Lux Aeterna

This is pretty cool. This photo shoot was my idea, and I art directed it:




            

I got a review copy of Incarceron! Feel free to be jealous.

Last week, we had a dinner party at our creative director's house for an article, and it was photographed by one of our amazing photographers! Look at Lacy and her meat pie! ;)

I'm going to rock and roll BAND CAMP.

I'm going to sing in a rock and roll band, y'all.

For realz.

I totally have this! And I'm not even kidding.

56 of the more than 1,500 photos I took on my press trip here.

I plan to write the whole thing up soon, probably with more photos. :)

Four years ago today I stood there, in that church in Santa Fe, and promised to love Brandon Renner forever and ever.

Easiest promise I ever made.

(More photos here.  Of the most beautiful day of my life.  If you're interested.)

This is BRILLIANT: http://eternal-earthbound-pets.com/Home_Page.html

There was just an ad on my LJ that said "BUST SANTA'S ZIT and play other fun games!" Not only is that WILDLY out of season, it's also disgusting.

In other news, I woke up at 5:30 this morning, went down stairs, made coffee, and worked on my novel for an hour. BECAUSE I'M JUST THAT AWESOME.

I'm meeting with a new writing group next month and I'm really looking forward to it. Go book!

GUYS.

I found out something very important this weekend:

I weigh only 3 pounds more than Tyra Banks.

THAT'S RIGHT. Crazy Tyra and I are like SISTERS we're so much alike.




Can't you see it?

OK. Well, the thought that she and I weigh almost the same has actually been making me feel better about myself. Of course, if I could look like that in a swimsuit, that would make my life THAT MUCH BETTER.

But I'll take what I can get. ;)

Some thoughts I had this morning about GateFail and other Scifi shows that deal with body swapping:

I'm not hugely into either fandom, so those with more knowledge can step up to correct me as needed, but I was thinking this morning about the ways that Supernatural deals with bodyswapping (as opposed to Stargate, for those just joining us). In Supernatural, the demons regularly take over human bodies (as do the angels who appear in S4), and it's treated by Sam and Dean as a huge evil, so much so that they develop a sort of moral issue with whether or not it's OK to kill the demon (by stabbing it with a magic knife, shooting it with a magic gun, etc.) because it also kills the person the demon inhabits.

In fact, if I remember correctly, there are several instances where they discuss the morality of demons possessing other bodies. The demon Ruby claims, at one point, that her new body wasn't being used, because the woman was in a coma and effectively dead; this is supposed to point out that she's not a typical demon, just body hopping at will. Sam tries to convince Dean that his way of exorcising demons is better because it forces the demon to leave the body without harming the person (at least in theory). And there's a whole episode dedicated to the poor guy who gets called to be a vessel for the angel Castiel, and how he (sort of) has a choice in the matter, because the angels are (sort of) the good guys.

Anyway, I've got no conclusions here, just thinking out loud about this and the fact that at least Supernatural scratches the surface a bit of the moral issues involved with swapping consciousnesses in and out of bodies.

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In other news, I think I dreamed a TV pilot last night, complete with Nathan Fillion cast as the love interest, and when I started writing it down this morning, it just exploded in a cascade of ideas, a lot of them to do with bodyswapping — which is, I'm sure, why I started thinking about Supernatural and Stargate this morning. I might write up what I've got of the idea later and post it, because it would be really interesting, I think, to do a book/show in which these issues were actually explored in a responsible way.

In fact, I imagined a whole scene that parallels the major problem scene in "Sabotage" but has a very different outcome. ;)

Boulder is weird.

I sat for 35 minutes apparently right next to the real-life ghost hunter I was supposed to be interviewing without either of us knowing it. Then, as I left, I passed a middle aged man standing on a corner with a bright green, handwritten sign not protesting something or asking for money, but advertising a two-bedroom apartment for rent. Finally, as I accelerated up the on ramp onto the 36 highway, I saw three hitchhikers, honest to god hitchhikers, with a sign saying “South Denver” in a place that would be hazardous to everyone involved for someone to stop and actually pick them up. And then I passed a deer munching on the median.

I love my boys. <3

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A New Look for ‘Liar’ :

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has told PW exclusively that it will change the controversial cover of Justine Larbalestier’s 'Liar.' Bloggers and the author herself had criticized the publisher’s choice of a white girl with long, straight tresses for a novel about an African-American girl with "nappy" hair.

I am in need of helps, O interwebs!

So, I'm working on this scene in my book and it goes a little something like this:

Character A and character B are attracted to each other and there is much UST. Character A wants and NEEDS character B to do something, and so he is using their mutual attraction to convince character B to do what he wants. [Note: he does not want or need her to have sex with him or anything like that; it's something completely unrelated to their attraction.]

My question is this: what scenes can you recommend to me in mainstream literature or fanfic (because god knows fic writers can bring the sexy and the UST!) in which something similar takes place? I needs inspirations.

Anything and everything appreciated. Muchos gracias.

This was my kitchen/dining room all set up for our housewarming party last weekend.

I love how bright and airy everything looks in this photo.

It rained, so unfortunately we had to nix our plans to show a movie in the back yard, but I think a good time was still had by all.

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Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you. (Please note: If you simply wish to comment on something I've said but don't want to participate in the meme, that is fine. I will only give you five words if you specifically comment you with 'Words!')

shaggydogstail gave me: Rose, editing, magazines, reviewing, drawing

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My contest has started! Go over to thespiralnotebook.com to enter — and please enter. (I'm a little worried that I won't have enough entries!!!)

Also, feel free to pimp the contest far and wide. Everybody likes Harry Potter! Everybody likes free books! :D

Guess what, peeps!

I'm going to be giving away FIVE gift packs of Harry Potter paperbacks, books 5, 6 and 7, over at The Spiral Notebook starting next week! I'll be giving them away over a four-week period, and I have NO IDEA what my criteria for winning should be!

Thoughts? Ideas? What do we think? A drabble fest with a randomly-chosen winner each week? Best Harry Potter-related story? Best photo of you or someone you love in a costume?

Any and all ideas appreciated, and I'll be sure to let you know when the contest starts!!!!