My daughter and I had a girls day today, just us, complete with dress up and photo shoot and junk food and silly movies! This is how the…
My daughter and I had a girls day today, just us, complete with dress up and photo shoot and junk food and silly movies! This is how the photos came out so far, The day was gorgeous and the chocolate and salty chips were a real treat, after the chinese take-out. / We had a great time! / The wonderful and imaginative Thomas Dodd suggested she would make a great Alice if I were to do an Alice in Wonderland series, let’s see what I can do with that! / / / The Other Side / / / that one I added texture layers and grunge brush work….. / Painted background behind the “mirror” which is a dodged and painted out window / / Layered with another photoshop layer I made with cloud and wind. /
Special thanks to the moderators of the That One Great Shot Group for selecting one …
Special thanks to the moderators of the That One Great Shot Group for selecting one of my most treasured images, Face Off! as one of the 12 featured works for this month.
*This month’s feature is my very first group feature journal write-up, if it’s well received I’ll be doing more and feel free to drop me …
This month’s feature is my very first group feature journal write-up, if it’s well received I’ll be doing more and feel free to drop me a b-mail to make a suggestion for a group that needs a closer look, you can also comment on the forum post if you prefer. This feature is about a group called Blood and Mortar / Blood and Mortar is a place for modern supernatural art and written verse. We all know the sub-culture, but do we really appreciate it for what it is? Many movies and novels have been at the forefront of developing these supernatural modern grim settings and they have become something of an enterprise on their own. / Comic books, movies, novels and video games have picked up on the sub-culture and developed it something we all know and in some cases can relate to. / The dark and often horror-oriented worlds portrayed with modern supernatural tales often tell a story based loosely in morality, but far too often in romantic pursuits. The idea of gothic-romance seems to be appealing to just about anyone, regardless of their inherent tastes in entertainment, or personal interests in life. / A good example that broke the mold early on is the famed Harry Potter novel series. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Harry Potter legacy, have you been living under a rock?! But seriously, the story focuses on a boy who is deigned to be great and the so-called savior of a secret wizard world that exists on the borders on the normal one inhabited by what they call muggles, AKA normal people. While the series of novels, that have spawned both a movie franchise and various types of games, shows the readers a whole magical world that is like an ephemeral mist around our heads, it focuses mainly on the personal and emotional experiences of the young Potter. / This is often a staple in the gritty underworld of modern magic and monstrous storyscapes. These tales manifest often as stories we would otherwise see as romance or emotionally developmental tales, but are told using mystical props and so they often appeal to a wider audience. / Even the simple thing like the monster under the bed or the boogeyman in the closet are examples of modern supernatural stories. We take these tales for granted, but who among us can say that they don’t have a deep seeded fear of the dark somewhere in the back of their minds and hearts. It’s not just the dark, or the idea of a mugger or something so trivial…it’s the unknown hidden in shadow among us that we fear and respect so much. Blood and Mortar Hosts / Great Links to Modern Supernatural research elements and entertainment, if you can think of other great modern supernatural stuff on the net, link them up in a comment, to add a text link, place quotations before and after the text and add a colon right afterwards with the URL of the link. Underworld / World of Darkness / Nightbane / Harry Potter / Anita Blake / Twilight) / Savanna Vampires / Kim Harrison / Willowmere Chronicles / The Craft / Condemned / Dean Koontz / Stephen King / Bloodties / Kindred the Embraced / Dead Rising / The Librarian / Resident Evil / Alone in the Dark) / Monster Squad / Ghostbusters
At this time I have received a positive review from the Writer’s Literary Agency who want to represent my work for “Darkness Within”. T…
