http://silvercatcher.com A Young Adult Fantasy Series Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:15:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reading: The Fellowship of the Ring- J.R.R. Tolkien Listening to: TV on the Radio This summer has been difficult for writing. Earlier in the spring I finished Sava's third book, and I thought I'd take a break from writing in order to get ready for college this fall, to take a vacation, ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=304 I may be curled fetal, or I may be running, but I know there is nothing beneath me but a broad expanse of soft, dissonant chords and crooked images, half-hearted allusions and whispered sentences. Is there a word for this? There’s a feeling, halfway between heart and lung, a ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=294 An etude I wrote about a week ago: May I speak to you? May I attempt a thought, but no more than two? Or perhaps not, not when there’s all the shit, shit, shit that’s hiding any tangible, concrete, solid and no not liquid evidence that there is something of ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=291 Listening to: Blind Pilot Reading: The Code of the Warrior by Shannon E. French In the past few weeks, I've been incredibly excited. Why? A new book idea. And I love those. It's interesting how they come about- a brief sentence in one book, or an interesting moment in government class- and ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=286 Reading: The End by Salvatore Scibona Listening to: Shuffle---Elvis, and then Bollywood. What a collection of songs on iTunes I have. A couple weeks ago, I looked at my nearly 150 completed pages and realized it was all wrong. And started over on page 30 something. What a bummer, honestly. Sometimes I ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=208 Listening to: Agricantus Reading: Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov [just finished] and One True Thing by Anna Quindlen [just started] A few days ago, I found myself in a position in which I suddenly didn't know if writing was 'worth it.' The situation was a fight, and some nasty things were said, and ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=186 Listening to: Beethoven Symphonies Reading: Four Quartets by T.S. Eliot [again...] What goes into determining a character? With a new book idea tugging at the back of my mind recently, I've been thinking a lot about this. I recently StumbledUpon this website about character characteristics- a page titled something like 1001 character ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=183 Reading: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Listening To: Guster I wonder, where does the time go? One day I swear I was sweltering in the ridiculous heat of Bangladesh- and now, suddenly, there's ice outside my window and fallen trees down the street. Geez. Along with that- I can remember the ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=177 Listening to: Three Legged Fox Reading: Villette by Charlotte Bronte (Supposed to be reading: The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, as well as Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot...Oh boy) I am in a room that is spinning. Perhaps you see me, standing like a broken doll, with a dangling arm and ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=165 Listening to: Bruce Springsteen I was sick last weekend with the flu, and, without any energy to move off my couch, I somehow stumbled across a fantasy TV series called the Legend of the Seeker. Oddly enough, I've never been one to particularly watch or read Fantasy, although I've tried much ... http://silvercatcher.com/?p=160