And some among the Gods and Goddesses came to care more about power than about the developing Universe over which they had been given stewardship.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Today's Chronological Sentence December 28 2008
Yet while the Heavens were still taking shape, a group of these spirits began to believe that they knew more than the power that had created them.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Last Minute Gifts
http://TwitPWR.com/cbstore
It isn't too late to buy last minute gifts from the online store with many fine products available through Clickbank.
It isn't too late to buy last minute gifts from the online store with many fine products available through Clickbank.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Chronological chapters on New Strange World
Adding chronological chapters to the New Strange World social network, and to Facebook.
http://newstrangeworld.ning.com/…pters-from
http://TwitPWR.com/…angeworld/
http://TwitPWR.com/…yfacebook/
http://newstrangeworld.ning.com/…pters-from
http://TwitPWR.com/…angeworld/
http://TwitPWR.com/…yfacebook/
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Chronological sentence for December 23 2008
They were created out of love to always tend and care for the beings who would be born on the developing worlds in the material universe.
http://twitPWR.com/…ilystrange
http://twitPWR.com/…ilystrange
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Quarterlife
Just joined http://TwitPWR.com/…arterlife/ Quarterlife, another community for artistic types
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Monday, December 22, 2008
A Necessary Sacrifice
Two things prompted a decision that's been needing to come for a while. The first and more constructive one is advice that one person was giving another, but it actually had "me" written all over it. The advice was
"you should take a look at the absurd list of tasks you have created for yourself."
I did, and my list is indeed absurd. People with bipolar disorder have a tendency to do this kind of thing to themselves. We throw ourselves headlong into anything that seems like a good idea at the time without really thinking it through and then hate ourselves for failing.
My list includes working on my second book, tending to an official website and blogs and such to promote the first book, being the administrator for a new social network and Twitter-style microblog service for creative, esoteric, open-minded types, working a full time job, and going to school part time. The affiliate marketing was supposed to be a way to make extra money and for a while it was kind of fun even though the extra dough did not exactly roll in, but it's been more burden than fun for several months now.
The second factor that pushed the decision was actually a comment made by an anonymous LOSER on the Kill My Job blog at http://twitpwr.com/affiliate about how much my blog sucks. I happen to know this individual is a loser because of their cowardly hit-and-run anonymous comment and the fact that if they weren't a loser, they'd be too busy with their own life to be leaving cowardly hit and run comments. My response was admissibly juvenile as hell, and yet I must say, funny. It began with "By Satan's balls." Nuff said.
Not that I am kowtowing to anonymous Loser. Frankly, I could give a rat's butt if people think KMJ or any of my blogs/websites/projects suck. But the fact is, I don't have time to work on that blog. I'll continue to keep it as a repository for certain of my utters, but I'm not going to devote any time to it beyond that at this point. As of today, it is officially retired or on permanent vacation.
I will continue to promote certain of the affiliate products I discovered that I really like, such as the Ultimate Recipe Collection (http://TwitPWR.com/…aterecipe/) through utters and Twitter, but am no longer going to make a concerted effort in the affiliate marketing field. What I've been doing is more than a touch too much. I need to concentrate on my literary and activist efforts, spreading the word about religious tolerance and better mental health care worldwide.
So if there's a lesson that I'd like to impart from this it's the old "to thine own self be true." If you're doing too many things, evaluate what really has meaning for you and then throw yourself into that wholeheartedly.
Thanks for "listening." Peace to you.
"you should take a look at the absurd list of tasks you have created for yourself."
I did, and my list is indeed absurd. People with bipolar disorder have a tendency to do this kind of thing to themselves. We throw ourselves headlong into anything that seems like a good idea at the time without really thinking it through and then hate ourselves for failing.
My list includes working on my second book, tending to an official website and blogs and such to promote the first book, being the administrator for a new social network and Twitter-style microblog service for creative, esoteric, open-minded types, working a full time job, and going to school part time. The affiliate marketing was supposed to be a way to make extra money and for a while it was kind of fun even though the extra dough did not exactly roll in, but it's been more burden than fun for several months now.
The second factor that pushed the decision was actually a comment made by an anonymous LOSER on the Kill My Job blog at http://twitpwr.com/affiliate about how much my blog sucks. I happen to know this individual is a loser because of their cowardly hit-and-run anonymous comment and the fact that if they weren't a loser, they'd be too busy with their own life to be leaving cowardly hit and run comments. My response was admissibly juvenile as hell, and yet I must say, funny. It began with "By Satan's balls." Nuff said.
Not that I am kowtowing to anonymous Loser. Frankly, I could give a rat's butt if people think KMJ or any of my blogs/websites/projects suck. But the fact is, I don't have time to work on that blog. I'll continue to keep it as a repository for certain of my utters, but I'm not going to devote any time to it beyond that at this point. As of today, it is officially retired or on permanent vacation.
I will continue to promote certain of the affiliate products I discovered that I really like, such as the Ultimate Recipe Collection (http://TwitPWR.com/…aterecipe/) through utters and Twitter, but am no longer going to make a concerted effort in the affiliate marketing field. What I've been doing is more than a touch too much. I need to concentrate on my literary and activist efforts, spreading the word about religious tolerance and better mental health care worldwide.
