Logospilgrim's Blog, page 17

stockpiling bottles of ink

Kind readers,

MISTI-Con is getting ever closer… I am so looking forward to seeing many loved ones at this event!

In the meantime, I have been establishing a writing schedule for my upcoming projects.

This summer, I shall be working on The Magic of Love; I believe I shall be publishing it around October or so.

My dearest Ben Wu has already done the illustration for the cover, which I shall share with you now:

I am, as always, thrilled with the result! It is most inspiring. I always love what Ben does.

While I am writing The Magic of Love, I shall also be working on the first draft of my novel Outlaw in the Land of Perfection:

I am very hopeful that I could have the novel finished in time for Leaky 2014 (if I do attend the conference in question!).

Once I have published The Magic of Love, I shall get to work writing A Princely Calling: The Mystical Secrets of Severus Snape. Once again, my goal would be to have it ready in time for Leaky 2014.

I have the table of contents for Princely Calling figured out. Here it is:

the serpent

the dungeons

the robes

the cauldron

the knife

the goblet

the wand

the hands

the eyes

the heart

the prince

Thus, my quill will be quite busy in the coming months, all the way up to next summer! The work will be slow (in a manner of speaking), yet steady, so that I do not burn out

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: writing

Blessed is here, and Leaky Con 2014

Kind readers,

it is one thing after another these days!

First, today I learned that Leaky Con is going to have another convention in Orlando, in 2014, to celebrate the new additions to the Wizarding World.

I have not even starting packing for MISTI yet! Which is a month from now, eep!

However, I am already seriously considering going to Leaky Con in 2014. In which case, I would want to have A Princely Calling: The Mystical Secrets of Severus Snape, and possibly also Outlaw in the Land of Perfection if I can manage it, ready by then.

In other news, this morning I received my sample copy of Blessed: How to Be a Joyful Mystic, and approved it. It is now available for purchase here on my website, and in a few weeks, it will also be available on amazon.

I do not know about the quality of the contents, but the cover, illustrated by Ben Wu, looks beautiful!

Goodness. So much emotion all at once lately! I need a medicinal beverage. Or two.

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: Blessed: how to be a joyful mystic, Leaky Con 2014

upcoming titles

Kind readers,

the release of Blessed: How to Be a Joyful Mystic is imminent… I am awaiting the arrival of my sample copy. Once I have received it, and everything looks all right, I shall approve it, at which point it will be available for purchase here on my website. Around a month later, it will be available on amazon as well -I shall be sharing all the relevant information with you here

In other news, my dear and talented friend Ben Wu has kindly agreed to illustrate the covers of my upcoming books The Magic of Love, The Magic of Hope, and The Magic of Freedom. I shall start working on the first, The Magic of Love, soon after MISTI-Con.

In other other news, I have redesigned the cover, and changed the subtitle, of another of my upcoming projects.

Here it is:

I had thought I would write this one in 2014, but it looks like it may well happen sooner. Apparently, I am not finished rambling about Professor Snape yet! Merely gazing at the cover above is giving me one idea after the other.

And, I had some new ink done! It was an excellent way to celebrate having completed Blessed… Here is a picture of it, taken the day after it was done. Once again, Tiffany has done something exquisite for me, and the ink has made me very happy.

Despite all these projects brewing in my head, I shall be resting as much as possible this month. MISTI is almost here! Egad.

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: Blessed: how to be a joyful mystic, body art, Planet Ink, Tiffany Thorton, writing

book and buttons

Kind readers,

yesterday, I finished my latest ramble… Blessed: How to Be a Joyful Mystic.

You can read a number of excerpts here.

The book is… Well, I am not sure what it is, as usual! It is an iconoclastic ode to Love and Life. I share my heart, my experiences, my joy. I am cheeky and vulnerable and strong. I question, I discard, I reinterpret, I create. I serenade my loved ones and the Universe.

I shall be proofreading the book in the coming days. Then I shall upload it, order my sample copy, and if everything looks all right, I shall approve it, at which point it will be available immediately here on my website. In another four or six weeks, it will also be available on amazon.

I shall have copies with me to sign during MISTI-Con (May 9th-13th -egad! We are almost there! *runs in circles, hides beneath desk*). I shall be resting a lot during April. I am a bit worn out.

Speaking of MISTI, I shall have a brand new coat of many buttons for the convention… It was made by my dearest Nezumi and her magical fingers.

It is truly a work of art. I can hardly wait to wear it

To celebrate all of this glorious joy, I am getting some new ink next week… Oh, it will be wonderful!

I wish you love, peace, and renewal ♥ -and lots of chocolate eggs!

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: Blessed: how to be a joyful mystic, ink, MISTI-Con, Nezumi, Professor Snape coat, writing

MISTI-Con news, book news

Kind readers,

this winter has been intense in many ways… A lot of snow, a lot of writing.

Blessed: how to be a joyful mystic is almost finished. It should be done by the end of next week. Which means that I shall have copies to sign at MISTI-Con! The book signing will take place at Author’s Alley, in the main events’ tent, May 10th from 6 pm until 9 pm. I shall also have copies of The Severus Snape Paradigm: Outcast, Rebel, Hero on hand, should anyone want a copy.

In other MISTI-Con news, my lecture/meditation session, “Occlumency: The Art of Meditation”, will be taking place on saturday, May 11th, from 10:45 am to 11:15 am, in the Gilford room.

