So lots of things have happened this last few weeks, none of which involved my actually finding a job which is a bit disconcerting but I'm actively looking so what do you do?
Anyway, the family ran the Springville 5K as we do every year and I found that i am even less out of shape than I was last year, and last year I had a full blown sinus infection. I ran and ran and didn't stop running and finished with a time of 33 minutes. Yay me. Later in the day I was seriously ill and not feeling good at all. It seems I pushed myself too much.
I'm feeling better now and have sworn that i will get into shape as soon as it is physically possible. So here I am publishing my goodwill on exercise and the getting fit of me. Rah.
My writing group started back up, and on Thursday I managed to get some really great feedback on a horror story I wrote called "Virgin Cocktail" which may not be the title for long. I love writing group. I'm so inspired by everything I got to read of theirs also.
Showing posts with label Writing. Show all posts
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Sunday, June 6, 2010
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Capstone Plans
Alterran Tales
This, hopefully will be my capstone project come Fall Semester. It will be a five story illustrated anthology graphic novel. Each story will have a different writing style, art style and feeling associated with it. The point of the anthology will be to use English creative writing to communicate different forms of the campfire ghost stories we all used to tell when young. As of right now I have four different artists providing a different style to each of my stories. This may change.
The basic premise for the Anthology is a small family living in Dallow County, Alterra. Alterra is a world of creatures monsters and nasties I created for my book Becoming Rictus. The family in question is the Diener Family. They are Grenns, a lower sub species of demons with a secret. The father of the family is human, which is a huge no-no in Alterra. The Dieners are proud parents to children Loretta and Luke. It is the day after Halloween where the whole of Alterra relaxes and rests after the previous days activities and celebrations. They do this by sleeping, meeting in clans, tribes and families and they tell stories to each other.
This year Luke has invited a friend over for the annual story telling. That evening each member of the family and Matty, Lukes friend, take turns telling a horror story. There is always competition to see who's story is the best. The anthology starts with this premise that links each of the story and will be illustrated by me.
1. Darcy and Glass The mother, Gosha, tells this story of wayward children who misbehave and what becomes of them. This is the only story that is semi-finished and is made up of some really cool print work.
2. That boyish Smile Matty tells this mystery "is it a vampire story or isn't it" style tale. This Story was accepted into the Spring09 Touchstones at UVU. It's one of my favourites and is in first-person prose style.
3. Victuals This is Lukes tale of cub scouts who turn out to be were-dinosaurs. It's a throwback to some of the old english stories I used to read in childrens book style.
4. What'll I do This is Loretta's story and is supposed to be relayed directly into the other characters minds telepathically. This is going to be one of the more avant guard style stories that runs through some music lyrics and black and white photographic images that will be doctored and graffittied.
The last story is 5. Puppies This is Roys Dieners story in picture book style. This may very well change according to the artists style but is about a lost little girl who might not be as lost as she seems and the morrally questionable stranger that asks if she needs help.
More infor to come later.
This, hopefully will be my capstone project come Fall Semester. It will be a five story illustrated anthology graphic novel. Each story will have a different writing style, art style and feeling associated with it. The point of the anthology will be to use English creative writing to communicate different forms of the campfire ghost stories we all used to tell when young. As of right now I have four different artists providing a different style to each of my stories. This may change.
The basic premise for the Anthology is a small family living in Dallow County, Alterra. Alterra is a world of creatures monsters and nasties I created for my book Becoming Rictus. The family in question is the Diener Family. They are Grenns, a lower sub species of demons with a secret. The father of the family is human, which is a huge no-no in Alterra. The Dieners are proud parents to children Loretta and Luke. It is the day after Halloween where the whole of Alterra relaxes and rests after the previous days activities and celebrations. They do this by sleeping, meeting in clans, tribes and families and they tell stories to each other.
This year Luke has invited a friend over for the annual story telling. That evening each member of the family and Matty, Lukes friend, take turns telling a horror story. There is always competition to see who's story is the best. The anthology starts with this premise that links each of the story and will be illustrated by me.
1. Darcy and Glass The mother, Gosha, tells this story of wayward children who misbehave and what becomes of them. This is the only story that is semi-finished and is made up of some really cool print work.
2. That boyish Smile Matty tells this mystery "is it a vampire story or isn't it" style tale. This Story was accepted into the Spring09 Touchstones at UVU. It's one of my favourites and is in first-person prose style.
3. Victuals This is Lukes tale of cub scouts who turn out to be were-dinosaurs. It's a throwback to some of the old english stories I used to read in childrens book style.
4. What'll I do This is Loretta's story and is supposed to be relayed directly into the other characters minds telepathically. This is going to be one of the more avant guard style stories that runs through some music lyrics and black and white photographic images that will be doctored and graffittied.
The last story is 5. Puppies This is Roys Dieners story in picture book style. This may very well change according to the artists style but is about a lost little girl who might not be as lost as she seems and the morrally questionable stranger that asks if she needs help.
More infor to come later.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Can't write worth a darn.
I saw this article this week and thought it was really interesting about different authors and their representations of women and horror. I thinking about maybe writing some kind of paper on women in horror and different views of them and this article really caught my attention. One author King, has been writing female characters for years and Meyer just a more recent author. Both successful for different reasons i think, and King has hit it right on the head.
Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."
It makes me wonder recently with this rash of fandom that Meyers is enjoying, what men really think about Meyers writing and what Women really think of Kings writing.If you compare Kings Vampire novels and short stories and Meyers Twilight series, i'm intrigued by the success of both. King Started writing in the 60's with short stories and then Salems lot was published around 1975 when all this Political and social change was going on.
The biggest thought in my head was what if King had written Salems Lot after the millenium and what if meyers (I know she is considerably younger) had written Twilight in the 70's. What differences would there be. Would either of them be affected differenlty and in turn change their books by the times and climates they lived in.
Just something that was going through my head this week.
Stephen King's opinion may drive a stake through the heart of "Twilight" author, Stephenie Meyer.
In an interview with USA Weekend, the bestselling author compared Meyer with J.K. Rowling , the author of the Harry Potter series.
According to Stephen, "Both Rowling and Meyer, they're speaking directly to young people... The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can't write worth a darn. She's not very good."
Meeooww!
While Stephen may not be a fan of Stephenie's writing, he understands the appeal of the series.
"People are attracted by the stories, by the pace and in the case of Stephenie Meyer, it's very clear that she's writing to a whole generation of girls and opening up kind of a safe joining of love and sex in those books. It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening because it's not overtly sexual."
He further explains, "A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed in things like the vampire will touch her forearm or run a hand over skin, and she just flushes all hot and cold. And for girls, that's a shorthand for all the feelings that they're not ready to deal with yet."
It makes me wonder recently with this rash of fandom that Meyers is enjoying, what men really think about Meyers writing and what Women really think of Kings writing.If you compare Kings Vampire novels and short stories and Meyers Twilight series, i'm intrigued by the success of both. King Started writing in the 60's with short stories and then Salems lot was published around 1975 when all this Political and social change was going on.
The biggest thought in my head was what if King had written Salems Lot after the millenium and what if meyers (I know she is considerably younger) had written Twilight in the 70's. What differences would there be. Would either of them be affected differenlty and in turn change their books by the times and climates they lived in.
Just something that was going through my head this week.
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