She never saw...

In the mood

2010-04-22T17:24:00.003+02:00

The writing mood has got a hold of me again :)

After watching loads of Fantasy and Sci-Fi DVDs for uncounted numbers of times, I really feel like writing again. I love writing and I never abandoned it in the last few months, only I have not worked on my "big" projects, only on small ones.
And I still love my stories too. I want to finish them. Especially Before and After and Ella.

What inspired this blog entry and the realisation that I need to write again, was that I stood in my kitchen and suddenly had a very vivid scene of Ella questioning people in my head. And with a bit of distance I now know what I want to do differently.

And I think what plays part in this too, is that I haven't read a book for quite some time. I tend to get influenced by a story/author and I feel that I have found back to myself (I thank my little projects and the people involved with them in a way)

Books I've read in 2009

2010-01-03T00:09:00.001+01:00

Just for the records:

Original titles in brackets

- HdR: Die Gefährten (LotR: The Fellowship of the Ring)
- The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
- Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen
- The Blade Itself
- Der Hüter der Finsternis (The Lamplighter)
- 13 Little Blue Envelopes
- Twilight
- Uglies
- Pretties
- Specials
- New Moon
- Eclipse
- Breaking Dawn
- Die Hand des Teufels (The Hand of Devils)
- Die Sünde der Brüder (The Brotherhood of the Blade)
- Das Meer der Lügen (The Private Matter)
- Peeps
- The Last Days
- Der Wunschzettel (Be Careful What You Wish For)
- Märchenmond
- Die Chroniken von Narnia: Das Wunder von Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew)
- CvN: Der König von Narnia (CoN: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
- CvN: Der Ritt nach Narnia (CoN: The Horse and His Boy)
- Extras
- totgepflegt
- abgemurkst
- umgenietet
- All Quiet on the Orient Express
- Romeo&Juliet
- A Great and Terrible Beauty
- Rebel Angels
- The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
- Stardust
- The Sweet Far Thing
- Acadian Star
- A Caribbean Mystery
- The Walrus and the Carpenter
- Echo der Hoffnung (An Echo in the Bone)
- Thirteen reasons why

New cats

2009-12-27T10:15:00.003+01:00

I'm a cat mama again :) While I don't paticularly like that expression (I'm not their mama), they are babies still, both 3 months old.

They are from a litter of cats that all look almost the same and my sister (who took the other two sisters) and me had a bit of a hard time to sort out who was who when I finally took mine home yesterday. :)
We know how to tell them apart, but if you don't see all four at the same time... :)

Both give me a "hard time" because I don't have enough hands and arms to cuddle both at the same time as much as they want to. :D

Laoghaire:

Meara:

Born of Hope

2009-11-20T09:48:00.002+01:00

Only 11 days to go!! The new trailer looks awesome!

NaNoWriMo, Day 5

2009-11-06T00:14:00.000+01:00

I would have needed to write 5000 words today (oh, yesterday, it's past midnight *gah*) to make up for the non-writing of the last two days.

Only, I mentioned I wouldn't have much time today either and right now I'm way too tired and uninspired to go on. At least I got 1725 words today, that leaves me with 4942 words tomorrow (instead of 6667).
That's the only positive thing right now (writing related)...

NaNoWriMo, Day 3

2009-11-04T00:24:00.001+01:00

No words today. I thought I could get them in between two appointments but I didn't. But I have been thinking about what I could write, so that counts for something, doesn't it? :)

At least I have a bit of a scene in my head, so I know what will happen next.

Thing is, I don't think I'll write tomorrow either, I'm out and about all day. But - seeing as my godfather has a meeting in the evening - I might skip going to the cinema alone and write then. We'll see.
And depending on how awake I am tomorrow morning, I might write on the train :)

If not, 5000 words on Thursday when I don't have time either. Great :D

Book giveaway

2009-11-02T18:02:00.002+01:00

Susan is celebrating her 500+ Twitter followers. Celebrate with her and have a chance to win a book!
(Who doesn't want to win a book??)

Contest can be found here.

NaNoWriMo, Day 2

2009-11-02T16:45:00.001+01:00

1789 words today

Churned them out within about 1 hour, and I feel kinda mentally exhausted now, but good nonetheless. :)

NaNoWriMo, Day 1

2009-11-01T17:46:00.002+01:00

1696 words today. Yahoo! :)

I must be crazy for doing this - and with a new project no less! - but I feel good about that one.
I don't have a working title yet (only again a main character that named herself :) ) and maybe I'll write a synopsys later.

I looked through my notes yesterday (it's really only a mail folder where I put all those e-mails with ideas I used to send myself from work) and found notes to a story that I still very much like. Only not the circumstances I originally thought this to happen in (after WW 2). So I thought a bit, and a bit more and came to the decision that since I love fantasy/science fiction and always wanted to write a book in one of those genres (I started one book for each way back, but nevergot around to much with) I could place the story in a fantasy/AU universe. So there. I'm quite happy with this at the moment. And I really hope and pray that I will see this through this time :) I have quite a few ideas already, and I'm sure I'll be able to pull off the 50,000 words. Probably very crappy 50,000 words, but words no less. I have all the time to edit later and even to decide to not do anything with it. But maybe I'll like it well enough at the end of the month that I will give the story a chance.

Total word count: 1696

New blog

2009-10-12T12:28:00.002+02:00

No, not mine.

But four writers friends of mine joined together. So GO CHECK IT OUT! :) All the World's Our Page

And they are even giving books away already!

Cologne - done

2009-09-18T20:28:00.002+02:00

What fun times!

Meeting Christina and seeing McFly for the first time. Incredible! :D

See some vids here and tons of others when you search Youtube :)

Back again and going ;)

2009-09-02T21:54:00.004+02:00

After my midlife crisis at the age of 26... No it wasn't really that bad :) but I was really upset that after half a year of being unemployed, and making searching for a new job my job, my efforts showed no results.
I knew the day would come soon (yesterday) when I was officially unemployed and that was something I had tried to avoid.
So after coming back from Poland (my stay there being the trigger in some ways) I sat down and thought a bit about my life. How I want to approach people and what I'm willing to take from people from now on. What I expect from a new job and where I'm willing to compromise or not. What other areas of employment could make me happy (like not only the commercial one). What I could do for myself to feel better, what is important to me.
So after thinking about all that and more I came to some conclusions.

