D. Renee Bagby's Blog, page 29

Writing Advice: Muse Is Always Right

In retail, the customer is always right. In writing, the muse (or voices in your head or inspiration or whatever you want to call it) is always right. To put it another way -- when you muse says write something, WRITE IT.

Don't argue with your muse. Seriously, you're going to lose. And if you argue with your muse long enough, you're going to get writer's block. Your muse is always right. Just do

Music: Bomb A Head

I really need to finish watching Tenjho Tenge. It's an interesting fighting anime full of T&A and great motion animation. The plot is most of the way decent and this opener is one of the main reasons I really like this anime. So here's both versions -- the opening animation and the full song.


BOMB A HEAD ~ m.c.AT feat. DA PUMP (Tenjho Tenge Opener)



BOMB A HEAD ~ m.c.AT feat. DA PUMP (full

Manga Review: Temperature Rising

Temperature Rising by Souya Himawari

Publisher: DMP June
Price: $12.95
Genre: Drama, Romance, Contemporary
Themes: Compensated Sex, Best Friend Lovers
Rating: Mature 18+
Volumes: 1 Volume
ISBN: 978-1-56970-601-5

Buy Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble


Basic Premise:
Minori Otonari is in love with Mizumo Hiraga, but Minori can't confess his feelings without ruining their current relationship.

Coming to Theaters 24 August

Coming to Theaters 24 August

Premium Rush (Action, Thriller - PG13):
A story of NYC bicycle couriers and their harrowing adventures avoiding mafia-types. This is one of those movies that would be a lot shorter if the guy had just handed over the package. Pass.


The Apparition (Horror, Thriller - PG13):
Oh good... Paranormal Activity meets Nightmare on Elm Street. PASS.


Hit and Run (Action,

Hentai: Gold Throbber

More people getting groped on trains. For real. You don't realize how huge of a genre this is in hentai. I'm sure it's got a section in the adult video stores. :P

This one has a little bit of a plot behind it full of fun groping (and full on sex) scenes.


Gold Throbber

Publisher: Media Blasters (formerly)
# of Episodes: 2
Genre: Contemporary
Themes: Train groping, blackmail, false imprisonment

Writing Update: 17 August 2012

Another week and more writing...

- WRITING (10 August): I'm going to keep these up just because it's fun to go back and see my progress. I'm sure I'll change my mind if I ever hit a period where I'm not writing. But that time isn't now. 4000 words on SERENITY sequel and Chapter 4 is finished. I love that I finished Chp4 but I was more aiming at Chp3. Maybe tomorrow. I probably just needed to get

Writing Advice: Become an Author

I'm thanking Flash for this week's topic. People keep asking her how to become a writer. My immediate answer to that -- you don't BECOME a writer. Writers write. We have stories we want to tell. Correction, we have stories we HAVE to tell or else they won't leave us alone.

If you're a writer, you know you're a writer. Writers write.

The question those people are really asking is how to become

Music: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

This. Just this. That's it.


From Monty Python's Life of Brian
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life

Manga Review: Beast & Feast

Beast & Feast by Akira Norikazu

Publisher: DMP June
Price: $12.95
Genre: Drama, Romance, Contemporary, Suspense
Themes: Yakuza, Cops, Forbidden Romance
Rating: Mature 18+
Volumes: 1 Volume
ISBN: 978-1-56970-256-7

Buy Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble


Basic Premise:
Kazuha Hishunuma is a police detective. Itsuki Hyodo is a yakuza underboss. Former middle school buddies reunited after a few years

Coming to Theaters 17 August

Coming to Theaters 15 August

The Odd Life of Timothy Green (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy - PG):
While this movie looks very cute, I'm having flashbacks of Powder. Anyone who saw that movie pretty much already knows how this one will end. That's a guess, but I don't think it's wrong. That said, I would rather cry in the comfort of my own home. So DVD movie.


Coming to Theaters 17 August

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