FAVORITE thing!!!



Top Post here



“I'm a death eater and I'm okay

I spy all night and I teach all day...”





DOGGIE!



Since yesterday I posted Cali, today I thought I'd share Joel... (is he the cutest little guy ever, or what?)

*huggles Joel*

Chaotic Collection

Comrades, I've got a collection of [erm... C word here- *cough*] I'd use 'cosas' but it seems to me, switching to Spanish might be cheating... Ah well...

Colors



The Burrow's October feature is related to COLORS and we are releasing a new drabble each day this month—check it out... http://www.the-burrow.org/ Speaking of colors and the Burrow... I've a colorific observation... among my childhood friends, it seems blue and green were the predominant favorite colors. I was unique with my PURPLE. But among the Burrow, we had to thumb wrestle for colors... I didn't get purple. Possibly because I can't behave... but I think more specifically because we ALL wanted it. Is this a WRITER color? Or are we Burrowers a unique batch?



Comments:



I had my first serious troll this week! I was SHOCKED! More shocking still, it was on one of my old blogs where I grumbled about parenting a teen and the blog itself was relatively mild (oh, sure I said she was a changeling, but SHEESH!), so the COMMENTER clearly has ISSUES...damn anonymous comments.... I won't remove them though (the ability to anonymous comment,... the comment itself, I DID remove—it was offensive)—I can take a sting now and then, and I get notified on comments to old blogs—a chance to moderate before they get posted. I was just stunned... I mean... I may be naked, but I'm NICE—no reason to be rude to ME!





Contest New



So there is a very cool contest to enter... Mason Canyon is giving away a bizillion (okay 8) audio books, each contest is separate, so you can enter the ones you really want the audiobooks... go enter, NOW! http://masoncanyon.blogspot.com/2010/10/hear-ye-hear-ye.html



and speaking of contests, I recently WON two books in Spunk on a Stick's

http://circleoffriendsbooks.blogspot.com/ 300th Follower Contest! I am looking forward to reading them! (I love free books, and I love reading what my writer friends write... good stuff)





Cali the Cat



Species: Calius Insanus. She isn't cuddly, but she is very conversive, so that is something. I like her, except when it is 4 in the morning and she is poking me with her claws because she thinks I should get up to run the water for her (she likes to drink from the bathroom sink, at a slow trickle)

Now lets just survive Monday...