This is a writer's blog and what has all of the above do do with writing? I think that the changes and progress I'm about to make in my life will affect my writing as well. No, I don't think so, I know. Everything in your life affects your writing.
First I thought I'd start with something completely new, get rid of old "weight". But that's stupid. I love my WIPs and my characters. Some of them have been with me for some years. I think I "just" need to find a new way for them and me to guide them through their story.
I won't commit myself like saying "today I'll write this and that and tomorrow that much" but I promised myself I'd go back to work :)

So, wish me luck and patience and good ideas :)

Poland - done

2009-08-18T17:06:00.003+02:00

I'm baaaaack. And I had such a great, inspiring and lovely time! I thoroughly enjoyed myself :)

If you want to see some pictures (if you haven't already seen them on Facebook) go here.
Questions are welcome :)

I'll be away

2009-07-06T12:39:00.003+02:00

I don't know if anyone is interested in this (probably not *lol*), but if you ever need to know, these are the dates when I'm on holiday, as planned so far (and this is for me as well, to keep track *g*)

1 to 15 August: 3rd CCN Youth Conference, Krzyżowa, Poland

probably calendar week 37: Dorian Gray premiere, London, UK

14 to 16 September: Cologne, Germany (McFly concert on the 15th)

27 to 30 November: London, UK (New Moon and sight-seeing)

Jen hosts a contest

2009-07-02T10:52:00.002+02:00

I won't enter, because there's no Barnes & Noble anywhere near here, but this should be fun (for any of you) anyhow :)

http://jenniferhendren.blogspot.com/2009/07/contest.html

ETA: Now I DID enter :)

Writing Marathon, Day 2

2009-06-25T09:39:00.004+02:00

For today I have planned the following:

- translating and typing what I wrote yesterday CHECK
- writing at least three hours, 2000-4000 words
- reading in the sun for about 2 hours in the afternoon CHECK

The rest that was originally scheduled for today can wait :)

ETA: 927 new words today. I can do much better. *grumble* On the plus side, I received very nice praise for what I wrote yesterday :)

Writing Marathon, Day 1

2009-06-24T13:10:00.006+02:00

Another marathon on BaWC.

I won't be able to be as fiercly dedicated as Jen suggests, as I do have a life outside of writing (No! Really? Would you have thought that? *g* ) that just this week demands my attention as well.

So I plan to write an hour, do the stuff that needs to be done for an hour, write an hour... Rinse and repeat.

I'll be working on that love story. Ideally I'll get about 4 hours of writing, 2000-4000 words, 2 hours of reading in the sunshine and some new ideas today.

ETA: Got 2 hours 20 minutes writing time and 1863 words.
Snip here

Progress

2009-06-15T09:47:00.002+02:00

523 new words.

Not bad considering I wrote them between midnight and 1am this night because I could't sleep :)

Flowers

2009-06-13T09:19:00.002+02:00

I think the most rewarding thing to take photos of are flowers, as they are always beautiful.

I did quite a few shots lately, so here's a link instead of posting the pics. Enjoy! :)

Two snippets

2009-06-10T17:25:00.007+02:00

of the silly love story ;)

„Cassie, ich glaube der Besuch ist für dich.“
Und ich glaubte mich trifft der Schlag. Ich konnte fühlen wie mir die Kinnlade runter klappte; was mir noch nie passiert war.
Mein Besucher kam mit ausgestreckter Hand auf mich zu.
„Hey, mein Name ist Joel.“
Joel-ich-bin-der-heißeste-Kerl-auf-diesem-Planeten-Whittacker. Hier im Büro!
Ich schaffte es endlich meinen Mund zu zuklappen und von meinem Stuhl aufzustehen.

"Cassie, I think this visitor is for you."
And I think I just got the shock of my life. I could feel my jaw drop; something that had never happened to me before.
My visitor approached with his hand outstretched.
"Hey, my name is Joel."
Joel-I-am-the-hottest-guy-on-earth-Whittacker. Here in this office!
I finally managed to shut my mouth and stand up from my chair.

-----

Ich hatte fast die ganze Nacht kein Auge zu machen können, hatte dann verschlafen und weder Zeit gehabt, mir zu Hause einen Tee zu kochen, noch, mir unterwegs einen zu besorgen. Und jetzt war auch noch dieser dämliche Wasserkocher kaputt!
Ich war ohne meine morgendliche Dosis Tee genauso unausstehlich, wie Miller ohne seinen Kaffee. Und Miller war wirklich ein Stinkstiefel.
Frustriert ließ ich mich auf meinen Stuhl fallen als vor mir plötzlich ein Becher materialisierte.
"Guten Morgen."
Ich ließ mich weder davon ablenken, dass Joel zu früh dran war, noch, dass seine Haare ziemlich sexy verwuschelt waren, sondern griff mir den Becher und atmete tief ein. Earl Grey!
"Mein Held!"
Ich tauchte lange genug aus meinem Tee-High auf um zu bemerken was ich gesagt hatte und zu wem und rot zu werden, bevor ich einen großen Schluck nahm um diese Peinlichkeit zu überspielen. Um mir dann prompt die Zunge zu verbrennen.
Davis rettete mich, in dem sie an meinem Schreibtisch vorbeistolperte und "Oh mein Gott, bist du nicht Joel Whittacker?" hervorstieß.

I had gotten close to no sleep the whole night, had then overslept and neither had had time to make myself some tea at home nor to stop for one on my way to work. And now this stupid kettle was broken!
Without my morning dose of tea I was as insufferable as Miler without his coffee. And Miller really was a grumbler.
Frustrated I let myself fall onto my chair, when suddenly a cup materialised in front of me.
"Good morning."
I didn't let myself be distracted by the fact that Joel was too early, nor that his hair was tousled sexily, but grabbed for the cup and inhaled deeply. Earl Grey!
"My hero!"
I surfaced long enough from my tea-high to notice what I said and to whom and to blush before I took a big mouthful of tea to cover my embarrassment. Only to promptly burn my tongue.
Davis saved me by stumbling past my desk and stuttering "Oh my gosh, aren't you Joel Whittacker?".

