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Tue 31 May 2011

Living on

Posted by PJ under books, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time; the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.”

—Thomas Carlyle, “The Hero as Man of Letters,” in Lectures on Heroes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 26 May 2011

Rescue me

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Random quote of the day:

 

“The gift you carry for others is not an attempt to save the world but to fully belong to it. It’s not possible to save the world by trying to save it. You need to find what is genuinely yours to offer the world before you can make it a better place. Discovering your unique gift to bring to your community is your greatest opportunity and challenge. The offering of that gift—your true self—is the most you can do to love and serve the world. And it is all the world needs.”

—Bill Plotkin, Soulcraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 25 May 2011

Noses pressed to the glass

Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“When we are not rich enough to be able to purchase happiness, we must not approach too near and gaze on it in shop windows.”

—Tristan Bernard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 24 May 2011

Eternity rags

Posted by PJ under fashion, otherworld, poll
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Eternity rags

The Missed Rapture had me wondering about all those people suddenly sucked up into eternity in a massive come-as-you-are party. Imagine some of the embarrassing outfits or lack thereof. So I wondered, if given your druthers about it…

You can comment here, or take the poll at my LiveJournal blog.

If you could choose one outfit to wear for eternity, what would it be?

    Pajamas.
    My prom/wedding dress/tuxedo.
    Jeans and a T-shirt.
    Business attire.
    A micro-mini and stilletto heels.
    Sweats.
    Leather from head to toe.
    I don’t care, as long as it was size six or under and I fit into it.
    My uniform.
    Camo and commando.
    Nothing. I want to be all-natural.
    Ticky doesn’t care for otherworldly questions.
    Other (which I will discuss in the comments).

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Tue 24 May 2011

Steadfastly wrong

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, right and wrong
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they make a good excuse.”

—Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 23 May 2011

Oh no, not I, I will survive

Posted by PJ under darkness, light, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Read any daily paper.  You’ve got to survive.  You’ve got to walk through the dark to get to the light.  It isn’t free.  It takes courage to walk through the dark.”

—Madeleine L’Engle, interview, National Public Radio, May 9, 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 20 May 2011

More e-book gleanings

Posted by PJ under books, e-publishing, publishing
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ETA: Okay, no more excuses left. Time to finish the last chapters of the current WIP rewrite so I can start editing the old novel…

Two more ETAs for my list of posts on e-books and e-publishing. This first one also has some interesting perspective on the Amazon announcement that e-books are outselling paper books at their site.

Victoria Strauss: The Gloves Are Off.

Forbes: Is there gold in your backlist?

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Fri 20 May 2011

Tit for tat

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Always go to other people’s funerals; otherwise they won’t go to yours.”

—Yogi Berra

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 19 May 2011

My story is broken in the middle

Posted by PJ under middles, stories, writing
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Not the WIP.  I think I fixed that.  Only time will tell.

No, it’s one of my short stories that’s broken in the middle.  And I don’t know how to fix it.  I’ve rewritten it ever so many times and every time I think, “Okay, I think that’s got it.”  I let it go, send it out into the world again to garner more rejections.  Then after many months (sometimes many, many months) I read it again and I think, “Dang.  It’s still broken in the middle.”

The beginning is good, the ending is good, I’m very fond of this story, but I know in my heart of hearts why it keeps garnering rejections.  There’s a clear drop off point in the middle where the opening momentum collapses and the oomph doesn’t pick up again until the closing pages.

But I don’t know how to fix it.  And it makes me very sad.

I seem to always have trouble with middles.  I can grab with openings, I can satisfy with endings (if anyone reads past the middle to find out about the endings), but middles slay me every time.  Sometimes I can figure out how to make them work, and sometimes I can’t.

Dang.

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Thu 19 May 2011

Perspective

Posted by PJ under magic, paranormal, quote of the day, tricksters
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Random quote of the day:

 

“[Rudolf] Otto referred to ghosts and miracles as aspects of the numinous, though as degenerate forms of it.  Both are now embarrassments in academe; they seem superstitious.  Nevertheless, ghosts and miracles continue to be reported…. Rationalization did not really entail the elimination of magic from the world, but rather the elimination of the conscious awareness of it among cultural elites.”

—George P. Hansen, The Trickster and the Paranormal


 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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