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March 1, 2013
Happy Birthday, Quadrant!
Back on March 1, 2011, I closed all of my other blogs and sites down and started this site. The Quadrant! The point of this site was to bring together my multiple web presences under one moniker. It’s been both time saving and has allowed me to connect with my readers in the most efficient manner possible.
The site has been through three incarnations and seen the publication of many books in the past two years.
Upon a recent review of this website’s statistics over the last two years, I found m...
February 27, 2013
Fluffy?!
Okay, maybe a little. I like fluffy kittens and soft puppies. I’m a sucker for fluffy bunnies, too. They’re so adorable with their flippity-flop ears and foofball tails. Who doesn’t like fluffy?
True – true. I don’t call myself: “ScaryEvil666SatanicWitchSorceressDarkPriestessofLeviathan”, but I sometimes go by the moniker “Adrianna” because that’s been my magickal nickname since the late 80’s. Of course I’ve never made my real name a secret, nor the fact that I write fiction AND non-fiction, n...
February 25, 2013
Firsts
I remember when I made my first semi-pro short story sale. It was A Sorcerer By Any Other Name and I sold it to a small zine called Sorcerous Magazine. I later sold the same story to Alexandria Digital Literature. That seems to be how it goes with my short fiction. It always ends up a reprint someplace else.
But alas, A Sorcerer By Any Other Name hasn’t been available in years. This is probably a good thing. I read it now and I laugh. It was the work of someone who’d only been writing seriousl...
February 20, 2013
Necromantic Sacraments
The companion chapbook to S. Connolly’s bestselling Honoring Death and companion toKeys of Ocat. This is a supplementary ritual and prayer book that completes S. Connolly’s trilogy of Daemonolatry necromancy reference works.
While the other books aren’t necessary to understand or use this book, if you are unfamiliar with Daemonolatry necromancy you might want to first readHonoring Death.
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Keys of Ocat – Now Available!
TheKeys of Ocatreveals the never before published Saturn rites, seals, and theophantic gate opening rituals ofOcat, the abyssal gatekeeper of the dead.Behind His gates dwell the Daemons of death including Euronymous, Balberith, Bune, Hekate,Frucisierre, and many others. These blood magick rituals, talismans and seals will aid the advanced magician in conjuring Daemons to speak with the dead, commune with death, and discover the true meaning of mortality and spiritual immortality. Be forewarne...
February 18, 2013
Wow, Faux News! Really?
Let’s face it – I expected it. It was only a matter of time before Fox News’ (Faux News) Fox & Friends pissed in the Post Toasties of Wiccans and Pagans. If you haven’t seen it yet – here is this week’s gem of douche-baggery:
Geez, let me see – Yule, Imbolc, Ostera, Beltane, Litha, Lughnasadh (Midsummer), Mabon, Samhain. (I can give you their Daemonolatryequivalentsas well.) Yep, that’s eight. I can list them and I didn’t even have to look them up. I could tell you what each one is about, too....
February 7, 2013
The Narcissistic Writer
I have heard people accuse writers of being narcissistic. Not in the sense that we lack empathy, can’t keep meaningful relationships,or that we’re using others for our own gain. No, rather we’re often labeled narcissistic for talking about ourselves, our books, and our accomplishments a lot, for being selfish with our time and our focus, or for reacting poorly (whether in private or publicly) to criticism. These truly are “symptoms” of someone who is narcissistic.
Most writers will vehemently...
February 4, 2013
Constructive vs. Everything Else
From Amazon reviews to author criticisms in forums – negative, destructive criticism happens. It sometimes even happens in critique groups.Imagine my surprise when, a few weeks back,I told someone that their blog post about an author was exceedingly negative. She argued with me and told me it was constructive criticism.
The posts berated the author and poked fun at him. They [the posts]were written in a chiding and superior tone. Yes, writing can have a tone.
It seems there are a lot of folks o...
February 3, 2013
#edcmooc The Trouble With MOOCs
I was very disappointed yesterday when I learned one of the MOOCs I’m taking was cancelled due to student comprehension problems and, let’s be frank, the technologically impaired.
Yes, I am simply saying how I feel. I can do that here. I have never seen so many people unable to use a simple spreadsheet. I have never run across so many folks who did not understand how to use a message board in my life! I also have never seen so many people needing hand-holding due to comprehension problems. One...
February 1, 2013
Ptah: The End of Malaise Through Catharsis
Praise to you Ptah, Lord of All Builders.
You who takes the clay from Hapy’s banks,
You who takes the sand from the home of Set,
You who takes the
tears of Nit
Who adds the wheat stalks of grain grown by Wesir,
Combine
them into the bricks we use for Your honor.
Walk with me to the design table
where I plan my works.
Stabilize the scaffold of my veneration
Hold my
trowel while I build my life in Your praise.
