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The Bibliophile's Library
(Whispers of the Muse)
Created on 2005-10-05 04:36:19 (#8463821), last updated 2009-12-16
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BioThis is my writing journal, where I keep my various fan works. (Now with 50% more footnotes and hyperlinks: behold that I Did Research to write insert-piece-here and will happily reproduce it for you.) Please friend at will: I like to have some indication people actually visit here.
As for my biography, here are some of my defining characteristics:
1. I'm a bibliophile, and as such, have a highly developed vocabulary (I love learning words no one ever uses) and am a veritable font of trivia. In Real Life, I am never found without a book on my person, and suspect I would experience withdrawal symptoms if I didn't carry one.
2. In writing (my own and others'), I'm a stickler for correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and of course, doing the research. This is a manifestation of my inner perfectionist.
3. I write extensively, usually fan fiction or poetry. My fandom beginnings are in Harry Potter, but I've lately begun to delve into the worlds of House M.D., Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed (not necessarily in that order of obsession/priority).
4. I majored in English, made an abortive attempt at a minor in elementary education, and will be pursuing dual certification in early childhood education and early childhood special ed. beginning in January of 2010. I still cherish dreams of a writing career.
5. I'm an unashamed feminist (though not misandristic), a liberal, and a strong believer in environmental conservation and gender equality.
6. My religious background is Judeo-Christian, but I've self-identified as Wiccan since age 16 and remain a solitary practitioner (eclectic with Dianic leanings and identification with the Greek and Roman pantheons).
7. My sense of humor tends toward the cynical, but actually, I'm a pragmatist with an idealistic streak.
8. I can be extremely stubborn (i.e., to the point of obstinacy), and cling to my convictions with the proverbial death-grip.
9. I suffer neither fools nor blind followers.
10. I am not afraid to be different.
Favorite Quotes:
"This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple "I must," then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your whole life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse." —Rainer Maria Rilke, "Letters to a Young Poet."
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." —Neil Gaiman, "The Sandman: Dream Country."
"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around. Stories exist independently of their players. If you know that, the knowledge is power." —Terry Pratchett, "Witches Abroad."
"There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself." —Mark Twain
"The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time." —Gargoyles, "A Lighthouse on the Sea of Time."
"Sing in me, Muse, and through me, tell the story…" —Homer, "The Odyssey."
"One can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." —Lewis Carroll, “Through the Looking-Glass.”
"Nearby is the country they call life./ You will know it by its seriousness." —Rainer Maria Rilke
"Every sorceress is/ A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't/ Face limitation." —Louise Gluck, "Circe's Power."
"Hide it/ Just between the tart skin and sweet flesh/ Of an apple/ Make it / Forbidden/ Make it/ Delicious/ Then let the children/ Bite." —Esmé Raji Codell, "How to Teach Learning."
"I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." —Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Dirge Without Music."
"Fire shadows on the wall,/ A hand rises, falls, as steady as a heartbeat,/ Threading the strands of life./ This is the warp thread, this the woof,/ This the hero-line, this the fool./ Needle and scissors, scissors and pins,/ Where one life ends, another begins." —Jane Yolen, "The Fates."
As for my biography, here are some of my defining characteristics:
1. I'm a bibliophile, and as such, have a highly developed vocabulary (I love learning words no one ever uses) and am a veritable font of trivia. In Real Life, I am never found without a book on my person, and suspect I would experience withdrawal symptoms if I didn't carry one.
2. In writing (my own and others'), I'm a stickler for correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and of course, doing the research. This is a manifestation of my inner perfectionist.
3. I write extensively, usually fan fiction or poetry. My fandom beginnings are in Harry Potter, but I've lately begun to delve into the worlds of House M.D., Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed (not necessarily in that order of obsession/priority).
4. I majored in English, made an abortive attempt at a minor in elementary education, and will be pursuing dual certification in early childhood education and early childhood special ed. beginning in January of 2010. I still cherish dreams of a writing career.
5. I'm an unashamed feminist (though not misandristic), a liberal, and a strong believer in environmental conservation and gender equality.
6. My religious background is Judeo-Christian, but I've self-identified as Wiccan since age 16 and remain a solitary practitioner (eclectic with Dianic leanings and identification with the Greek and Roman pantheons).
7. My sense of humor tends toward the cynical, but actually, I'm a pragmatist with an idealistic streak.
8. I can be extremely stubborn (i.e., to the point of obstinacy), and cling to my convictions with the proverbial death-grip.
9. I suffer neither fools nor blind followers.
10. I am not afraid to be different.
Favorite Quotes:
"This most of all: ask yourself in the most silent hour of your night: must I write? Dig into yourself for a deep answer. And if this answer rings out in assent, if you meet this solemn question with a strong, simple "I must," then build your life in accordance with this necessity; your whole life, even into its humblest and most indifferent hour, must become a sign and witness to this impulse." —Rainer Maria Rilke, "Letters to a Young Poet."
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot." —Neil Gaiman, "The Sandman: Dream Country."
"People think that stories are shaped by people. In fact, it's the other way around. Stories exist independently of their players. If you know that, the knowledge is power." —Terry Pratchett, "Witches Abroad."
"There is only one right form for a story and if you fail to find that form the story will not tell itself." —Mark Twain
"The written word is all that stands between memory and oblivion. Without books as our anchors, we are cast adrift, neither teaching nor learning. They are windows on the past, mirrors on the present, and prisms reflecting all possible futures. Books are lighthouses erected in the dark sea of time." —Gargoyles, "A Lighthouse on the Sea of Time."
"Sing in me, Muse, and through me, tell the story…" —Homer, "The Odyssey."
"One can't believe impossible things."
"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." —Lewis Carroll, “Through the Looking-Glass.”
"Nearby is the country they call life./ You will know it by its seriousness." —Rainer Maria Rilke
"Every sorceress is/ A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can't/ Face limitation." —Louise Gluck, "Circe's Power."
"Hide it/ Just between the tart skin and sweet flesh/ Of an apple/ Make it / Forbidden/ Make it/ Delicious/ Then let the children/ Bite." —Esmé Raji Codell, "How to Teach Learning."
"I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned." —Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Dirge Without Music."
"Fire shadows on the wall,/ A hand rises, falls, as steady as a heartbeat,/ Threading the strands of life./ This is the warp thread, this the woof,/ This the hero-line, this the fool./ Needle and scissors, scissors and pins,/ Where one life ends, another begins." —Jane Yolen, "The Fates."
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