January 2011
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Losing My Dialects
Virginia Beach is a funny place; it’s hard to pidgeonhole into one type of people. We’re not city kids, we’re not rednecks, we’re not suburban, and we’re not really in the North or South—we can’t even decide our political slant. As such, it’s no surprise that the way we talk isn’t quite like the way anyone else talks.
Or rather, it was a surprise,...
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MARY ELIZABETH BONERSTEAD: So Apparently Madoka... →
scarletmonochrome:
ringOtomegane reports that Madoka Magica’s blu-ray pre-order sales are even higher than that of Bakemonogatari in 2009. For those who weren’t keeping track, Bakemonogatari was one of the top 3 highest-selling anime of the decade. The only two shows that had anywhere…
ITS THE BEST EVERYTHING SERIES. No seriously, I can’t get my mind off of it, I’m obsessed...
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So Apparently Madoka Magica Stands to Outsell...
ringOtomegane reports that Madoka Magica’s blu-ray pre-order sales are even higher than that of Bakemonogatari in 2009. For those who weren’t keeping track, Bakemonogatari was one of the top 3 highest-selling anime of the decade. The only two shows that had anywhere near its sales were Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny, which, by the way, are GUNDAM. Anything else that ranked in the...
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Sad Songs and Puppetmasters
A lot of people say that the best works are those that can create an emotional response in the audience. I don’t necessarily agree—sometimes, I get emotionally effected in a way that makes me turn against the work. For instance, the anime Nana, which was I think 44 episodes long, had a peak of happiness in episode 22 and then plunged into 20 straight episodes of purely depressing shit. I...
Plot and Characters Serving One-Another
As I continue to write more fiction, it occurs to me just how difficult it is to write an interesting plot or interesting characters without one weakening the other. I’ve always hated when a story is so plot-focused that the characters only exist to play a part in it (that is, they aren’t people, but merely devices).
However, the problem I have is making a plot that exists for...
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Damn Facebook doesn’t have an audio update...
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Nipping "A Family of Hoarders" in the Bud
(Warning to family: not for the thin-skinned. Though you know that by now.)
“Hoarders” is a documentary show on A&E that started last year. It’s part of a recent trend in shows which explore psychological issues, and I appreciate it a lot. They probably started with The Biggest Loser and continued to shows about OCD, drug abuse, and other mental problems.
Of course, the...
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I'm So Gonna Have the Best Year Ever (In Other...
Almost forgot I had this here personal tumblr. Been dumping all my personal shit on ghostlightning, which I’m sure is getting old :p So anyway:
WRITING WRITING WRITING it’s all I’m doing and all I want to be doing. So far I haven’t been living up to the “2000 words of fiction a day” decree, but I’ve surpassed the “1000 words of non-fiction” to...