Tomorrow would’ve been Val’s 38th birthday. It’s still her birthday, even though she’s not around to celebrate it anymore.
It’s been a while since I talked about her. It’s still hard.
Valerie was my girlfriend, serious enough that we both knew marriage was our future. She died suddenly on Jan 24th 2013, due to complications from medicine. I was the one that found her. I was planning to propose that night.
Source: The Making of “Watchmage”
Some time ago, I wrote this article about how The Watchmage of Old New York came together. It was a long, strange trip from short story to serial to series of novels. Check it out, you might enjoy it.
Originally published by Claire Stibbe, but deserves a reblog
What do ya think?
I wrote over 200 articles on music for several magazines. Unfortunately, the main site that I wrote for, suite101, completely changed it’s format, and most of my articles are gone. I hate wasting good writing, so I’m going to move a bunch of them over here. It doesn’t really fit what I’m currently doing, but they’re a part of my life, and I don’t want to lose them.
I don’t think that music history articles will transfer to fantasy novel book sales, but you never know.
This is straight up one of the best essays on any subject that I’ve read on a wordpress site.
So a friend of mine wrote me a message on Facebook that went a little like this:
Question: how the heck do you get through to someone that thinks natives need to just get over it?
Answer: Shake them? I never advocate shaking people, but maybe something is loose in there. Tell them to take a Native American Studies Course (it ain’t cheap, but it’s worth it).
But if I’m being honest, lately, when this comes up — and isn’t it telling that it comes up often enough that I can begin with “lately” instead of “well the last time, a long time ago, man I can barely remember that time?” — I like to tell them about The Walking Dead.
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So what did you think of last night’s Agent Carter finale? I was very pleased with it. Writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely should be proud of what they created here. They brought the plot together full circle, with Stark attempting redemption not just for Midnight Oil, but for losing Captain America (which wasn’t his fault anyway, but guilt is a funny thing). Stark was clearly the focus of the episode, and Peggy was the catalyst character for him to change his ways through the series. To paraphrase, “you (Peggy) are the only one that believes in me.”
The climax was fantastic. Stark was hypnotized by Doctor Faustus (the Comic Book name for Ivchenko) into believing that he could save Cap. It took Peggy to bring him down by convincing him that Captain America was dead, and we had to move on. Of course, that’s something that Peggy couldn’t do, at least not yet. When she destroyed his blood sample at the end, well, that’s where she finally achieved peace. It’s not easy getting over a loved ones’ death, but there’s peace at the end of that tearful ride.
Jarvis tailing Stark to shoot him down, was pretty cool too.
I’m hoping that there’s a second season. At the end they brought in Armin Zola. You can’t bring in a major villain like that, have him talk to Faustus, and not have some sort of ramification. Does anyone know if they’ve been renewed?
This is a fantastic article. I know more than I few people that fit this diagnosis, but thankfully I’ve never dated one. I know many people that have, and it’s a terrible thing to witness. Be aware.
In popular culture, the term “narcissistic” is thrown about quite loosely, usually referring to vanity and self-absorption. This reduces narcissism to a common quality that everyone possesses and downplays the symptoms demonstrated by people with the actual disorder. While narcissism does exist on a spectrum, narcissism as a full-fledged personality disorder is quite different.
People who meet the criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder or those who have traits of Antisocial Personality Disorder can operate in extremely manipulative ways within the context of intimate relationships due to their deceitfulness, lack of empathy and their tendency to be interpersonally exploitative. Although I will be focusing on narcissistic abusers in this post, due to the overlap of symptoms in these two disorders, this post can potentially apply to interactions with those who have ASPD to an extent.
It’s important in any kind of relationship that we learn to identify the red flags when interacting with people who display malignant narcissism and/or…
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I am officially off hiatus. I’m back in New York after a two week trip to London, Edinburgh, and Dublin. No, I don’t have Ebola
Apparently the Geekiverse exploded while I was gone. Between Gamergate, The new comic-based tv shows, and Marvel’s movie schedule, I’m overwhelmed with stuff to blog about.
You can be sure that I have some things to say about Gamergate.
Anyway, that’s all for now. I have a lot of writing to catch up on.
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