Tis Saturday, and as I look back on memes I haven't completed yet. I'm opening myself up to another meme (icon meme delay be danged!). Stolen from ozymandiusjones you may ask me anything about the odd tendrils of my universes which You've Never Wondered About But May Now Be Tempted to ask. I have a lot of things that I've never bother getting into because the proper segues have never arose...

Your Name: Sarah! Your Goal: I'm in it for the long haul (By which I mean Hard Mode) Favorite Media: I prefer physical to digital, though I dabble in both. With physical art my poison of choice is a good old #2, 0.5mm mechanical pencil and a fountain pen, though I occasionally branch out into watercolor, colored pencil, marker and crayon. Digital I only use Photoshop Elements and a WACOM tablet...

YA and middle-grade authors must have a penchant for unusual names, which is a good thing because I tend to forget character names unless they’re unusual. Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird, I’ll never forget her. Atticus either. But if Boo Radley had been named Ben? Would I have remembered him? So,as a challenge, I’ve listed some of the more unusual names from some of my favorite books. Most of...

...not that anyone was there to begin with^^ Note: backdated to early morning, the 31st. This time, Kyrah knew she was bleeding. And wet, ugh . Carefully picking herself up from the slush of the cobblestone road, she looked around in a daze. Where was she? It all looked vaguely familiar, as though she had been there before. Grimy, gas-lit lamps lined the streets, and houses (or were they tenements...

Nabbed from ozymandiusjones THREE NAMES YOU GO BY: 1. Nicole 2. Nic 3. Nicky THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD: 1. TrillianAstra 2. JsyGirl 3. LadyNix THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. I'm tolerant 2. I'm a good RPer, or so I'm told 3. I'm a decent writer. THREE THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF: 1. I'm overweight, still, and still trying lose some. 2. I don't always connect...

Name: Erskine Alias: Grendel, Craggenmore Age: Ageless; looks mid-thirties. Physical: 6'5", bulky and broad-shouldered. Short-shaven reddish brown hair with a single thin braid from his right temple; light amber-brown eyes. Has a tendency to wear facepaint and kohl, dresses in leather armor, coarse linen shirts and harlequin patterned leggings. Has an Eye of Horus painted on the palm...

For the whole spiel and disclaimers, go Here . Otherwise? WARNING: Unpolished writing ahead. Also, fair amount of bloodloss. Prologue Lurker at the Threshold A long, long time ago… Mists spread like a herd of malevolent beasts through the rotting trunks of trees that filled the stagnant moor, creeping and twisting over the surface of the water. They...

nabbed from myha_riot Halloween Meme becky_writing gives you a toothbrush cinzia81 summons the undead armies of tom_zarek23 to steal your candy cosmic_celery puts real eyeballs in your pumpkin elledwen swoops on cosmic_celery and drains their Bank Manager's lunchbox jb_dean dresses up as missfuneralsong lady_akatari...

For those of you who didn't already hear, I'm in England now for vet school. It took me a few weeks to get myself back into my normal artistic habits, and things are still a bit mad with all the class, reading, hanging out, and sightseeing I've been up to. If you'd like to read my blog and see my pictures so far, you can find it here . I need to update it again soon. Also, The Show That Never...

Gacked from ozymandiusjones When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech. Westley (to the Sicilian ) "Truly you have a dizzying intellect."