On Writing: Mental Brushfires

Every once in a while – I should probably do it more often – I need to spend some time clearing the mental underbrush. Go through books, papers, odd notes,

Earring Tales: Tidepool

Teal with teal and green, instead of blues.

Earring Tales: Golden Ornaments

Tried using two shades of gold in the diamonds. Contrast didn’t come out nearly as well as I’d expected. Hmm.

Fanfic Worldbuilding: DtB/Bleach

Has been a hectic day, so… have some stray crossover worldbuilding thoughts.

The most visible obstacle in crossing Bleach and Darker than Black is the moon.

Post-NaNo Update: Flicking Words on the Ear

Started the third major (fifth total so far) edit run on Pearl of Fire. RL problems or not, I have to admit I needed a break from the manuscript. Not sure how other people find edits working,

Finger in the Eye of Fate up on AO3

Finger in the Eye of Fate is up on Archive of Our Own.

Earring Tales: Lull in the Sea

Put this together and realized it reminded me of Shioshishio’s school colors.

Earring Tales: Robin Blue

…Friends don’t let friends bead in dim light?

Finger in the Eye of Fate – Spike

Spike tapped his fingers on the arm of his wheelchair, casting a jaundiced eye at the still-smoldering master vampire leading what was left of their sorry lot. Drusilla was curled up in a ball whimpering, half their former minions were dust,

On Writing: Things I Won’t Write

There’s the advice to write what you know, and the further advice that if you can’t do that, then research enough to know what you write. But useful as those are, they leave out something critical