So if there's a lesson that I'd like to impart from this it's the old "to thine own self be true." If you're doing too many things, evaluate what really has meaning for you and then throw yourself into that wholeheartedly.
Thanks for "listening." Peace to you.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
New Strange World Update
I've updated my personal social network, New Strange World. http://TwitPWR.com/…angeworld/ This is a place for creative, open-minded people, especially those with an interest in the esoteric or mystic.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Chronological Sentence for 12/22/08
They were created out of love to always tend and care for the beings who would be born on the developing worlds in the material universe.
Eternal Death I: Lost Beneath the Surface
http://www.lilystrange.com/
Eternal Death I: Lost Beneath the Surface
http://www.lilystrange.com/
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Today's Chronological Sentence
http://www.lilystrange.com/
Chapter: Bringers of Decay and Fallen Angels:
A Genesis of Evil
Sentence: Before the dawn of the world as we know it, the great Gods and Goddesses, angelic beings, devas, genii and nature spirits were born whole from the Wellspring of All, which is called Kether.
Chapter: Bringers of Decay and Fallen Angels:
A Genesis of Evil
Sentence: Before the dawn of the world as we know it, the great Gods and Goddesses, angelic beings, devas, genii and nature spirits were born whole from the Wellspring of All, which is called Kether.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
I'm Exploding
Explode is yet another service you can use to promote yourself and your work. Here is my profile. http://ex.plode.us/…ge/actions
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
What Goes Around Comes Around
Moonlit Path gave me a reciprocal link so I'm spreading the love. Check them out! http://www.moonlit-path.com/
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Reciprocal Links
Been cruising around to find people who would be interested in doing a reciprocal link with me for either my main site or one of my blogs
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Book Synopsis
A group of psychically and emotionally bonded friends battle deities and demons to prevent the germination of the Dark Mind.
http://www.lilystrange.com/
http://www.lilystrange.com/
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Introducing my Book
My book is Eternal Death I: Lost Beneath the Surface
It is available from http://www.lilystrange.com/
It is available from http://www.lilystrange.com/
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Twitter Novel
I heard about someone writing a #novel using #Twitter. Cool. I'm so not going to try to imitate them. But I thought the Sentence A Day (or every few days) from my published book approach could be fun.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Well, Excuuuuuuuse me!
I've been using that dang Entre Card thing as a form of advertising on the Lost Beneath the Surface blog. In a lot of ways its a huge pain in the ass, but any port in a storm for the broke among us, I say. I was DECLINED for advertising on this blog that I won't give a trackback link to.
http://www.writeforareader.edublogs.org/
The thing that actually bothers me is that the site owner didn't give a reason, so all I can do is speculate. That's always fun. Aside from seeming a bit of a...oh, I dunno, goody goody, my speculations are that they may be a Fundie and thus offended by my outlook on life, unlife, the universe and everything. Or they think that since I'm not a Christian that I'm a Satan worshiper. Kind of like the "if you aren't with us you're a terrorist" philosophy.
They may be offended by cussing. Perhaps they don't think my book is educational. Well, that's certainly academic--or not. Whatever the reason I really don't care, but one could at least give a reason upon declining an ad request! That's the thing that's actually driving me crazy and making me want to go teepee their house and generally behave in a juvenile fashion. Of course I'll actually do nothing because it isn't worth it and would only seem childish.
If you participate in the Entre Card thing, give the person a reason when you decline their advertising request. Then at least they'll know!
http://www.writeforareader.edublogs.org/
The thing that actually bothers me is that the site owner didn't give a reason, so all I can do is speculate. That's always fun. Aside from seeming a bit of a...oh, I dunno, goody goody, my speculations are that they may be a Fundie and thus offended by my outlook on life, unlife, the universe and everything. Or they think that since I'm not a Christian that I'm a Satan worshiper. Kind of like the "if you aren't with us you're a terrorist" philosophy.
They may be offended by cussing. Perhaps they don't think my book is educational. Well, that's certainly academic--or not. Whatever the reason I really don't care, but one could at least give a reason upon declining an ad request! That's the thing that's actually driving me crazy and making me want to go teepee their house and generally behave in a juvenile fashion. Of course I'll actually do nothing because it isn't worth it and would only seem childish.
If you participate in the Entre Card thing, give the person a reason when you decline their advertising request. Then at least they'll know!
Sunday, December 14, 2008
The Cheesiest
Myself, I'm a cheese writer. I try to make sure it's good cheese, but it is nonetheless the cheesiest of cheese.
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Simple, but good.
I read a lot of Stephen King, and he inspired the style and subject matter of my own writing to a degree. Which says that I like salami. King himself described his writing as salami. "I try to make sure it's good salami, but salami is salami."
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Afternoon Football Game
I enjoy placing paragraphs from my book on my creative spaces and having people add on to the story to see how it differs from what really happened. This is one of the more pleasant scenarios in the tale.
Feel free to add on if you'd like to play!