At this time I have received a positive review from the Writer’s Literary Agency who want to represent my work for “Darkness Within”. They require that I either submit to them a critique—done by someone who has the credentials of an editor, or they will refer me to an editor for the process. After that it becomes a matter of signing a contract with the agency, that states I can fire them at any time I am not pleased with their work, and I maintain all rights from the book. As some of you may know, the work is not finished; I still have a couple of months to get from point A to point B; however I do already have the ending written out, and some of the chapters leading up to it. If any of you know someone that has the credentials of an editor that would be interested in taking the time to go over my work, and offer a critique, your services would be invaluable. The agency tells me that I am looking at spending about $70-$90 for a professional critique; and of course I am trying the doors to see if I can get an editor for less than that. If I don’t find one in the next three days, I will be going with the editor that the agency refers me to. Tor expressed interest in my work at one time, and this is something that I plan to bring to the attention of the agency-possibly I can find an editor through them, and thereby seal my chances with publication by them as well. On the other hand, if I find an editor for less than $70, I will take them up on their offer-give their credentials to the agency, and, as a side-note, mention to them that Tor was interested in my work; perhaps the agency can pull a few strings that will either get me accepted by Tor, or at the very least, offer me a rejection that I don’t have to wait 6-8 months for. Soooooo, everyone keep your fingers crossed, say your prayers to your dieties—whether they be male, female, or endrogenous; and maybe something really swell will happen, and put “Darkness Within” up on the shelf for publication…~
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8 days left to get your pre-order in! Twenty years ago every light, every electronic device, every power plant, nuclear reactor and even satellites went dead…for one hour. In one hour the world tore itself apart as something we had spent thousands of years trying to forget came for us. We ignored all warnings, we refused to believe it was true and in one hour everything that had taken generations to forget undid us and all our grand inventions. The survivors came to call that dark hour Nightfall, the day the world ended and Hell was born. Live now, in the final five years of the reign of mankind and see if you can survive the coming dark. Weigh yourself against a world tearing itself apart and come to know if you are lacking. Discover why we were once afraid of the dark. So this is how you pre-order a copy of Nightfall 2011: special Edition. The cover price is $45.95, but if you pre-order today, you can buy your copy for $30 USD. Once Nightfall is ready to ship, you’ll be contacted with the total shipping cost and once it clears, its off to your house and then into your gaming den. The special edition of Nightfall 2011 will not be sold any other way, this is it. The special edition includes two setting fiction short stories, 1 new playable species that will NEVER be printed again and of course, the adoration of other Nightfall players who don’t have your playable creature, the Half-breed Vampire. We will only be taking pre-orders for the special edition until July 26th at midnight (GMT -5) and Nightfall will ship August 1st 2009, pre-order customers will be contacted with the shipping cost between those dates to give them a chance to get their paypal payment in. Make sure you leave a customer note with your Paypal payment you make and input your valid shipping information with full name. Check out a preview here: The preview is loaded on Lulu, but if you’re having trouble with it loading, you can download it directly from my website HERE just be gentle on my bandwidth :P Also posted on the forums
Nightfall has just been released less than 20 minutes ago and already it’s a success! With an overwhelming request for pre-order copies we hope people will be playing Nightfall all over the country or countries really since of course we sell it online. The special edition pre-order copies may now be gone, but you get the regular issue paperback for $45.95 from Lulu at our online store. Our store also has a great and very handy download pack where you can grab the character sheet, character point tracker and more to make sure you don’t have to muck up your copy of Nightfall 2011 to have something decent to write on. Keep checking in because our very first expansion book “FNR Database: Reanimates” is coming out soon as well as survivor journals, the GM Interactive Assistant CD and more! Nightfall 2011 in our online store Nightfall info page on our website RPGnet post about Nightfall being released where I posted this in the forums because I’m an obsessive compulsive SOME NIGHTFALL GOODIES
