Lilith Saintcrow

To List:

* A new chapter of Selene is up. We’re getting close to the end of the book! I still remember writing it with my heart in my mouth. Funny thing–Selene actually predates the Valentine books.

* Today is my day off from the exercise plan. It’s good to work the body, but one must also give the body a chance to rebuild. And frankly I’m in such bad shape that I need to take things in baby steps. The added fillip to this, of course, is that baby steps mean I will make more of a habit of working the body, and it’s that habit that’s going to help me keep fit for a longer period of time (hopefully). I am still (go figure) getting the Title Nine catalog, and it is helping feed my determination. The cool thing is, three weeks of the walk/run/working up to running is already starting to change the way I look. *is excited*

* Psst! CE Murphy has a COMIC BOOK out! Is that not totally awesome? GO! BUY! READ! LOVE!

* I so need to watch Equilibrium again. It’s like craving Twinkies.

* Roger Ebert’s Glossary of Movie Terms makes me want to write a story/script that breaks all of them.

* I am positively drooling over Persephone Books. Yeah, like I need any more books, given the state of my TBR bookcase. (Yes, it’s no longer a pile, it’s a bookcase.) But the Persephone books are so pretty.

* Plants make aspirin. I’m thinking I’m needing some today–the body is not happy about me demanding things of it.

* Kurt Vonnegut’s Eight Rules for Writing Fiction. I especially like #3–Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. Truer words never spoken.

* Want to spend a lot of hours getting angry? Start at the beginning of Slacktivist’s dissection of the Left Behind series. He rather neatly uncovers the things that make premillenial dispensationalism so dangerous, and the worldview it fosters. I’ve been reading this in bits and pieces for days. Slacktivist spent years of his life (he’s not going to get those back) analyzing this crap for us, and it’s pretty awesome reading. If you want to understand the nutty-ass brand of evangelicals trying to hijack our country and culture these days, this is a good place to start reading.

* And to round out the good reading, Mark Morford on the $700-billion payout for Big Business and Irresponsible, Greedy Rich Peeps. AGH. It’s enough to send me running to the medicine cabinet for MORE aspirin.

* I have finished Chelsea Cain’s Sweetheart and shall review it soon. I am working slowly on the latest Captain Alatriste. I am trying to read it slowly so I don’t have a long long time of jonesing for another Perez-Reverte. But we all know I will last until about halfway through the book, then swallow it whole in an orgy of enjoyment.

Oh well. At least I have Ivanhoe to keep me company. Rebecca kicks major ass, and I’m really not seeing where Ivanhoe is such a cool dude. Locksley, Gurth, Rebecca, Bois-Guilbert, and Cedric are all more active and interesting that Wilfred of Ivanhoe, the paragon.

Note to self: the bad knight should, every once in a while, get the girl.

Over and out…

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