tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post8298838899865428436..comments2023-07-14T06:02:42.282-04:00Comments on Happy Weight After: For Those of You Curious After I Mentioned Returning to My Novel Manuscript (or, really, just starting fresh at this point)....and my creative freak outs that sort of parallel my dieting tendency to freak out...Princess Dieter aka Mirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01121450857817115011noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-32005691361789797202011-01-10T18:36:17.651-05:002011-01-10T18:36:17.651-05:00Oh, and while the character is not based on me, ma...Oh, and while the character is not based on me, many of her sentiments and her introversion are. Plus, as a kid with burgeoning anthrophobia that started to turn me into a 12 year old urban hermit during summers when school was out, I wanted badly to go to space. I was going to study astronomy at the Bronx High School of Science (and yeah, I was accepted and dad decided t move to Miami really screwing with my head, I can tell you).<br /><br />I think because I was writing that story shortly after my mom had died, I was feeling particularly depressed and withdrawn...but I like being with people, chatting, and being alone and silent for life would not suit me, though being alone and quiet for hours at a time, sometimes days at a time, is nice. :DPrincess Dieter aka Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121450857817115011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-7224015892639042082011-01-10T18:32:31.822-05:002011-01-10T18:32:31.822-05:00I am not writing the apocalyptic urban fantasy now...I am not writing the apocalyptic urban fantasy now, no, but that story won the Sci-fi/Fantasy category of the American Christian Fiction writer's GENESIS contest in 2006. I belong to that association, though I've not been writing, I kept up the membership for when the mojo comes back. I got lovely feedback from some published authors--including one whose book got me into READING Christian SF.<br /><br />I do like urban fantasy, and the one I dropped back when the depression and fear-of-failure/fear-of-success thing hit was also an urban fantasy--but contemporary and not set in an alternate world. It's on earth, but one that has other layers. Think DRESDEN FILES or the NIGHTSIDE novels. Or Charles de Lint--though I have nowhere near the beauty and grace of his prose.<br /><br />Speculative Fiction is one of those terms that includes a variety of genre fictions, but most specifically, Fantasy and Science Fiction. I prefer to write fantasy, though the linked story is sci-fi. So is the poem. <br /><br />The other poem I had published is not online anymore, and it was a speculative religious one, the speculative aspect being that Lot's wife was very much still alive, sentient, and "waiting" within that pillar of salt body of hers.<br /><br />The only other genres that interest me in terms of writing within them (other than the genres within SF) are romance/romantic suspense and mystery/thriller. But Fantasy is number one. :) I would sacrifice a nation-ful of goats to write something as good as, say, THE CURSE OF CHALION (by McMaster Bujold) or The Potter books or SPIN (by Wilson) or ENDER'S GAME or works by Neil Gaiman, Connie Willis, Tanith Lee..... I want to write THAT well. Write a story as great as Teddy Sturgeon or Harlan ellison....not that I can. But that this would be my wish. :D<br /><br />Thanks for reading. :DPrincess Dieter aka Mirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121450857817115011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-26451952140144651272011-01-10T16:46:19.328-05:002011-01-10T16:46:19.328-05:00Oh my gosh, I came back to re-read this evening an...Oh my gosh, I came back to re-read this evening and realised that the whole story was linked (not sure how I missed that) I LOVE IT! What is speculative fiction, I have no idea. <br /><br />That is a story worth reading again and I will before I go to bed. Is this central character drawn from your own personality? Or is that too personal a question! <br /><br />Wow. <br /><br />Can you tell me, are you working on the apocalyptic urban fantasy novel now?Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661912528152366517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-11209938709869147292011-01-10T06:31:19.499-05:002011-01-10T06:31:19.499-05:00Oh that self-sabotaging streak is in many of us, l...Oh that self-sabotaging streak is in many of us, loosing weight and not having the BIG FAILS to torture ourselves with leave quite the void in our lives. Success is a tricky thing. <br /><br />Wow, this is so exciting, this is what I love to see when someone tackles the food and the other things in life start to split wide open. You go for it, your writing is fabulous and I'd really love to read the poem. <br /><br />There is nothing but possibility ahead of you. Go for it.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661912528152366517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-64798525822717943112011-01-09T09:19:30.211-05:002011-01-09T09:19:30.211-05:00Seriously, our diet journeys are eerily similar. ...Seriously, our diet journeys are eerily similar. I'm like the blonde, blue-eyed, pilates-less version of you. <br /><br />I gained a pound, and am very frustrated. I was hoping to break into the 230s this week.<br /><br />Still, the numbers on the scale are not the only determination of progress ... measurements count too. :)<br /><br />Hang in there, and work the plan!Ann (-50 lbs in -60 lb challenge)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17156265221593608891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-35828229340486155752011-01-09T02:51:48.519-05:002011-01-09T02:51:48.519-05:00Wait, WHAT??? Editors asked for your manuscript(s)...Wait, WHAT??? Editors asked for your manuscript(s) and you ran for it??? You must be seriously crazy... I'd give a right arm (not necessarily mine) for a chance like that! <br /><br />Uhm, sorry, I can be a bit obsessed about writing... (^v^)<br /><br />But I know that. Right now I'm stuck in the same situation(s)... in 4lbs my weight will be the lowes it will have been in at least 5 years, and somehow I am sabotaging myself all the time... it took like FOREVER to get rid of the last 2lbs, and now I am stuck loosing and gaining the same 2lbs over and over again, and progress is realllllly slow. I am under the impression the numbers on the scale frighten me, because that was the "low" weight at which I lost the battle last time... and as for writing, I had a few stories accepted last year (in anthologies and magazines) and then just stopped. What the [dark place with lost souls] is wrong with me???<br /><br />Good luck with your manuscript and everything! That opening at the beginning sure reads good...Diandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14570498251611083259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1198125453064456988.post-33741171771827245362011-01-08T20:22:39.551-05:002011-01-08T20:22:39.551-05:00Funny (read as: not funny)
how we get afraid and t...Funny (read as: not funny)<br />how we get afraid and turn reclusive.<br />*sigh*<br /><br />Awesome writing, PD!<br />Seeds need light and air to grow!<br />You grow, girl!Anne Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435482289459434828noreply@blogger.com