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“Grateful” has been honoured aga in…this time in Creative Cards…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Dream, Forests, Prize Challenges, Watercolour Painting, and it was the winner of the Watercolour Challenge in PIMT..incidently, after “The Trees Blue Night”, it’s my biggest seller ...I’m very grateful… / Grateful Grateful tonight for the sight of a single star, / Grateful for memories salvaged from afar. / Grateful for this time of silent peace, / Grateful beyond words when the mad echoes cease. / Grateful for deliverance from a private hell, / Grateful beyond what a human voice can tell. / Grateful for the wonder of human love, / Grateful for some strange guidance for above. / Grateful for life, / Grateful for rebirth, / Grateful forever / To live joyously on the earth ...James Kavanaugh…my favourite contemporary poet… Thank you so much
“*Grateful” has been honoured again…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Drea…
“Grateful” has been honoured again…it has been featured on the Home Page, and other groups such as …Snow Glorious Snow, Live Love Dream, Forests, Prize Challenges, Watercolour Painting, and it was the winner of the Watercolour Challenge in PIMT..incidently, after “The Trees Blue Night”, it’s my biggest seller ...I’m very grateful… / Grateful Grateful tonight for the sight of a single star, / Grateful for memories salvaged from afar. / Grateful for this time of silent peace, / Grateful beyond words when the mad echoes cease. / Grateful for deliverance from a private hell, / Grateful beyond what a human voice can tell. / Grateful for the wonder of human love, / Grateful for some strange guidance for above. / Grateful for life, / Grateful for rebirth, / Grateful forever / To live joyously on the earth ...James Kavanaugh…my favourite contemporary poet… Thank you so much
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I POSSESS THE ANSWERS / I KNOW WHERE TO START / THE FIRST PART IS SO SIMPLE / IT BEGINS AND ENDS / IN MY HEART I FULLY UNDERSTAND / THAT IN…
I POSSESS THE ANSWERS / I KNOW WHERE TO START / THE FIRST PART IS SO SIMPLE / IT BEGINS AND ENDS / IN MY HEART I FULLY UNDERSTAND / THAT IN THIS WARFARE / THAT I NEVER WANTED / THERE ARE THOSE / WHO DON’T / WANT TO HEAR / WHAT I HAVE TO SAY / THEY ONLY WANT / ME TO SAY / WHAT THEY WANT / TO HEAR I ABHOR THIS INSENSITIVITY / THIS SELF-ABSORBTION / HOWEVER / I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE / ARE TOO WEAK TO CHANGE / EVEN AS THE CHOOSE TO BE BLIND AND THEREFORE / I MUST DETACH MYSELF / FROM THEIR INFLUENCE / AS IT HAS NO BENEFIT TO ME WHATSOEVER I WOULD ENCOURAGE / PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE / ALL THINGS / BUT SOME WANT MORE / THAN THEY DESERVE AND FURTHERMORE / THEY WANT TO TAKE / FROM ME / EVEN AS THEY TAKE / FROM EACH OTHER HOWEVER / THEY CANNOT TAKE / FROM ME / WHAT IT IS I KNOW / AND I WILL ONLY SHARE / WHAT I WANT TO SHOW AND I KNOW NOW / THAT I AM / A PECULIAR PERSON / SOMETIMES WITH A HEART / TOO COLD I KNOW THAT / I CAN BE CHARMING / A THERAPIST / A WRITER / AND AN ARTIST / WHILE MY BODY GROWS OLD AND I ONLY WANT / THE BEST / WITH THE PERCEPTION / I RETAIN / KNOWING / THAT MY BEST INTENTIONS / WERE NOT IN VAIN HOWEVER LIFE IT WOULD SEEM / IS A ONE-SIDED SHOW / THE CORRUPT INHERIT / THE PRIZES / MEANT FOR THE MEEK / WHILE THOSE WHO APPEAR WEAK / ARE GIVEN RICHES INTERNALLY / AND THEREIN LIES / THE GRAND ILLUSION… HOWEVER THE GRANDEST / OF ILLUSIONS / IS BELIEVING WE ARE / ALL THE SAME INSIDE / IF THIS IS TRUE / THEN WHY / DO SOME OF US / HAVE TO HIDE / WHEN WE DON’T CHOOSE TO? ANOTHER LIFE / ANOTHER PROVING GROUND / HOWEVER PEOPLE / REMAIN CONSTANT / AND ALL ENLIGHTENMENT IS GOOD FOR / IS SEPERATING YOURSELF / FROM THE GRAND ILLUSION AND THEREIN IS ESTABLISHED / CONFUSION / WHEN YOU CANNOT / MAKE THE PIECES FIT / LEAVING YOURSELF TO ASK / IS IT REALLY WORTH IT? ANOTHER DAY GOES BY / LIFE MOVES ON / WHILE I SING MY SONG / AND WONDER IF TODAY / I WILL HAVE THE ANSWER / I SEEK / AS I ALREADY HAVE / THE ANSWER TO / THE EQUATION… SHOULD I BE GRATEFUL / FOR THIS INSIGHT / RATHER THAN BE DISILLUSIONED? / MONEY IS HONEY / BUT I NEVER CARED MUCH / FOR BEES AND SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE THIS / SOME ARE LADYBUGS / OTHERS ARE BUTTERFLIES / SOME ARE WASPS / THAT STING HOWEVER I CAN RECOGNIZE / THEM ALL / IN SPITE OF THE MASKS / THEY WEAR / FAKE IT UNTIL YOU MAKE / BUT I NEVER CARED MUCH / FOR WEARING A MASK IF THEY DON’T HAVE / YOUR BEST INTENTIONS / IN MIND / SMILE AND NOD / AND SEND THEM ON THEIR WAY / THEY ARE NOT WORTH / YOUR TIME / THEY OFFER ONLY / A CLOUDY DAY VAGARIES AND ILLUSIONS / IS ALL THAT THEY BRING / MASKS AND CLOAKS / OF DECEIT AND CONFUSION / THAT DON’T HELP / YOU SING BUT TAKE HEART / AND BE OF GOOD CHEER / MAYBE IN A DAY / OR A YEAR / YOU WILL HAVE / THE ANSWER TO / THE EQUATION / THAT COMPLETES / THE FINAL RHYME AND WHEN FALLS / THE FINAL CURTAIN / YOU CAN SMILE / FOR YOU WILL KNOW / FOR CERTAIN / THAT ALL THE / POINTLESS WORDS OFFERED / WILL BLOW THROUGH YOU / IN THE MISTS OF TIME
The love of money is assuredly the root of all evil. You don’t believe me? Than consider this; some Christian communities are heard speak…
The love of money is assuredly the root of all evil. You don’t believe me? Than consider this; some Christian communities are heard speaking against the rights of the gay community because Christianity when used for money, is the easiest religion that can make a church wealthy, whether it is right in its intentions or whether it is wrong—with mass hysteria all things are possible. (Not all Christians believe this way; most are the fanatics that raise their voices the loudest to be heard.) / / People are people. Or are we too blind to see this? The gay community bleeds the same blood as the heterosexuals do and they aren’t hurting anybody, but apparently this is ignored because those in power are blinded by the money-signs that some of the Christian communities can generate to justify their cause. Children are not the ones offended by the gay community—instead it is the parents that persuade their children to be offended, and this is wrong; just because the masses believe that something is right, does not make it so. When are we, as a people, going to start thinking for ourselves, rather than listen to the ravings of mad-men that try to hide behind their justifications in the name of God? Those who are offended by this statement are those that try to hide behind this justification; and that doesn’t make it right; anymore than feeding asparagus, beets, yams, and hominy to the homeless is right and justified, because no one wants to eat these unsavory foods, and people can use the tax right-off. If you don’t like the food, what makes you think that the homeless will like it? We may as well be feeding them cat food, and justify our charity in that light. The homeless are treated poorly because they are in a state where they are not given cause to argue—beggars cannot be choosers ( now there is a wonderful Christian attitude to have); I have a better one: Who was it that said, “When I was in prison you did not visit me? When I was hungry you did not feed me? When I was without clothes you did not lend me your cloak”? The gay community is treated in the same light, because they do not have the money and therefore the voice to be heard. I strongly feel that those who refuse to hear the voices of the needy, because they have the money to ignore them are cowards; and again, those who are offended by this should be. The largest adversity and enmity that I find in our society, beyond the structure of the economy and prejudice, is that Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness seems to be delegated and/or relegated by religious dogma; homosexuals find themselves victims of this country’s inability to separate church from state; so that an Old Testament scripture determines the livelihood of homosexuals. According to this religious dogma, it is an abomination for a man to lie down with another man (Lev 20:13)—nowhere does it say however that it is an abomination for a woman to lie down with another woman; it is merely assumed that because man shouldn’t lie with man, then woman shouldn’t lie with woman. However, what does it say about unruly children? (Deut 21: 18-21) That is that they should be stoned to death? My goodness! And what about the eating of shellfish? (Lev 11:10) Is this not also an abomination? Well…in some cases I can see where some shellfish would be pretty bad… The point that I’m trying to make however is that dogma cannot enforce one demand and/or abomination, and leave out the others for convenience sake. Or are we to assume that all children are not in fact unruly? When you get right down to it, the very