I am getting more ink at the start of April to celebrate having finished my latest ramble. It will look beautiful with the suit and tie I plan on wearing during the MISTI-Con ball… I shall also have a fun and wacky (yet stylish) outfit for the Costuming Superlative Showcase

After the convention, there will be rest, and then I shall work on my first novel, Outlaw in the Land of Perfection. I am really looking forward to that project! And I am looking forward to a slow, warm summer…

I have another writing project that has been brewing at the back of my mind. It is becoming irresistible.

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: body art, MISTI-Con, writing

iconoclasm

Kind readers,

my latest ink has healed very well!

I took a photo of it the other night, after I returned home from a Brahms concert at the National Arts Center:

In other news, I have been hard at work on Blessed: how to be a joyful mystic. The book will be quite iconoclastic.

I am very hopeful that it will be ready in time for MISTI-Con!

And speaking of MISTI, the lecture I shall give there will be called “Occlumency: the art of meditation”. I shall let you know all the details as soon as I have them.

In other other news, the article I shall contribute to my friend Rik Potter‘s book, The Boy Who Lived: Magickal Spirituality in the Harry Potter Universe, will be called “Wise as a serpent: how Professor Snape introduced me to Neo-Paganism”.

And, I have added this quote from the animated series Aeon Flux (a personal favorite I recently reacquainted myself with) to my About the author page:

Trevor Goodchild: Whose side are you on?

Aeon Flux: I take no side.

Trevor Goodchild: You’re skating the edge.

Aeon Flux: I am the edge.

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: Blessed: how to be a joyful mystic, body art, MISTI-Con, Rik Potter

affirmation

Kind readers,

I had some new ink done this week, and I am ecstatically happy about it. The piece symbolizes my vocation: it is two crossed quills with an ink bottle above, upon which is a label with the word “Love” inscribed on it. Beneath the quills is the word “Professor” written in blood red ink.

I am a renegade and cosmic love vagabond.

Here I am in my jammies, the day after Tiffany did the chest piece. She was wonderful, as always, and her art exquisite. My new piece looked even more beautiful than I had envisioned it.

And here it is, closer up:

It hurt, goodness! But it was bearable (only just!). I was so happy after I removed the bandage the next morning… The tattoo was everything I had hoped it would be.

I love my ink manifesto: Hope, Love, Freedom.

I also had a wonderful time celebrating Professor Snape’s birthday again this year (chocolate cake with buttercream icing!). I added a new element to my personal altar, a marvelous and wondrously fragrant handmade candle that was a gift from my dear friend Rik Potter, whom I shall be seeing again in a few months at MISTI-Con.

And now, much writing will be taking place in the coming months! I am ready and prepared: I am inspired, joyful, and grateful.

Oh, in other news, I have added these links on my website, under a new category called “Identity & Affirmation”: Genderfork and Tomboy Tailors; also, information about being an INFJ. I am an asexual and genderfluid kaleidoscope, and a happy one at that.

As I wrote in comments to my latest Livejournal post,

My ink has been one of the means through which I have been expressing how I have been coming into my own, and what is most important to me. What I have found to be most healing and affirming about getting inked is that the pieces and what they represent cannot be removed from me like jewelry… They are embedded in my very flesh. It is magickal, definitely. It is like taking a stand; I have been taking a stand. When I entered my forties, I felt a shift and so much came together for me; not only that, but I knew I was now unapologetic about who I was and what I believed. It was so freeing, in a sort of jumping-out-of-an-airplane way… A breathless joy.

When I got my first piece, Harlock’s skull and crossbones, it was to protest against a certain form of oppression, and all my subsequent pieces have, in part, that quality, which is why I call my ink a manifesto.

2013 is beginning very well!

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: Genderfork, MISTI-Con, Planet Ink, Professor Snape, Rik Potter, Tiffany Thornton, Tomboy Tailors

manifestations of Love

Kind readers,

here are warm wishes for you, courtesy of my dear and talented friend Ben Wu.

However you celebrate this season of renewal, I hope your heart will be filled with joy and peace. Each of us is a gift to the world; a manifestation of Love; an incarnation of the Mystery.

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: Ben Wu, holiday wishes

the little things

Kind readers,

so last night, I was painting…

It is so relaxing. I am glad I picked up the brush again. It is precisely the sort of activity will help keep me mellow as I work on Blessed this winter.

And today, I saw my hairdresser, who gave my beloved (and easy maintenance) Snape shag cut a good trim, which resulted in a profusion of happy flippy flips.

I am wearing three layers of clothing, because the weather is so cool and humid -even with the furnace working, this bone-chilling dampness still affects me.

Tonight, I plan to wrap myself in a blanket on the couch, where I shall enjoy the season finale of Ink Master.

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: painting, Snape shag

how the decades fly by

Kind readers,

one of my seasonal offerings of love and good will this year has to do with two tapes that had been gathering dust in my living room cupboard for a long time…

I had them transferred onto CDs this week (at Home Video Studio -their service is excellent), and uploaded the material to Suncloud yesterday.

If you would like to read all the details concerning my “Almost twenty years ago, I was in band, man” story, do take a peek at my latest livejournal post! It includes lyrics, cosplay photos, and a whole lot of wacky adventures.

I have sung for a few -short- sustained periods in my life, and always found it incredibly draining; I am much happier in front of a keyboard (the kind that involves typing and quietude and seclusion) than a microphone, but I am glad I had this experience, which I am sharing with you now.

Here are the recordings for you…

Visit the following link for some ambient melodies recorded in 1995 (some scratchy tape bits, but overall not half bad) and 1996 (even better audio quality, and a more mature sound): suncloud.com/logospilgrim

Your devoted

Logospilgrim, the quiet professor

Tagged: ambient music, blast from the past