My characters usually come with full names, and Joel was Joel from the start. But I had to think of a surname for him. Those who know me and share my Ben Barnes obsession, will recognise the name. I have watched Easy Virtue one too many times in the last few weeks ;)

Progress

2009-06-05T21:04:00.001+02:00

Did I write? DID I write? No! *hangs head in shame*

Procrastination ist just too much fun. I'll need to go back to pen and paper or I'll never get anything done in the near future...

I have no words

2009-05-31T19:11:00.003+02:00

Read this post on Cake Wrecks:

This past week I read a story on how rapper Kanye West is a "proud non-reader" and, despite the fact that he recently wrote a 52-page book of "Kanye-isms" that he would like you to buy and read yourself, he has "no respect" for books. Or to put it in his own words,

"Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books. I would never want a book's autograph."

That's good, Kanye, since it's a right pain to get a book to even hold a pen, much less autograph itself.

I'm banging my head and weep alongside Jen.

This is unbelievable!

Progress

2009-05-22T23:42:00.001+02:00

It actually looks like this "silly love story" is taking shape more and more. Well see...

Progress

2009-05-11T22:19:00.002+02:00

I wrote 14 pages in longhand today. It's just something I wrote for myself, so it didn't do anything for the progress on Ella or Before and After.

But, I did write. And I actually liked what I wrote. I proved to myself that I still CAN. :) That should be the motivation to get going again.

And if all else fails, I chuck out Fantasy and SciFi and finish this silly little love story ;)

Star Trek XI

2009-05-07T14:50:00.004+02:00

Saw the movie last night! WOW!

It's even better that I expected from seeing the trailer. It completely blew me away. My sister and me cried during the first 5 minutes already :) and then were like Whoa! and then Whee! and Wow! and... You notice I'm a complete ST enthusiast? :)

STAR TREK

2009-05-05T23:19:00.001+02:00

Ella II

2009-04-23T12:37:00.001+02:00

I could salvage a bit more, am now at 10,741 words.

That sounds a bit better...

Ella

2009-04-22T14:12:00.002+02:00

I have decided to completely rework Ella.

What I did first was throw away all scenes and tidbits I feel I cannot work with anymore.
And I'm down to 4502 words. Previous word count: 54,770

Fun.

Born of Hope

2009-04-21T21:43:00.002+02:00

For all the Lord of the Rings fans: do you know about this?

I didn't and I'm rather excited now :)

Spring

2009-04-21T18:03:00.003+02:00

New Harry Potter trailer

2009-04-17T14:32:00.000+02:00

I'm too excited for words

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T10:44:00.002+02:00

London

2009-04-09T15:49:00.005+02:00

Weehoo! I'll be in London from 27 Nov to 30 Nov with my sister! I'm sooo excited!!

We were there July 2007 last, and for one and a half days only.

And this time I'm planning to see a few things: Buckingham Palace (the hotel is right around the corner), the Twining's shop&museum, Christmas market (if it's already open), The Tower maybe. And a lot of other stuff, if we can manage. Gods, I don't think I'll sleep much. But it will be soooo worth it!

And we'll defenitely be going to the cinema: New Moon and (depending on release date; some sites say 18 Sept, some say November) Dorian Gray with Collin Firth and Ben Barnes.

ETA: Just booked the flight and hotel. Sheesh, I'm completely hyper now.

DABWAHA and TSL Contest

2009-04-06T09:17:00.002+02:00

First of all, you have to vote for Jo's The Spymaster's Lady at DABWAHA!!!
Jo will post the link as soon as voting is open.

Second: Jo has posted a contest on her blog with a very nice prize. If that won't get you to vote, I don't know what will...

Props for Writers

2009-03-25T10:36:00.003+01:00

Got this from Susan

And I had a really hard time only choosing three each :)

1. Name 3 "classic" (however you choose to define that term) authors you love to read.

J.R.R. Tolkien
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Jane Austen

2. Name 3 current authors you love to read.

Diana Gabaldon
Ken Follett
Wolfgang Hohlbein

3. Name 3 authors you admire for their skill.

Claire Gregory
J.R.R. Tolkien
Jonathan Safran Foer

4. Name 3 authors you admire for their persistence in this crazy, potentially soul-sucking gig.

Anyone in this crazy business should get an award

5. Name 3 authors who deserve props for their support of other writers.

Diana Gabaldon
Joanna Bourne
Jen Hendren

6. Name 3 people who really "get" your work--whose love of your stuff carries you through.

My colleague
The M:A Ladies
People on Books&Writers
(I haven't shown my stuff to anyone else)

7. And for a switch, name the 3 things you love most about writing.

The escape
The creation of things
The satisfaction when someone likes something you've written

It's really official now

2009-03-24T09:17:00.002+01:00

Diana's new book, An Echo in the Bone will be out on 22 September 2009.

Go here to see the statement on her homepage, where you can also have a look at the cover*.

Yai, can't wait! :)

*I'm wondering what the colour for the German edition will be. The last one was black already and Diana originally wanted a very dark purple for this one. Well, wait and see as Diana is wont to say :)

Weather

2009-03-23T17:05:00.003+01:00

A hail storm is currently unloading itself over my city. Fun...

It's spring, d@amn it!!

Pet Peeve

2009-03-20T18:14:00.003+01:00

This is totally random, please bear with me (just need to get it off my chest, or I'll burst *g*).

Every time I have watched the Chronicles of Narnia-Prince Caspian movie so far, I always started at a certain point of the final good-bye scene in the German version.
Then I watched the English version a few times. And finally, finally it clicked.

The Pevensie kids are talking about not coming back (Peter and Susan at least) bla bla. Then Peter tells Lucy that he thinks Edmund and her will come back.
He says "I think he [Aslan] means you to."

And what did they do with the dubbing? "Irgendwie glaube ich, er meint euch." which translates to "I think he means you two."

Well, there is a difference between to and two! And don't tell me they didn't know this expression. They should be professionals for heavens sake!
Waaaah! :)
This is so out of context, no wonder I was always like "What is he talking about?"

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

2009-03-17T14:36:00.000+01:00

In the End

2009-02-27T22:51:00.001+01:00

My Life in iTunes

RULES:

1. Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, etc. on shuffle.

