Mirriam Neal's Blog, page 11

//beautiful books: nano 2016

It’s approaching that time of year. This will be my tenth ‘novel writing month,’ between Novembers, Junes, and the one Camp Nano stuck in there somewhere. I can call myself a NaNo veteran now. Sky and Cait put up another Beautiful Books questionnaire, as they do every year, and never before have I felt so… Continue reading //beautiful books: nano2016

//four days until commissions close (+ art dump!)

It’s autumn! Officially the best season of the year, every year. (Or it will be, once the Georgia weather decides to cooperate and stop clinging to the last vestiges of summer. Let Persephone go, Hades, we’ve had enough.) I love pretty much everything about autumn – even the fact I must now turn my gaze… Continue reading //four days until commissions close (+ artdump!)

//snippets of 90% sarcasm

But do Ireally post anything other than sarcastic snippets? Ever? During my semi-hiatus, I was busy writing. I hadn’t realized it until I hit 140k in The Dying of the Light yesterday and it hit me – oh. Little by little, I HAVE been writing. Huh. [Remember the running joke I mentioned a few months… Continue reading //snippets of 90%sarcasm

//sunday, 5:13 pm.

It’s been nineteen days since my last blog post. This number seems huge to me – almost three weeks? I didn’t quite expect that. It’s not because I haven’t had anything to say – it’s just I seem to be rediscovering how to say things. Every once in a while – well, it’s usually an… Continue reading //sunday, 5:13 pm.

//walking on water

Confession: I was scared to publish my last post. Even as I wrote it, I wondered if I’d be able to actually put it on my blog. What if people thought I was betraying them somehow? What if, ironically, everyone suddenly thought I was dishonest? My two closest friends mentioned in the last post discussed… Continue reading //walking on water

//thoughts on balance + honesty

I realized, soon into my semi-hiatus, that I wasn’t taking a break from the internet so much as my internet persona. The experiment has shed light on several areas of personal interest to me, but one of the most prevalent things the semi-hiatus has shown me is how little people actually know me. Even those… Continue reading //thoughts on balance +honesty

//”It’s just fiction.”

This phrase has troubled me greatly since I was old enough to grasp the lie of it. I recall vividly the first time someone said this – my youth group leader, calling books ‘amoral’ and comparing them to a table. AMORAL lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something “You could… Continue reading //”It’s just fiction.”

//no homo (?): it’s kind of a rant

“You realize you’ll have readers thinking X character is gay, right?” “They’ll have to really stretch to keep thinking that after a while. Besides, I decided I didn’t care. I wasn’t going to sacrifice intimate non-amorous relationships for the sake of slash-happy shippers.” “YOU SHOULD PUT THAT ON YOUR BLOG.” That was the summary of… Continue reading //no homo (?): it’s kind of arant

//the care and keeping of INTJs: a definitive guide

“I’m an INTJ.” — 99% of people who are not. Everybody wants to rule the world. Hence, everybody wants to be an INTJ – the MBTI type best known as the archetypal Mastermind. Everybody wants to be an intellectual fount of strategy and analytical power – except most INTJs. It’s a point of irritation for… Continue reading //the care and keeping of INTJs: a definitiveguide

//in the immortal words of Arnold Schwarzenegger,

I leaned my head back and stared at the globe hanging overhead. It swayed back and forth in the breeze from the fan in small, hypnotic circles, casting a shadow twice as big against the ceiling. Earlier that afternoon Arielle and I had been trying to dissect the reasons I’ve been so stressed lately. One… Continue reading //in the immortal words of ArnoldSchwarzenegger,