“How long did I take this beating from my flesh and blood?” he gasped, collapsing on the lawn. “Oh, hell, I’m going to be sore tomorrow!”
“We played a full half, Pappa,” Kristina said. “And we only beat you by a point.”
“So age and skill ties youthful enthusiasm,” Lennart said, sitting down next to his son on the grass. “My legs may not have the speed they used to but I still have the eyes of a nearsighted hawk. I caught most of ‘em.”
“You’ve still got it, Pappa,” Per agreed. “And I’ve got it too. Sore, aching muscles, that is! Serena! Bring the liniment! I’m dying here!”
Feel free to add on if you'd like to play!
“How long did I take this beating from my flesh and blood?” he gasped, collapsing on the lawn. “Oh, hell, I’m going to be sore tomorrow!”
“We played a full half, Pappa,” Kristina said. “And we only beat you by a point.”
“So age and skill ties youthful enthusiasm,” Lennart said, sitting down next to his son on the grass. “My legs may not have the speed they used to but I still have the eyes of a nearsighted hawk. I caught most of ‘em.”
“You’ve still got it, Pappa,” Per agreed. “And I’ve got it too. Sore, aching muscles, that is! Serena! Bring the liniment! I’m dying here!”
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Community for artists, writers, musicians
#Humblevoice offers a platform to spread the word about your #creative work. Check out my profile at http://humblevoice.com/…ilystrange
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Alone on Earth
If #Alone on #Earth isn't one of your regular #blog stops, it should be! An amazing ongoing #story about the last man on earth. http://entrecard.com/t/oc/33328
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Do you write?
I think it would be nice to have a group for those who are possessed by the need to write. After all, we do need all the help we can get. No exorcisms please! ;-)
Mobile post sent by lilystrange using Utterli.
Monday, December 08, 2008
The Rest Room
I'd like to invite you to join the "The Rest Room" room on FriendFeed, a place for us to share and discuss things. You can check it out here: http://friendfeed.com/rooms/the-rest-room
Come talk shit with your friends and soon to be friends! Or just use the Friend Feed application to organize your cyber-crap. You will thank me.
Friday, December 05, 2008
My New Social Network
Are you the open-minded sort? Have you ever been described as left of center? Are you possibly creative, potentially psychic, or maybe just psycho? Then come join my new fellowship! I created it especially for freaks like you and me.
Visit New Strange World
Visit New Strange World
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Will vs. Lil
This was a topic posted on the writer-readers forum at Library Thing:
Message 1: CliffBurns
From an interview with acclaimed British author Will Self (TIN HOUSE magazine):
This was my reply:
Message 1: CliffBurns
From an interview with acclaimed British author Will Self (TIN HOUSE magazine):
“I do think electronic publishing is likely to further subvert the print media in the next few years, but I’ve no doubt that the medium isn’t altogether the message. Simply because there’s another way of making views known, it doesn’t mean that good style, research, or engaging opinions aren’t required. There’s an aspect of the internet forums that presupposes—and enacts!—that old canard that everyone has a novel in him. I don’t think everyone does at all—and the Net is a medium which unfortunately makes it easier for those who have bad novels and miscellaneous other screeds to get them out.”
I wonder what Will would think of this notion that November is "National Novel Writing Month", where EVERYONE is encouraged to start and finish a first draft of the novel they think they're destined to write...
This was my reply:
There are some truly, truly horrible books in print. Some of them even do quite well as far as sales go. Then again, there are some very wonderful authors who are needing exposure. Who is this dude to say that people don't have the right to give it a shot? I think it's somewhat arrogant on his part. I say, take it where you can get it. Who knows where you may end up.
Monday, December 01, 2008
Writers that Kick My Ass
Just in case you think all I do is complain about the purple prose of million-selling authors who are way, way richer than I am (and yet manage to make me look talented) I want to take a moment to speak the praises of fout select authors who flat-out kick my ass. I could never in a million years write like these people.
This is certainly not an all-inclusive list, just five that I'm thinking of at this moment.
1. Stephen King
There are many reasons why he's one of my biggest influences. His "folksy" style of writing draws the reader to their doom and leaves them begging for more.
2. J.K. Rowling
A woman who really deserves every bit of her success. Harry Potter is a new classic that will be read by generations to come.
3. Khaled Hosseini
Completely different genre than what I write. He writes circles around me any day of the year.
4. Cormac McCarthy
No flowery prose here, yet every scene comes to life effortlessly.
And there you have four living authors at whose feet I would gladly bow and say "I'm not worthy! I'm scum!"
This is certainly not an all-inclusive list, just five that I'm thinking of at this moment.
1. Stephen King
There are many reasons why he's one of my biggest influences. His "folksy" style of writing draws the reader to their doom and leaves them begging for more.
2. J.K. Rowling
A woman who really deserves every bit of her success. Harry Potter is a new classic that will be read by generations to come.
3. Khaled Hosseini
Completely different genre than what I write. He writes circles around me any day of the year.
4. Cormac McCarthy
No flowery prose here, yet every scene comes to life effortlessly.
And there you have four living authors at whose feet I would gladly bow and say "I'm not worthy! I'm scum!"
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