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS.

4. Tag 5 friends

5. Everyone tagged has to do the same thing.

6. Have Fun!

The song selection on my Media Player is not that good at the moment. But here goes:

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'ARE YOU OKAY' YOU SAY?

Fascination by Alphabeat

Well, they do sing "fascination, it's just the way we feel".

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?

In Scandinavia by Runrig

Well, I don't how this fits.

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

I'd wait for life by Take That

For the right one? Maybe. But I'd rather they don't take so long. :)

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?

The way you look tonight by Frank Sinatra

The way I look tonight is happy I guess. And I've been happy today. :)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?

Strawberry Swing by Coldplay

Let me start with saying that I LOVE strawberries.

And I really like this line: People moving all the time / Inside a perfect straight line / Don't you wanna just curve away?

WHAT'S YOUR MOTTO?

Concerning Hobbits – Fellowship of the Ring OS

Um... no lyrics here. But this is a very happy, uplifting song showing all the vitality and easiness the hobbits have, and yeah... I kinda like people better when they are happy :)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?

Viva la Vida by Coldplay

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?

Everybody's someone by Brian McFadden and Delta Goodrem

Well.. yes... A good someone I hope.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?

Ghetto Gospel by 2Pac and Elton John

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?

Wire to Wire by Razorlight

How do you interpret this?

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?

Go all the way by Perry Farrell

Yeah, all or nothing. (Although the lyrics imply something entirely else – but I will ignore that for this question *g*)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?

Hearts of Olden Glory by Runrig

Did I mention that this song always reminds me of Murtagh?

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?

The ride of the Rohirrim – The Return of the King OS

The last charge to conquer the enemy and prevail hope. Yes, I like this. (and I love the Edoras/Rohirrim theme anyhow)

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?

I wish I was a punkrocker by Sandi Thom

Hell, yeah!

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?

Broken Strings by James Morrison and Nelly Furtado

Hm...

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?

Sie sieht mich nicht by Xavier Naidoo

Translation: She does not see me. About a guy that admires a woman from afar, thinking she is perfect (at least) and he is and has nothing to compare.

What does this say about me, if we take this seriously? :) I have complexes ;)

WHAT DO YOU WANT RIGHT NOW?

Why does it always rain on me by Travis

I take this to mean: I want this damn all-week drizzle to stop already!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?

Clash of the Ash by Runrig

Listening to the song, makes me think of PAAARTAY!!!

And the gane itself looks like a fun sport.

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?

In the End by Linkin Park

Yes, this is the end.
And I think pretty much everyone has been tagged now. If you are not, go for it.

Werewolf

2009-02-16T14:54:00.001+01:00

One thing is constantly tearing at my mind at the moment. The question 'What enemy do werewolves have?'

Vampire comes to mind immediately (yes, I read Twilight too ;) ) but that is a bit cliché. Is there nothing else? Some kind of demon or something?
I’m not so well versed in demon lore ;) so I don’t know which one would make a good werewolf opponent..
Of course, one can always invent an enemy/demon…

So, any suggestions anyone?

I'm not dead

2009-02-16T12:38:00.007+01:00

Just very occupied.

I hope the M:A ladies especially forgive me for not getting in touch in the last couple of weeks.

Next month will be better, I swear.

I am Very busy. Big job to do:

M:A Progress

2009-01-13T18:20:00.000+01:00

Mon
Aim: 300
Result: 0

Tue
Aim: 400
Result 564

M:A Progress

2009-01-11T20:12:00.005+01:00

Sun
Aim: 2500
Result: 2047

Week
Aim: 2500
Result: 2047

M:A Progress

2009-01-10T22:38:00.003+01:00

Wed
Aim: 300
Result: 0

Thu
Aim: 400
Result: 0

Fri
Aim: 400
Result: 0

Sat
Aim: 300 and putting all scenes into one file
Result: 0, but did the file

Oh my, that leaves me with 2500 words to write tomorrow, if I don't want another M:A punishment :) I think I'll go to bed now, get up early and get to work (we go sledging tomorrow, so I really need to pull this off in the morning)

M:A Progress

2009-01-07T12:16:00.001+01:00

Mon
Aim: 400
Result: 0

Tue
Aim: 400
Result: 0

Love snow

2009-01-05T11:57:00.002+01:00

The sun has come out now and it's lovely outside.

More pictues here: Flickr

The only downside is, we have a little bit of snow and there's chaos on the street. We just don't get snow often anymore and are not prepared. I think the last time it snowed "this much" was in 2004.

Winter Wondeland

2009-01-05T08:10:00.005+01:00

My photos are not nearly as spectacular as Pam's, but here's what I woke up to this morning:

20cm of new snow (with ice underneath) and the snow clearing services are not out yet. Public transportation is non existent round here at the moment, and I cannot go to work.

Maybe I'll go out later (when there's more light) and take a few more pictures.

M:A Progress

2009-01-04T15:22:00.001+01:00

Sun
Aim: 250
Result: 297

Week
Aim: 2500
Result: 3035

I'm proud of me :)

Salkin?

2009-01-03T22:12:00.003+01:00

If he played Salkin,

(Michael Weatherly)

I sooo want to be Anna. *yum* ;)

M:A Progress

2009-01-03T13:11:00.002+01:00

Wed
Aim: 500
Result: 0

Thu
Aim: 250
Result: 0

Fri
Aim: 250
Result: 187

Sat
Aim: 250
Result: 1102

Resolutions for 2009

2009-01-02T09:39:00.000+01:00

I have been thinking if there was anything I really do want to do in 2009

And only one thing came up:

Finish the SFD of Before and After (preferably by week 26; that would mean 2500 new words every week. Doable, right?)

Happy New Year!

