Title: Collected Stories
Author: Tennessee Williams
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 1996 (1985)
Pages: 672
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fiction - Short Stories
Source: Bought Copy
Thursday 30 October 2014
Wednesday 29 October 2014
Sketching: Tom Hiddleston
I can't stop drawing Tom Hiddleston lately... it's like a compulsion. Here's one of him just as himself for a change, based on a photo I saw online and fell in love with!
Drawn over approx. 7 hours using pencils 2B and 7H
My scanner always makes my sketches look faint and odd, so I did just tweak the tone in Photoshop so it could be seen more clearly.
Drawn over approx. 7 hours using pencils 2B and 7H
My scanner always makes my sketches look faint and odd, so I did just tweak the tone in Photoshop so it could be seen more clearly.
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Tuesday Top Ten: Modern Plays
So, it's Tuesday once again and time for another top ten. This time, I'm sharing my favourite modern plays. Just to be clear, in my mind a modern play is anything newer than Shakespeare (!) so the list includes Victorian-era pieces as well as 20th century ones.
1) Baby Doll - Williams
2) The Importance of Being Earnest - Wilde
3) Miss Julie - Strindberg
4) Art - Reza
5) A Doll's House - Ibsen
6) Spring Awakening - Wedekind
7) The Cherry Orchard - Chekov
8) Amadeus - Schaffer
9) Speed-the-Plow - Mamet
10) Boeing-Boeing - Camoletti
1) Baby Doll - Williams
2) The Importance of Being Earnest - Wilde
3) Miss Julie - Strindberg
4) Art - Reza
5) A Doll's House - Ibsen
6) Spring Awakening - Wedekind
7) The Cherry Orchard - Chekov
8) Amadeus - Schaffer
9) Speed-the-Plow - Mamet
10) Boeing-Boeing - Camoletti
Sunday 26 October 2014
Wayward Ink Publishing Halloween Sale
Wayward Ink Publishing is celebrating Halloween with a book sale and they’ve got nothing but treats for you! Everything on the WIP website is 30% off for eight days. This sale applies to both published titles and those in the Coming Soon section of the website, so make sure to check them all and buy your favorites!
You can take advantage of this Halloween sale from Sunday October 26th to Sunday November 2nd.
If you'd like to use this discount to check out some of my writing, you can find my short story 'The Raider' (writing as Asta Idonea) in the Stranded anthology.
WIP buy pages to check
WIP releases: http://www.waywardinkpublishing.com/shop/
WIP coming soon list: http://www.waywardinkpublishing.com/product-category/coming-soon/
Tuesday 21 October 2014
Tuesday Top Ten: Classical Composers
So, today's top ten are my favourite classical composers. After musical theatre and opera, classical music is my next favourite style. You'll notice there are a few opera composers in my top ten.... :)
1) Mozart
2) Wagner
3) Debussy
4) Bach
5) Schumann
6) Schubert
7) Dowland
8) Verdi
9) Grainger
10) Rachmaninov
1) Mozart
2) Wagner
3) Debussy
4) Bach
5) Schumann
6) Schubert
7) Dowland
8) Verdi
9) Grainger
10) Rachmaninov
Friday 17 October 2014
Follow Friday # 70
Share the song you can't stop listening to
Well, music is hugely important to me. I love to play instruments and sing and always have a song in my head. Which song changes according to my mood and which tracks have caught my fancy at any particular time. I will sing something to death for weeks before moving on to something new.
Read on for my current music obsessions....
Well, music is hugely important to me. I love to play instruments and sing and always have a song in my head. Which song changes according to my mood and which tracks have caught my fancy at any particular time. I will sing something to death for weeks before moving on to something new.
Read on for my current music obsessions....
Wednesday 15 October 2014
Book Review: Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin # 2) by Robin Lafevers
Title: Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin # 2)
Author: Robin LaFevers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: April 2013
Pages: 405
Format: E-Book - EPUB
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Author: Robin LaFevers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: April 2013
Pages: 405
Format: E-Book - EPUB
Genre: YA Historical Fantasy
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Tuesday Top Ten: Television Series
Sorry I'm a little later this week. Got so involved with my writing this afternoon that I nearly forgot to put this up!
Anyhow, this week my ten favourite television programmes. Again, tough, as I could pick more than ten. Plus, these are the top ten, but the order is flexible as I like many equally! :)
1) Hannibal
2) Supernatural
3) Sherlock
4) Red Dwarf (UK)
5) Originals
6) Being Human (UK)
7) Alias
8) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
9) Blacklist
10) Game of Thrones
Anyhow, this week my ten favourite television programmes. Again, tough, as I could pick more than ten. Plus, these are the top ten, but the order is flexible as I like many equally! :)
1) Hannibal
2) Supernatural
3) Sherlock
4) Red Dwarf (UK)
5) Originals
6) Being Human (UK)
7) Alias
8) Buffy the Vampire Slayer
9) Blacklist
10) Game of Thrones
Friday 10 October 2014
Release Day: Stranded Anthology (featuring my story 'The Raider') (M/M 18+yrs)
Today is release day for the M/M anthology Stranded
which features my first published M/M story 'The Raider', written under
my alternate pen name, Asta Idonea. Graphic M/M sex means this is an
18+ years read, but if it's your sort of thing, I hope you'll check it
out. Read on for more info!
