I am sharing these following details so that those who have not completed this journey will either be too frightened to continue or go into SRS with a more realistic view. Had I realized how significantly different my experience would be from what others had described, perhaps I would have thought things out more thouroghly, though I doubt that it would have changed my ultimate destination.

I was lying in bed reading and Cuddles lying next to me. Some big truck passed on the street and shook the house. Cuddles decided someone must be in the house and started growling. I got up to go to the living room with her, she wouldn't go alone, to show her no one was in the house. She was right behind me.

Old friends remember what you like....

At http://fictioneer.org, please check it out and leave a comment.

Thanks,
Joyce

My Judges helped me finalize the Category list, and we've broken it into three areas of interest: Character Categories, Genre Categories, and Overall Categories

Having some trouble getting things done, you may have noticed.

It's not just stuff on the site. I need time to recover which I will, I'm pretty resilient about stuff like this but just bear with me while I work through it.

Hugs to all,
Erin

I saw a really interesting site with writing tips from authors in mp3 format.

Writing Excuses

Aardvark

Last week I participated in a funeral in the Taoist tradition in Hong Kong. While funerals are not most peoples' preferred activity the older you get the more of them you witness.

The Chinese experience is so different I thought I'd share it. Firstly, Taoism is the traditional religion of China with multiple gods and "saints". The terms don't translate exactly, so I'll approximate.

I have... a cunning plan. It's so cunning you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel. It's so cunning it could... er... enough stealing lines from Rowan Atkinson. I have... an idea!

I was just wondering how things were progressing at GabyZone? I have severe withdrawal symptoms.

Does anyone know how things are going?

Gabi

I ran across this article today while web surfing. In short it is about a Chinese girl Xu Jiao playing the part of a boy in a Stephen Chow film called CJ7. I can't help but wonder if there would've been more attention if it had been a boy playing a girl's part. After all what's the difference? :)
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=42439
hugs!
grover

With "Miles and Miles" to go, we learn a bit more about Birdsong and the man he has promised to kill. Please take a look and leave a comment if you would. :)

- Joyce

yes, it's me back to wittering on about St David's Day again, and why it's important to me (brace yourself, there's a bit of lifestory thrown in too) :)

Mothering Sunday is NOT the same thing as Mothers' Day. It falls every year on the fourth Sunday of Lent and is a Church of England festival. Originally it was the day when the nobility allowed their servants to go and visit their mothers, taking a small posy as a gift.