2009-01-01T11:37:00.002+01:00

Books I've read in 2008

2009-01-01T11:33:00.001+01:00

Just for the records:

Original titles in brackets

- Spymaster's Lady
- Tintenherz
- Tintenblut
- Tintentod
- Die Tore der Welt (World Without End)
- The Silmarillion
- Der Erlöser (Frelseren)
- Eine Tüte grüner Wind
- Der Illuminator (The Illuminator)
- Mein fast perfektes Leben (How to Talk to a Widower)
- The Hobbit
- The Smoke Thief
- Rache und Rosen (Pirate's Price)
- The Dream Thief
- Die Glasbücher der Traumfresser (The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters)
- Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows
- Everything is Illuminated
- My Lord and Spymaster
- Ein Mann wie Mr. Darcy (Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating)
- Vermiss mein nicht (A place called here)
- Unfinished Tales
- Tod auf dem Jakobsweg
- Tales from the Perilous Realm
- Bis(s) zum Morgengrauen (Twilight)
- The Eyes of A King
- Midnight Sun - Official Partial Draft
- Roverandom
- Bis(s) zur Mittagsstunde (New Moon)
- Die Bücherdiebin (The Book Thief)
- Die Wunschliste (The Next Thing On My List)
- Bis(s) zum Abendrot (Eclipse)
- Unendlichkeit (Revelation Space)
- Cost of Freedom
- Breaking Dawn
- Im Aufruhr der Gefühle (Smuggler's Bride)
- Beedle the Bard
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- Tree and Leaf

Resolutions of 2008

2008-12-30T15:14:00.003+01:00

Here is what I had planned for 2008:

* I will put more effort and time in my writing - Well, I did start a whole new WIP and became a M:A member
* I will lose weight and get fitter - CHECK
* I'll save money for a nice autumn holiday - CHECK
* I'll see my friends more often - CHECK
* I will win the lottery *g* - Unfortunately no :)
* I might do a language course (Spanish adult education course) - CHECK, did a Dutch course with my sister

Looking at this I surprised myself with how many things I actually did, considering that I never looked at the list again after writing it. :)

M:A Progress

2008-12-30T11:18:00.000+01:00

Aim: 500 words

Result: 806 words

M:A Progress

2008-12-29T15:12:00.002+01:00

Aim: 500 words

Result: 643 words

Mission: Accountability – 29 December 08

2008-12-29T12:32:00.000+01:00

I want to write 500 words on Monday to Wednesday each, 1000 words on Thursday to Sunday all together.

And I want to finish the books I’m currently reading by Wednesday.

Merry Christmas everyone!

2008-12-25T13:07:00.006+01:00

I won!

2008-12-22T16:55:00.000+01:00

:)

Ms Zephyr's Notebook

Bookwormed

2008-12-18T22:18:00.000+01:00

Rachel tagged me :)

The whole idea is that you pick up the book closest to you, open it to page 56, and copy the fifth sentence down, followed by the next 2-5 sentences.

Okey, here's mine.

Closest book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

I haven't started this book yet, so let's see:

Page 56 is the instruction on how to fold a paper plane, the next pages are pictures as well, so I'll look at page 68.

Stan touched my face, which he never did.

And the next:

I took the elevator for the last time. I opened the apartment door, put down my bag, and took off my shoes, like everything was wonderful, because I didn't know that in reality everything was actually horrible, because how could I? I petted Buckminster to show him I loved him. I went to the phone to check the messages, and listened to them one after another.

Well, that sounds rather boring, but from what I've heard so far, this book is anything but. And I've read Everything Is Illuminated by the author and loved it.

ETA: I've read quite a bit of the book by now. It's about a little boy who lost his father on 9/11 and is trying to cope in all kinds of ways. The sentences above belong to the part where he listenes to his father's last messages on the machine (only two of five are revealed up until now)

Christmas is drawing closer

2008-12-14T19:23:00.004+01:00

Fun with Ralf Schmitz

2008-12-12T09:21:00.004+01:00

This is totally random and most people won't know what I'm talking about anyway, but I'll still post this :)

We had tickets for one of our German comedians (my absolute favourite) who visited my hometown last night.
And what can I say? I'll probably have aching muscles from laughing so hard the rest of the week :)

The thing with him (his name is Ralf Schmitz, BTW) is that he just has to appear on stage and I'm starting to laugh my head off (even while writing this and thinking about it, I have to grin *g*). He was in really excellent form last night.
They were doing a TV recording at the same time and maybe I'll be on there somewhere :)

After the show he was signing photos of him for those who waited and what can I say? He's even more slender (if he was a woman, you'd even say petite) than me and I think a few centimeters shorter. And cute ;) Not that I didn't know that before :)
I was too tired to think to ask my Mom to take a photo of him and me with my mobile, but oh well... Next time, better chance.

I had a wonderful evening and would and will go to see him anytime I get the chance again.

And what am I to read NOW?

2008-12-08T21:06:00.003+01:00

Finished Breaking Dawn today. Another finished series. *sigh*

I've got Im Aufruhr der Gefühle (aka Smuggler's Bride), Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close and Beedle the Bard. And then what? I'm not in the mood for new things. I want comfortable, cozy things to read right now (comfortable and cozy do not necessarily need to apply to the content of the books).

I think I'll have to read Lord of the Rings over the holidays and then a complete reread of the Outlander books and then maybe Harry Potter again. And hopefully I'll be in the mood for new things then.

Holiday Food

2008-12-02T17:42:00.001+01:00

You Are a Trifle

No doubt, you have many intricate layers. But deep down, you're a little squishy.

What Holiday Food Are You?

A Fun Christmas Survey

2008-12-02T17:21:00.002+01:00

I was tagged by Carol.

Insert your own answers and pass it on to whomever you feel would respond – including the person who sent it to you

1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? Wrapping paper

2. Real tree or Artificial? Real. My very first, very own this year :)

3. When do you put up the tree? When I get a nice one that I like

4. When do you take the tree down? – First working day after 6th January (when the city cleaning collects them).

5. What do you do with your tree after you take it down: To the curb (see above - the trees are burned)

6. Favorite gift received as a child? Hm. Books probably... :)

7. Hardest person to buy for? My sister's boyfriend

8. Easiest person to buy for? My sister

9. Do you have a nativity scene? No. But got a advent wreath like every year

10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Both

11. Worst Christmas gift you ever received? Thankfully my family has always given me nice things.

12. Favorite Christmas Movie? Don't have one.

13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? Usually round October. But really, I buy what I think fitting for Christmas regardless of the month.

