The girl in the moonlight danced slowly and rhythmically to the haunting music. She danced for no one but herself. Her movements were not one of seduction or lust but those of joy and oneness with the moment. But her eyes betrayed an anxiety she kept hidden just below the surface. Happiness and belonging she…
Writings is hard getting published is even harder. Publishers and agents at least the reputable ones want authors who have some previous writing credits to their name something to set them apart from the hundreds of other query letters sitting in their slush pile. That’s not to say you can’t get published without credits to…
It’s that time again the deadline for this quarters Writers of the Future is July the 1st, only a couple of weeks left. I decided to take up my short story pen again at the end of May and write a new story for the competition. The Writers of the Future competition is the biggest…
It’s bee a while since I’ve posted but I thought I’d list my five favourite dark anime. They all have dark themes and mature content. There a many more that didn’t make it into my top five which I’ll list later but for now on the main content. 1 – Mirai Nikki (Future Diary) The god…
Thief’s Magic by Trudi Canavan My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve devoured my way though all of Trudi Canavan and I think this maybe my new favourite. Theif’s Magic explores the lives of two very different characters in two very different worlds and the attitudes and use of magic in those. In one a…
Jennifer knew better then to be out this late at night but where Abbey led she followed. The 9th Circle hadn’t really been her scene but Abbey loved to go all out showing as much skin as possible and downing lines of shots. Crimson lights and dance music blaring away and guys hitting on…
It made me skin crawl just to walk into that den of flesh and sin. There were people dancing and partying in the front but that was all just cover. The back was where depravity and debauchery were displayed, sold, and traded. The Duke ran a series of strip clubs, underground gaming houses, and…
After a couple hours of work with gimp I’ve manged to clean up the map I drew the other day. Not bad I have to say for someone of my limited artistic ability.
Taking a photo on my phone didn’t turn out as well I had hoped. I need to figure out how to clean it up.
In my continuing desire to share my love of anime here are my picks for the top shows of 2012. 1 – Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo The Rebuild of Evangelion is the reimaging of the classic series. In the third movie the story has completely diverged from the original storyline. It picks up…
The Aspiring Writer 