Ceci n’est pas un moi - Representaion and Identity

So, I’ve been reading Scott McCloud’s ludicrously excellent Understanding Comics. If you have any interest in creating any kind of artwork, or anything creative at all(surely that’s just creating anything), then you should read this book, possibly twice.
After only one read through I think I could potentially have a couple of months worths of blog [...]

Fey Lure and the Top of the Hill

Did the faerie folk lead me to the crest of a mountain?
Alas no, just more sound play.
I tried to write the project that’s been composting  since the year began, and I heard about this.
It didn’t work, and I’m frustrated by this. It may just be part of my current trouble with words and communication, or [...]

The Incredible Expanding Cranium of Dr Crippens

No. I’m not a doctor.
But anyway, I spent a chunk of today rereading stuff. This (actually last) year’s nano (the gender bending post modern psychoanalytic revolution….and a load of pretentious nonsense) and last year’s (actually the year before last’s) nano (the Norse deconstruction of love and loss….and a load of childish nonsense) both got a [...]

Narrativomania - Stories across Genres

Wow, that’s a weird title.
I think this is going to be a long and rambling weird one. I’ve been thinking about writing it for too long, and right now, a lot of peggle has made my eyes bleary and my head contorted.
Must be stuck in the Webternet Cafe then.
Anyway, basically, I’ve been pondering for a [...]

Definitely Not Gratuitous - Erotica Eroica

Troublesome.
That’s what it is.
Troublesome.
I’ve hit the climax see. Well. Not the climax, but the crux. This is pretty much the emotional core of the novel, which, if I need to remind you, came to me whilst masturbating and hallucinating at the same time.
Fever’s do weird things, as does not sleeping. Put the two together and [...]

Everybody’s talking at me (about sex)

So.
The world appears to have it in for me today. I’m finding it hard to write, yet a thousand interesting things are being thrust in my direction.
You see, even my metaphors are sexing it up. That may be part of my novel mindset, which is currently still slightly sex obsessed, but for a reason. Basically, [...]

Post Mod - Errrr, Nitty

So.
Writing’s funny.
I’m currently finding my post modernist perspective to be dangerous. Once you disentangle from simple ideology everything you write is not yours, and fraught with danger.
Sure it may be playful, but it’s getting dark. And I’m not quite allowed to escape into gnomes, dragons and snow leopards like everyone else is.
I’m occupying a skull. [...]

Busy in a good way for once

Yesterday was a bit manic, involving lots of typing, some laundry, something resembling a date (that managed to be probably the most successful/unsuccessful date I’ve ever been on…for weird complicated reasons that I can’t go into…lots of fun is the key), a large Sunday roast, lots of beer, intense conversation, and….a plot. Not only that, [...]

Bit of a Mess - More Creative Compost

More filler (though actually, last post ended up sparking some awesome conversations, and all the content is only going to bring up my stats, even if it is just more people looking for nudity and weird sex).
I’ve had a very messy weekend, lots of fun, far too much self pity, and I converted all my [...]

Creativity - Straight Edges and Dead Horses

So.
Ever since I was ill (I’m still getting tired easily and so taking it easy…but I’m definitely better now), I’ve been in a very creative mindset. Thoughts following in slightly more coherent chains than usual, and getting somewhere…and staying there so I have time to analyse.
These a fat and lugubrious times.
I don’t know what lugubrious [...]

Like a Dog - Turmoil

First up, name that closing line.
Secondly, sorry I’ve been incommunicado. I’ve been horrifically ill most of this week. Fevers, aches, pains, insomnia, sweat, hallucinations and a sore throat.
It’s not been pleasant. I haven’t actually been this ill since I was 11 and had to go to Christmas dinner with my extended family in a dressing [...]

Thought Crimes

It’s happened again.
I’ve been accused of thinking. Again.
The first time this happened, I got pissed off. Second time, I tried to teach you a lesson.
Anyway, I haven’t decided what to do this time. But I would like to note something about those that have chosen me.
They are all better, particularly in terms of thoughtfulness, than [...]

I’ve Got an Idea - A Kiss to Build a Dream On

I think I might finally have a clue what I’m going to do with my Script Frenzy. An idea I like that I think would be best dealt with in visual form.
I’m not going to go into great deal here, but I am going to share the seed with you.
Anyway, it’s this song, that I [...]

Get the Most from Doseone

Seriously, on a word per minute basis there can only one. Check him out over here. There’s a free download of a very very good track there. And then jump on the radio link to hear some similar people. Probably a lot from the Anticon kiddies. You may have to register for that shit, but [...]

Idea Compost - The Androgyne Spirituality of the Berdache

Edit: Just did some further reading and the preferred term for Berdache is Two Spirit (Berdache is etymologically Spanish in origin and has negative connotations…however, I don’t want to say ‘Spirituality of the Two Spirit’ as it’s repetitive. More information here.)
So, just read an amazing post by V. There are some aspects of feminism a [...]