14. Have you ever recycled a Christmas present? No

15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Any holiday food

16. Lights on the tree? Of course!

17. Favorite Christmas song? Depends on my mood

18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? Since I have a big family we travel to all the various homes, but I'm always in my own bed at night, so no real travelling.

19. Can you name all of Santa's reindeer's? No. Here in Germany Santa's reindeers are not as famous/popular. Only Rudolph really

20. Angel on the tree top or a star? A star

21. Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning? I think traditionally in Germany presents are opened on Christmas Eve (at least in my family) but more and more families switch to Christmas morning

22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? Hectic people.

23. Favorite ornament theme or color? None

24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Something special

25. What do you want for Christmas this year? The things I wanted the most I got for my birthday and since I'm a person that hasn't that many wishes, the only thing I can think of is a warm winter cloak for over my medieval dress

TBR Pile

2008-11-24T18:01:00.002+01:00

Ok, my list is not as ridiculously long as Jen's (sorry Jen *g*) but long enough, considering that there are only 12 months in a year and I only get 2 to 3 books down per month at the moment.

Here it is:

An Experiment in Treason - Bruce Alexander
Beedle the Bard - JK Rowling
Blind Justice - Bruce Alexander
Breaking Dawn - Stephenie Meyer
Brisingr - Christopher Paolini
Cost of Freedom - Carol A. Spradling
Death of a Colonial - Bruce Alexander
Der Geschmack von Apfelkernen - Katharina Hagena
Be Careful What You Wish For - Alexandra Potter
Eldest - Christopher Paolini
Emma - Jane Austen
Eragon - Christopher Paolini
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close - Jonathan S. Foer
Illiad - Homer
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Monsters and the Critics - JRR Tolkien
Murder in Grub Street - Bruce Alexander
Myth and Magic. The Art of John Howe - John Howe
Person or Persons Unknown - Bruce Alexander
Persuasion - Jane Austen
Pillar of the Sky - Cecilia Holland
Ptolemy's Gate - Jonathan Stroud
Romeo&Juliet - Shakespeare
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
Smuggler´s Moon - Bruce Alexander
Smuggler's Bride - Darlene Marshall
The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud
The Art of the Lord of the Rings - Gary Russell
The Blade itself - Joe Abercrombie
The Color of Death - Bruce Alexander
The First Time - Joy Fielding
The Golem's Eye - Jonathan Stroud
The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook - Alan Lee
The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco
The name of the wind - Patrick Rothfuss
The Price of Murder - Bruce Alexander
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
Watery Grave - Bruce Alexander

Characters Pics

2008-11-20T20:09:00.004+01:00

Jen brought up the question how our characters might look like / who should play them in a movie:

I found some I could definitively live with:

ELLA (Amy Adams)

ANNA (Lisa Ray)

IMDB

BEN (Matthias Schweighöfer)

SALKIN (Jasen Ackles)

Punishment - the scene

2008-11-20T14:28:00.001+01:00

If you want to read the scene, go here.

It's rather too long to post it here on the blog.

Progress Report

2008-11-19T23:39:00.000+01:00

1. Write my punishment till Friday - CHECK! Ha! :)

Mission: Accountability - 17 November 08

2008-11-18T19:37:00.000+01:00

I want to

1. Write my punishment till Friday

2. Write a scene where Anna is flying home

The Punishment

2008-11-18T12:10:00.002+01:00

Here it is:

Your assignment is as follows:

Write a short scene, using any of your MC's and incorporating the following items:

Rubber duckie (you’re the one)
Turkey
Flute
Walkie talkie
Tire iron
Dialogue tag: He/she growled
Line of Dialogue: “Oh, no you dit’int!”

You must use ALL of them. :) Have fun!

As you can imagine I was completely horrified when I read this ;) Now I will humbly take on the task inflicted upon me, cheered on by the others in malicious glee :)

2008-11-17T19:48:00.002+01:00

If you are writing Science Fiction, as I am, you may find this interesting:

75 words every Sci-Fi fan should know

Mission: Accountability Report

2008-11-17T18:59:00.006+01:00

OK, so I completely forgot to post my goals for last week.

But it doesn't matter, as I didn't do anything (for detailed *g* info see here)

And now I'm rather afraid what my punishment will be, not least because I know what creative minds will think up the punishment.

And, Jen had to go and make this comment

But Nina...Nina...Nina.... *rubs her hands together*

Oh man, must think of a really good punishment for you. (g)

What do you think, am I doomed? :)

Mission: Accountability Report

2008-11-10T21:56:00.000+01:00

1. developing the characters - check
2. developing/outlining the relationship between Anna and Salkin - check
3. reading a Science Fiction book, to get into the mood a bit more - check

Why you should be buying books

2008-11-09T00:54:00.003+01:00

The first reason you can find here.

The second here. Yai Carol!

I've already bought Carol's book (about 10 seconds ago *g*) and I'll be on a book shopping spree on Saturday (although I have to admit that I don't know how the situation is in Germany. But buying books can NEVER be wrong :) )

Mission: Accountability - 3 November 08

2008-11-03T10:16:00.003+01:00

Goal for this week:

- developing the characters (thinking a bit about their backgrounds and such, as it will be needed and important for some scenes)
- developing/outlining the relationship between Anna and Salkin
- reading a Science Fiction book, to get into the mood a bit more

Mission: Accountability Report

2008-11-03T10:14:00.000+01:00

1. Rewrite the crash scene - check
2. Finish reading book - read two others
3. Finish layouting - check

Looks like a good week and I don't have to fear punishment :)

Progress

2008-11-02T13:28:00.003+01:00

I wanted to rework the crash scene this week, because it somehow didn't feel right to me.

I felt it needed more "action", things exploding, panic etc. This is a crash scene after all.

But now that I have read it several times and worked in a few adjustments, I don't feel the need for action anymore. This scene has been kind of quiet, Salkin is listening to what happens on the space ship, without being able to help Anna. Sure, he hears what is going on in the background, but being so far away and hearing Anna staying calm so far, gives him time to contemplate what he'd feel and do, were the roles reversed. And I think it should stay quiet.
He is in a kind of shock, not able to believe that this is really happening, that his superior sacrifices his best friend and colleagues.

