I hereby declare that if the "world" should actually "end," as all those amusing morons think it will, I shall stop writing.*
Meanwhile...
Yesterday, I wrote 2,507 words on Black Helicopters. I'm relieved to be writing solid, substantial, dense text again. Joyously, unashamedly tough text. Prose that makes both me and the reader work. Blood Oranges is quite enjoyable, but after two novel's worth of putting "story" before all other concerns, it's nice to be back doing the sort of writing where every syllable of every word of every sentence was chosen with great care, and where "meaning" can be as complex and slippery as I desire. Also, I'm starting to think that I'll be keeping Black Helicopters as the title.
Anything else? Not really. Not at the moment. Things are very quiet around here, and after the past year, I believe I may actually be glad for the quiet.
It would be hard to imagine a more dismal day than the one we are having here in Providence, there outside my window.
I am deeply in love with How To Destroy Angels' "Ice Age." It's the nearest anyone has come to capturing all of The Drowning Girl: A Memoir in a single (and very simple) song.
Opaque,
Aunt Beast
* "Meanwhile in Mexico, where the ancient Mayan civilisation flourished, the end time has been seen as an opportunity. The country has organised hundreds of Maya-themed events, and tourism is expected to have doubled this year." ~ The Telegraph
Meanwhile...
Yesterday, I wrote 2,507 words on Black Helicopters. I'm relieved to be writing solid, substantial, dense text again. Joyously, unashamedly tough text. Prose that makes both me and the reader work. Blood Oranges is quite enjoyable, but after two novel's worth of putting "story" before all other concerns, it's nice to be back doing the sort of writing where every syllable of every word of every sentence was chosen with great care, and where "meaning" can be as complex and slippery as I desire. Also, I'm starting to think that I'll be keeping Black Helicopters as the title.
Anything else? Not really. Not at the moment. Things are very quiet around here, and after the past year, I believe I may actually be glad for the quiet.
It would be hard to imagine a more dismal day than the one we are having here in Providence, there outside my window.
I am deeply in love with How To Destroy Angels' "Ice Age." It's the nearest anyone has come to capturing all of The Drowning Girl: A Memoir in a single (and very simple) song.
Opaque,
Aunt Beast
* "Meanwhile in Mexico, where the ancient Mayan civilisation flourished, the end time has been seen as an opportunity. The country has organised hundreds of Maya-themed events, and tourism is expected to have doubled this year." ~ The Telegraph
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groggy - Current Music:NIN, "Right Where It Belongs"
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- 31 May 2023, 00:21I'd rather have a vampire than a creationist. Something comforting about the blood.
- 29 May 2023, 02:01Probably a bit of screaming in to the void at this point but...I'm glad you're still here, still posting and still writing. I know how hard it can be to face each day but I truly appreciate your…
- 26 May 2023, 13:45... and a very happy birthday to you today, Fri. 05/26/23 !!!
- 21 May 2023, 22:55Loving you.
- 20 May 2023, 15:42Hi, just in case you haven't seen that Agents of Dreamland is in the top 10 strangest alien invasion novels in the UK Guardian. There's a great short write up of it.
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In times like this, amusingly so.
It's almost kind of unfortunate that Trent's decided to put NIN back together and seek out a major label again. I rather liked the possibilities with this group.
I'd heard startlingly negative things about How to Destroy Angels from my Nine Inch Nails purist friends,
I loved the first EP.
It's almost kind of unfortunate that Trent's decided to put NIN back together and seek out a major label again. I rather liked the possibilities with this group.
A reformed NIN doesn't necessarily end the continuation of this group, does it?
I suppose it all depends on the stipulations in the new contract.
Thanks for the heads-up on HTDA - that's a great track.
Thanks for the heads-up on HTDA - that's a great track.
You're welcome.
Cowardice lurks in every human soul. There is no genuine conviction.
Glad to hear that the writing is again engaging for you. What you describe above are precisely the reasons why I so savour reading your work.
This pleases me.
Hear, hear.
When things start to go well, I comfort myself by having no expectations.
Yes!