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  1. Pygmalions of the Computer Age

    Pygmalion as you all know (what do you mean you don't know?! You are on a literature forum after all! ) was the legendary Greek Sculptor who fell in love with the woman he carved out of ivory. He loved her so much that the Goddess Aphrodite took pity on him and granted her life. They then married and had a son and lived happily ever after

    Pygmalion has become a metaphor for the Creator falling in love with the Created and this metaphor has been explored by writers and artists ...
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  2. working in a bookshop is just great!

    by , 02-22-2008 at 08:02 PM (Away with the Fairies- The Travel Diary of an Irish WebFairy)
    One of my pals in work is relocating to our head office. She was out there the other day and decided to have a glance through some of the proofs and advance copies of novels and brought a pile of them back to the airport. She hand selected a couple for a few of us.
    And guess what! One of the two book she chose for me was the new Faerie realm book by Herbie Brennen called Faerie Lord! I love this series and its great to have a copy of it a month before it is released! I get to judge whether ...
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  3. I'm still here

    by , 02-22-2008 at 05:42 PM (My Blog...How original.)
    ok.... i'm taking a brake from the story.

    so what's been going on in Shurtzie's life? at the moment... a dress that i've been working on sewing for the past month i messed up on so i had to rip it all out... well most of it!!!!!

    some people of noted it, but my music has been changing. i use to be only country and soundtracks. but now i'm listening to rock and stuff like that. hmmm... let me show you the newest songs i've been listening to. or at least the ...
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  4. Benadiction

    by , 02-22-2008 at 12:32 PM (Sci Fi Story)
    I went to the Cathedral for the Parish Seat. Louisiana is one the few states not to have counties. The equivalent to a county is a Parish. Anyways, I was praying for my daughter. Its her 16th year of life beauty and happiness. I stopped to purchase a small cross. Its golden and silver with and engraved medal on the back. The cross gets hot when I am hot, and stays hot when I am cold. Its nice to just put it on.

    Please don't judge me too harshly, and allow me to read to you ...
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  5. just a collection

    this entry's just a collection of short writings. last night i really tried to write out in more words. the ones before it are written a little sooner.

    "heart beating fast,
    it happened like this once
    I read the words
    and it got this thing started

    to life
    back to beautiful shadows,
    start a clean page,
    and turn the light off.
    start a clean page,
    and turn the light off."

    "hello. i am ...
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