Red Tash's Blog, page 261
October 21, 2011
I'm editing a short story collection right now set in a...
I'm editing a short story collection right now set in a high fantasy world, a la Game of Thrones, or Middle Earth, with some Atlantis myth on the side. Very "historical fantasy" with a twist. Mages and swords and princes, oh my!
Seeing this lovely illustration of a French warhorse brings to mind the pageantry of such a way of life. And this, my friends, was real. Loving it.
Stay tuned from Tales of Haydon, by Tim Tim, soon. VERY soon. Maybe even this weekend. It's so close, I just need the time to click some buttons.
Poland, 17th century: full harnessing of a war horse.
From Le costume historique (The costume history) vol. 6, by Auguste Racinet, Paris, 1888.
(Source: archive.org. The French edition seems to be more complete than the German one.)
There will be a blog hop here next week. I'll be giving...
There will be a blog hop here next week. I'll be giving away prizes.
Not huge ones! Just little treats. But it'll be fun. Tell your friends.
Check out Elvira's sister there in the sidebar, why dontcha?
October 20, 2011
Say Yes to Gay YA
I'll be part of a Blog Hop, as we get closer to Halloween....
I'll be part of a Blog Hop, as we get closer to Halloween. Sound like fun? Come along.
Oh! There'll be prizes…
October 19, 2011
Heartbreaking, but so worthwhile.
I love it when backstory...
Heartbreaking, but so worthwhile.
I love it when backstory becomes more meaningful. I want to cry, looking at this photo. Can't tell you the last time a *television show* made me feel that way. Honestly.
I resisted Dr. Who, because…you know, if a show's been on the air 40 years and I'm not into it, it must not be for me. But that was faulty thinking. Obviously Douglas Adams wrote for the show way back when, and I'll give those episodes a chance eventually—but the current writing is just so good. It's not without its problems. I mean, they wrote themselves into a corner with the River Song plotline this season, and I wasn't satisfied with their resolution…but does it make me love River any less? No. Nor Amy, nor Rory, nor The Doctor.
This was my second season of being a Whovian, and I'm so hooked. I am so in love with these characters, I cried when the Dr. dropped off Amy & Rory at a new townhouse before he went with his Stetson to Lake Silencio. I bawled. Was it meant to be that powerful of a moment? I don't know. Tim certainly looked at me like I was insane, but I couldn't help it.
I guess when it comes down to it, we're all traveling through time, desperately trying to right wrongs, do the right thing, and help one another, in some small fashion. We may not be married to a flying police box or to our best friend's brainwashed psychopathic daughter, but there's a little bit of the jaded, wise, yet young-at-heart Doctor in each of us.
And if I have anything to say about it, from here on out there will be a lot more of River Song in me.
So, yeah. Author photo soon. I don't want you thinking of me as Alex Kingston forever (although she's truly beautiful). I'm still getting called Sharon Osborne by blog pals from one *single* photo I posted eight years ago.
Heard this one on the radio last night. Seems perfect for this...
Heard this one on the radio last night. Seems perfect for this time of year, doesn't it?
October 18, 2011
life:
Happy Birthday, Eminem.
"Especially with hip-hop, the...
life:
Happy Birthday, Eminem.
"Especially with hip-hop, the way people tend to pose is pretty predictable, and I wanted something that was outside of that," Buck says of his portrait of the Detroit rapper dunking his head in a fish tank. "This was just something I could do that would be a little surprising. The funny thing is that he put his two cents in, and he asked that we put a bottle of tequila in the shot. If you look through the fish tank you can see it."
— Chris Buck on photographing Eminem
(see more — Odd & Amazing: Stars By Chris Buck)
