Danielle, aka Hoshichan. Writer and web designer in far-northern California. Talks about writing (and reading) sci-fi and fantasy; behavior, habits and self-improvement; and life in general. Loves Sailor Moon and U2. Frequents LiveJournal, Facebook, DailyStrength, Ma.gnolia, Flickr and IconBuffet. Read more?
I waited patiently for the Lord.
He inclined and heard my cry.
He brought me up out of the pit
Out of the miry clay.
I will sing, sing a new song. 40
Inspired by a collaged notebook project of Lenneth’s, I collaged up my own notebook for Selene note-taking. Scanned for your viewing pleasure:
Neither side is 100% moon-related; I added some interesting nebulae and stars as well. Still, I’m very pleased with the colors and general look. (Stripes seen are packing tape strips, with which I [...]
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Did some character work on the Selene story last night. I got some interesting back-story, and although I panicked for a bit about whether there was enough middle story to tell (back and forward-story are off-limits, due to contest requirements) but I think I’ll be okay. The point is, it’s going somewhere, it’s interesting to [...]
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I’ve been massively sick for days, doing little but sleep, imbibe vitamin C in various forms, and read. I’m working my way through The New Space Opera, and it’s been delightful to see the old stuff transform into the new stuff, into the new-old stuff. Almost a third of the way through the anthology now; [...]
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While showing off and explaining my book purchases to Johan the other night, I was surprised to find distinct trends in the types of fantasy and science fiction I buy (mostly in fantasy, as that’s mostly what I bought.) Intrigued, I sat down and brainstormed the finer points of what I liked in sci-fi and [...]
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This is a largish post… of Haul. I sold four boxes of books, got an enormous amount of store credit, and came home with… 27 new books. I am so very happy; my shelves are so very not. (Where will I put all of you, my darlings?)
I can’t in good conscience post this without a [...]
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I never posted this week’s Booking Through Thursday; it requires writing and I just can’t think of something at this moment, so I’m waiting on it. Got a character name for my short story; story has no codename yet so I don’t know what to tag it. May have found a character name for my [...]
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Lately it seems like my Mondays are impossible and no blogging occurs. It annoys me; not sure what to do about it. Yesterday I woke up to so much work email that it took all day just to get down to single-digits unread.
Last night I started note-taking on my sci-fi short story; in earnest, this [...]
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