Right now I feel this is the way to go. But maybe others will think differently. Maybe I'll post the scene over at Mission: Accountability and see what the others have to say...

Progress Report

2008-11-02T09:51:00.003+01:00

I haven't yet worked on the scene. But I knew that I wouldn't throughout the week, so that is OK. I still have today.

I'm almost finished with the tidied up layout.

I haven't read the book I wanted to, but instead I have read two others in two days (The Next Thing On My List and Eclipse). That still counts I think.

M: A - Kickoff Snip

2008-10-27T18:34:00.003+01:00

...as Jen called it.

To give you some idea of Before and After, here is a short snip.

Before and After (C) 2008

John handed him a pad.

"I thought you might like to the see the results of the [some test]."

Pads of various sizes where strewn about the table, showing charts, test results, images of scans. Jim pushed them aside to make room for his own and studied the one John had given him.
Unknown metals, some alloys with known ones.

"Where were these used?"

"For the outer skin."

Jim looked at John, astonished. Only an idiot would use those metals for the pivotal part of a spacecraft. But then, whoever built this thing, had found out how to make them resistant to the great strain the outer skin had to endure, and created a lighter material than they could have ever hoped to use.

The door to the room opened and Nadiya slipped in.

"Sorry I'm late."

"The Admiral as well. Here, look at this." Jim tossed her the pad.

"That the results of the material test?"

He watched her reading. Saw her eyes widen more and more and knew that she was thinking the same as he had. She let herself fall into a chair.

"That's bloody impossible!"

"Commander, mind your language please." a voice from behind them admonished mildly.

Mission: Accountability - 27 Oct 08

2008-10-27T16:59:00.001+01:00

So, goal for the week:

This week I want to rewrite the crash scene. This will probably not bring about many new words but I don't like the scene as it is right now and have already thought about certain changes.

And I want to finish reading the book I'm at now.

Aaand, I want to finish layouting (is that a word?) a story I wrote a few years back with a friend. My colleague wants to see it and... Well, it needs a tidy layout.

Mission: Accountability

2008-10-27T16:55:00.000+01:00

Jen and Jenna had the great idea to start a working group, where we help each other to stay focused and stick to our goals.

More info here.

Every Monday we'll post our goals for the week and the next Monday we'll see how everyone did. I'm already afraid of the punishments :)

Twilight Trailer

2008-10-10T17:32:00.007+02:00

Ohmigod!

Twilight HD Exclusive Trailer

I've already been sooo hooked by the books (the first one actually, I'll either have to wait for the other translations or get around to get them in English), and I cannot wait for the movie. Looks awesome.

PS: For a larger frame see here http://www.myspace.com/trailerpark

Reading teaches*

2008-10-02T08:38:00.000+02:00

My sister paid me a very nice compliment on Tuesday.

She was talking to her English teacher, who told her, that she spoke a good English. And she answered that she was not that good, that she had a sister (me) who speaks English better than German. Which is not true of course - I think you can never speak a second langauage better than your mother tongue - but I was a bit pleased nevertheless :)
And I've been known to occasionally been called the Walking Dictionary...

So you kids out there who think reading is stupid: It's NOT (And I cannot repeat myself too much. It's Not. Not. Not.). Reading can teach you a lot of things, not only languages. And it really pays to do some out of school reading.

* We who read already know this of course.

New ideas all over the place

2008-09-30T18:29:00.006+02:00

I still rememeber, about 2 years ago (certainly before I started writing Ella) I read a threat over at the Forum where Diana once again wondered about people asking authors where they get their ideas from. And she added something to the affect "The problem for authors really is stopping the ideas from popping up all over the place."

Back then I thought "Well, you are not a real writer then. You may like to write, but you don't have even one idea for a whole book popping up." (You see, I put no pressure on myself. "A whole book" indeed *g*)

Two years later, the situation is exactly the opposite. I have- what, 10? - ideas on a list I keep, one story on the backburner, but simmering on in my mind and one story currently developing (or not at the moment - see my former post *g*).
And just yesterday another story popped up. Phew :)

I guess once you start to earnestly get busy with thinking about writing in general or maybe even a story in particular, everything just gets rolling.
You write and get an idea, but it doesn't fit the story. Make a new story out of it. You read a line in a book/magazine/..., see something on TV, hear something somewhere and think "Hey, that's great/interesting/whatever, but it doesn't fit your story. Make a new story out of it.
And quicker than you can blink, you have a whole bunch of story ideas.

Hey, that's great! Only, it doesn't help with writers block :) *

So for now, I'll be grateful that my brain is indeed able to produce story ideas at random and numerously and I will think about my current block later. :)

* I know that working at a new idea did and does help writers getting on with something they are stuck at. It just doesn't seem to work for me. I start working on something and some time later I am where I'm with Before and After now. I don't want to be one of those people who end up with a dozen half finished stories (nothing against those - I just don't want to be one of them).

Why is writing so hard?

2008-09-27T20:38:00.006+02:00

I don't have the answer. I have just been asking myself this question for the last two hours.

I think I may know where the problem lies but I have absolutely no idea how to go about it.

Before and After is at a stage where I have a pretty good idea what's going on, who the characters are and what kind of person. I have written some mayor scenes (don't be deceived by the word count) and some "sketches", or skipts as I call them.
That's great, I hear you say. No problem.
Wrong! Now that I know what the story is, I don't seem to find the need to write it down. I know everything (I don't, but you know what I mean) there is to know, story finished.
But I want to get it on paper!

I could easily be the only one facing this strange problem (Really, it's stupid! What's causing this blockade?) but maybe some of you have experienced similar or have some good advise.
Meanwhile I will try to help myself with Holly Listle's course, that I haven't made as much progress at as I wish.

Yeah, I'm back...

2008-09-27T16:22:00.007+02:00

And I would like to kick my own butt (if that was possible) for only writing about 1000 words in 14 days. But at least I got all the stuff typed that I had still in longhand...

But I have excuses. These made me spent most of my time outside:

The beach

Butterflies

Seals (at the Ecomare seal sanctuary)

Ships

Nature

The overall very nice weather :)

9/11

2008-09-11T07:47:00.001+02:00

How much the world has changed since then...

Taking my leave

2008-09-10T20:22:00.000+02:00

for the next two weeks.