Definition – Stranded
adjective
The boys in this collection of short stories have most definitely been left STRANDED!
Definition – Stranded
adjective
- (of a boat, sailor, or sea creature) left aground on a shore.
- left without the means to move from somewhere.
The boys in this collection of short stories have most definitely been left STRANDED!
They’ve been shipwrecked and abandoned.
Marooned and cast away.
And left helpless and high and dry.
But you should never underestimate the tenacity of the human heart…
Thursday 9 October 2014
Book Review: High-Rise by J. G. Ballard
Title: High-Rise
Author: J. G. Ballard
Publisher: Liveright
Publication Date: 2012 (1975)
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fiction
Source: Bought Copy
Author: J. G. Ballard
Publisher: Liveright
Publication Date: 2012 (1975)
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Genre: Fiction
Source: Bought Copy
Wednesday 8 October 2014
Book Promo: A Closed Door by Andrew Q. Gordon (M/M 18+yrs)
Today I welcome Andrew Q. Gordon to the blog to tell us a little about his new M/M release A Closed Door....
Book Blurb
Outted at thirteen, Orin Merritt left home after high school hoping to escape the hell his life had become. Ten years later when a tornado destroys his childhood home and kills his parents, Orin finds himself in an entirely new nightmare. One he can't run away from.
Book Blurb
Outted at thirteen, Orin Merritt left home after high school hoping to escape the hell his life had become. Ten years later when a tornado destroys his childhood home and kills his parents, Orin finds himself in an entirely new nightmare. One he can't run away from.
Blaming himself for
failing the two people who always loved and supported him, he returns home
and confronts his past in the person of his one-time best friend, Thomas
Kennett. Thomas not only rejected him when Orin came out, he led the
group that tormented Orin into leaving.
As he struggles to
deal with his grief, Orin also labors to fulfill the pledge he made to his
parents before their death. In the process, Orin learns that
sometimes when you go away to find yourself, you leave the answers you're
looking for behind.
Tuesday 7 October 2014
Tuesday Top Ten: Artists
Welcome back to my Tuesday Top Ten series. Today.... artists.
1) J W Waterhouse
2) Dante Gabriel Rosetti
3) John Everett Millais
4) Leonardo Da Vinci
5) Botticelli
6) J M W Turner
7) Claude Monet
8) Francis Bernard Dicksee
9) Jacques Louis David
10) Edgar Degas
1) J W Waterhouse
2) Dante Gabriel Rosetti
Book Review: Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets
Title: Two Hundred and Twenty-One Baker Streets
Author: Various
Publisher: Abaddon
Publication Date: 7 October 2014
Pages: 384
Format: E-Book - PDF
Genre: Fiction
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Author: Various
Publisher: Abaddon
Publication Date: 7 October 2014
Pages: 384
Format: E-Book - PDF
Genre: Fiction
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Monday 6 October 2014
Book Review: The Penguin Book of Norse Myths
Title: The Penguin Book of Norse Myths
Author: Kevin Crossley-Holland
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 2011 (1980)
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Genre: Folklore/Mythology
Source: Bought Copy
Author: Kevin Crossley-Holland
Publisher: Penguin
Publication Date: 2011 (1980)
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Genre: Folklore/Mythology
Source: Bought Copy
Saturday 4 October 2014
Book Review: The Fine Print of Self-Publishing by Mark Levine
Title: The Fine Print of Self-Publishing
Author: Mark Levine
Publisher: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
Publication Date: January 2014
Pages: 272
Format: E-Book - EPUB
Genre: Non-Fiction
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Author: Mark Levine
Publisher: Bascom Hill Publishing Group
Publication Date: January 2014
Pages: 272
Format: E-Book - EPUB
Genre: Non-Fiction
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Thursday 2 October 2014
Book Review: Complete Screenwriting Course (Teach Yourself Series)
Title: Complete Screenwriting Course
Author: Charles Harris
Publisher: Teach Yourself - John Murray Press
Publication Date: 17 October 2014
Pages: 288
Format: E-Book - PDF
Genre: Non-Fiction
Source: ARC via NetGalley
Author: Charles Harris
Publisher: Teach Yourself - John Murray Press
Publication Date: 17 October 2014
Pages: 288
Format: E-Book - PDF
Genre: Non-Fiction
Source: ARC via NetGalley
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