act of prejudice is unruly; it leads to hate crimes. And yet I don’t propose that the prejudice be stoned to death; rather I propose that those unruly try and exhibit a little more kindness toward those that they obviously don’t understand; or is this truly the nature and reflection of themselves and their god? People believe that the scriptures were written by men who were inspired by God. Here’s a thought: Is it possible that the scriptures were written by men who wanted others to believe that they were inspired by God—look at the evidence around us today… And what difference does it make anyway, if there is in fact supposed to be a separation of church from state? If this were truly the case today—if indeed there was a separation of church from state—then there would be no prejudice, and no dogma relegating and/or delegating the homosexuals’ rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; for it is only the mentality that is compelled—and supposedly righteously justified—by dogma that challenges the livelihood of homosexuals. I am a horror novelist. I write horror-fantasy. However, nowhere in my work will you ever find homosexuals being treated as unjustly as they are in today’s society, or punished for their rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness; rather you will find those who challenge said rights; rich men and women, who profess to have found their wealth by pursuing their calling given to them by God; where in reality these men and women have found wealth through the purses of the blind and ignorant, that fail to see that religion still remains today to be the opiate of the masses. It is time—especially now—that society stops listening to the raving diatribes of fire and brimstone initiated by the rich men and women that profess to be sent by God, and instead start thinking with minds void of self-righteous indignation and/or justification; minds that are void of animosity and prejudice for their fellow man—whether he be homosexual or heterosexual. We’re all in this together. No one gets out of the show alive, and when the Final Curtain falls, you will be all alone; how we treat one another is our testament of who we are, and whether or not we want to strive to be better people than those who have already had their chance, and moved on… Heres a thought: Try to be good to each other. Pay it forward. Then you can say incontrovertibly that you lived a rich life. And remember, if you don’t like the food you eat, what makes you think that you are benifiting anybody who is hungry by giving it to them? Consider this the next time you offer food that you don’t want to the homeless. And consider whether or not you are a coward the next time you don’t give the gay community the rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. In closing: I allow ANYONE to use this commentary where they think that it wil be of benifit. Copy and paste it anywhere and everywhere that you want to. Maybe one person cannot make a differance in this world; but two shooting stars gracing the skies together just might… Think about it. T~
First Place winner in Impressionism Cafe Challenge “Landscape in Winter” Winner of many challenges, and featured on the Home Page ...
First Place winner in Impressionism Cafe Challenge “Landscape in Winter” Winner of many challenges, and featured on the Home Page / Grateful Top Ten Winner in the Visual Texture Challenge “Texture of Materials“ / India 1 Top Ten Winner in Impressionism Cafe “Landscape in Springtime / On the Way to Somewhere Top Ten Winner in If It doesn’t Belong’s challenge “Homage to Let’s Pay Homage“ / Homage to Cezanne Featured in Imaginative Realism / Towards The Light 2 3rd feature in 2 days Featured in Journal Junkies / Challenge Winners and Top Ten Placements Featured in JPG Cast-Offs / There’s a Light in the Darkness Featured in Dimensions / Night..A Blaze of Glory Thanks so much to all who made these features and wins possible…I am deeply grateful Previous Wins...click HERE
Creating my first little art video has been a hard labor of love. It reconne…
Creating my first little art video has been a hard labor of love. It reconnected me with my passion for composing music and it feels good to express myself in this new, multi-media format. It is so personal. I’ve included video clips from my video diaries, spoken word, thoughts and some new pictures and previously unpublished images. From the deepest depths of my heart and soul to yours…. Black and White Emotions experience FEEL c o n n e c t / XO / jaeda :) /
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