I'll be on holiday and back on the 27th.

Goodbye till then! :) And happy writing!

My new bookcase

2008-09-06T11:48:00.004+02:00

So, after I had books all over my living room, I decided to put some of them into cartons and place them in my cellar and bought an additional book case for the rest.

You will notice that some of my Outlander books are missing. I lent them to a colleague whom I converted ;)
And I have some free space left for all the new books that are surely to come. E.g. two new ones that I'm reading right now and four still in the living room. My TBR pile is much larger, but it's a virtual one (namely the Amazon wishlist) as I couldn't handle the actual piles anymore :)

The new one:

The "old" one:

Knitting

2008-09-05T19:35:00.003+02:00

I've always wanted to learn knitting.

Well, now I have decided to teach myself. I've been practising the last 3 hours and I believe I'm getting better. :) It will still be a long run until I can try the Houdini Socks, but I'm getting there.

My godfather's wife can knit very well (she knitted me a "Scotland pullover") but we both don't have the time to get together for her to teach me...

Maybe my mom can show me a bit when where are on holiday from Friday on.

Before and After snippet

2008-08-18T18:25:00.004+02:00

I thought I could post one of the less bad SFDs.

You might not fully understand what exactly is going on, but I thought it's understanable enough.

Here's the snip where Anna confronts her superiors with her findings. But from the Captain's POV.

Murder Mysteries

2008-08-12T20:34:00.003+02:00

I have just gone through some short murder mysteries that are still filed on my old laptop.

And wow, I still love them. Thinking about it, I'm amazed by some of the ideas. And they really play great together.

I don't want to praise myself too much, but I think they are rather good.

Perhaps I should write more of them. Starring one coroner Quentin, that doesn't like those TV crime series too much (I love them btw) but makes good-natured fun of them.

How to Think Sideways - Week 2

2008-08-04T18:18:00.002+02:00

I left out week 1 - for me, week 2 is where the fun starts.

So, we were supposed to draw a mind map with the following "categories":

I love...
I hate...
I need...
I fear...
I am drawn to...
I get shivers from...

I started this on Thursday (my HtTS week starts on Tuesdays) and quickly added a lot of words as they came to mind. I let the sheet lie on the carpet in the middle of my living-room and every time I passed it (which was quite often), I took a look. Every now and then I stopped reading all the words.

And up until now I have added three words. If it's good or bad that I almost instantly got them all - I don't know.

What I noticed is, that a lot of my words relate to each other or belong to two or more "categories."
And that I really got no surprises.

Week 3 starts tomorrow, and I promised myself to sit down tonight and look at the mind map again. And come up with my more hidden and twisted answers. 'Cause I know they are there, but just afraid to appear on paper. But no one is ever going to see this, so what the heck...

TBR August

2008-07-30T22:01:00.003+02:00

Ein Mann wie Mr. Darcy (Jane Austen’s Guide to Dating)
Vermiss mein nicht (A place called here)
Die Bücherdiebin (The Book Thief)
Cost of Freedom (didn't make it in the last months, sorry Carol!)

How to Think Sideways

2008-07-23T18:13:00.002+02:00

I have decided to join the How To Think Sideways course by Holly Listle.

Am I crazy? Maybe :)

You can find all info here.

I hopefully will make a lot of progress (yeah, sure, knowing me) and will post about it here.

Names

2008-07-21T15:33:00.003+02:00

So, where do you find the names for your characters? Do you flip through books with baby names? Search the internet?

My characters usually name themselves. They know their names better than I do anyhow ;) Ella has always been Ella and Anna was immediately Anna Carr.
What I have trouble with afterwards is to rename characters that definitively need to be renamed. Abosaa couldn’t keep his name for obvious reasons (it’s an abbreviation for “A Breath of Snow and Ashes” a book by Diana Gabaldon). I like Edan well enough (as it means fire, and he is a dragon person) but he’ll always be Abosaa for me.
As Jo’s Annique will always be Anneka to me and many others.

What I do when I need a name that isn’t coming to me and when I don’t have time to think up one, is to just insert some random name. Captain Jim Knopf is named after this fellow (he’s the little black one – a string puppet). Lt. Commander John Doe’s name needs no explanation.

And for everyone wondering who the heck these people are: I’ll post some snips later on. :)

Origami Gift

2008-07-14T19:01:00.002+02:00

Here are pictures of how the gift looked in the end (wrapped the whole thing in transparent gift wrapper and ribbons after taking the photos)

Wordle

2008-07-11T20:37:00.006+02:00

Found this on Jo's blog

For Before and After:

For my blog:

She never saw...

In the mood

Books I've read in 2009

New cats

Born of Hope

NaNoWriMo, Day 5

NaNoWriMo, Day 3

Book giveaway

NaNoWriMo, Day 2

NaNoWriMo, Day 1

New blog

Cologne - done

Back again and going ;)

Poland - done

I'll be away

Jen hosts a contest

Writing Marathon, Day 2

Writing Marathon, Day 1

Progress

Flowers

Two snippets

Progress

I have no words

Progress

Progress

Star Trek XI

STAR TREK

Ella II

Ella

Born of Hope

Spring

New Harry Potter trailer

Happy Easter!

London

DABWAHA and TSL Contest

Props for Writers

It's *really* official now

Weather

Pet Peeve

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

In the End

Werewolf

I'm not dead

M:A Progress

M:A Progress

M:A Progress

M:A Progress

Love snow

Winter Wondeland

M:A Progress

Salkin?

M:A Progress

Resolutions for 2009

Happy New Year!

Books I've read in 2008

Resolutions of 2008

M:A Progress

M:A Progress

Mission: Accountability – 29 December 08

Merry Christmas everyone!

I won!

Bookwormed

Christmas is drawing closer

Fun with Ralf Schmitz

And what am I to read NOW?

Holiday Food

A Fun Christmas Survey

TBR Pile

Characters Pics

Punishment - the scene

Progress Report

Mission: Accountability - 17 November 08

The Punishment

Mission: Accountability Report

Mission: Accountability Report

Why you should be buying books

Mission: Accountability - 3 November 08

Mission: Accountability Report

Progress

Progress Report

It's really official now