Archive for May, 2007
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Ever since I first designed the Manor it has been my dream to see it built. A project of such magnitude would cost billions. As such, until I’m a rich as Scrooge McDuck, the Manor remains plans on paper. However, my favorit room in the Manor, is of course it’s giant library. When I was [...]
Posted in The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library, books |
Saturday, May 19, 2007
The Twighlight Manor is a vast mansion, in it’s glory it had over 500 rooms, all funished with artifacts from Sir Roderic’s travels around the world. Al~Keem later added his own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Etiole and finally EelKat would continue to add to the Manor. The Library, sits at the heart of the [...]
Posted in The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library, books |
Saturday, May 19, 2007
What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?
Where is The Twighlight Manor?
Can I visit The Twighlight Manor?
The Twighlight Manor is a house that I designed but never built, so no you can’t visit it. The Manor is a stone castle-like fortress, 4 stories tall, with a triple level basement, and dungeon below them. The dungeon [...]
Posted in The Twighlight Manor |
Saturday, May 19, 2007
I’ve been online since August of 1997. I travel and post on more than 100 differant forums and message boards, most of them ProBoards sites.Those who know me, know that I also go by the name of EelKat. Thus, I am often asked why. Why is a simple yet complex answer.
The more appropriate question should [...]
Posted in EelKat |
Friday, May 18, 2007
during IceStorm ‘98 when we were snowbound and I had nothing to do, cause our electricity went out, I staied up all night long writing a short story (by flashlight) about a character I use alot in my other stories. It started out as me being bored and just writing ramdom events for their lives… [...]
Posted in Kramer, Life, The Twighlight Manor, Vwoodell, authors, books, life blogging, writers, writing |
Friday, May 18, 2007
ng IceStorm ‘98 when we were snowbound and I had nothing to do, cause our electricity went out, I staied up all night long writing a short story (by flashlight) about a character I use alot in my other stories. It started out as me being bored and just writing ramdom events for their lives… [...]
Posted in Kramer, Maine, The Twighlight Manor, Vwoodell, authors, books, writers, writing |
Friday, May 18, 2007
well, I came on here today, because I am working on my novel… the one for this chalenge this time! it’s a ghost story, about a haunted house with several assorted ghosts living in it.
the “prime ghost” is the ghost of a black cat
the secondary ghost is a spirit possessed tree in the front yard
other [...]
Posted in EelKat, Gothic, authors, books, ghosts, haunted houses, horror, writers, writing |
Friday, May 18, 2007
orane is my color: my car is orange, my room is orange, my bookshelves are orane, most of my clothes are orange, my recliner chair is orange, my blankets are orange, my atv is orang metalflake… I even have an orange cat
See more progress on: have a signature color
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. [...]
Posted in colors, life blogging, orange |
Thursday, May 17, 2007
most goths sew because there are very few stores that carry cloths from the Gothic, Victorian, Edwardian, or Empire eras
See more progress on: go gothic and not care what people think
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat
Posted in Edwardian, Gothic, Victorian, clothes, stores |
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Yesterday I wrote above and beyound my daily 1000 – 2000 words a day. Only problem is, what I wrote was not for my current book project! I had this idea for an older project I was working on a few years back, and just sat down and wrote and wrote and rote. I got [...]
Posted in authors, books, ideas, life blogging, planning, plots, writers, writing |
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
My favorite color is orange.
My second favorite color is blue.
I also like pink.
My favorite city is Old Orchard Beach.
My favorite place to walk is The Ross Forest.
My favorite view is the rocky coast of Maine.
My favorite Disney character is Scrooge McDuck.
My favorite super hero is Darkwing Duck.
My favorite Disney villain is NegaDuck.
My second favorite Disney [...]
Posted in EelKat, authors, books, life blogging, science fiction |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
got mine off eBay for only $200!!!! (that’s very cheap for a REAL one)… it’s made of brushed beaver-shin and dates from the 1850’s, I wear it every chance I can get, I love it!
See more progress on: buy a top hat
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat
Posted in Edwardian, Gothic, Victorian, clothes, top hat |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Last week my Buff Cocker Spainal (Buddy) and my mom’s Old English Sheepdog (Toby), both had a blue stripe added to their hair.
See more progress on: Dye my dog’s hair blue
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat
Posted in Buddy, blue, cocker spanial, dog |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
I DID IT!!! WOO_HOO!!!! I own my own publishing house! *Running back and forth doing Snoopy dances on the ceiling!*
Actually, I did this, years and years ago, but have been treating it as a hobby thing… in 2005 I set out the make it my home business, and that is where I’m going now. So [...]
Posted in The Twighlight Manor Press, books, publishing |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
In 1997 I dyed the white on my black and white Bearded Collie (Junior) blue to match my hair, which at that time was blue
See more progress on: Dye my dog’s hair blue
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat
Posted in Junior, bearded collie, blue, dog |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Joining an online writer’s group was the best thing I ever did to boost my self esteem as a writer. I ended up joining about 20 differant online writing groups, I visit most of them only once every 4 or 5 months, however NaNoWriMo.org is one that I am on almost every week. The folks [...]
Posted in NaNoWriMo, authors, books, writers, writing |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
POTC:
A movie about pirates.Johnny Depp is in it.Johnny Depp is a pirate.
Need I say more?
See more progress on: Watch Pirates of the Caribbean “At World’s End”
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat
Posted in Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Caribbean, movies, pirates |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
I’ve started, right now I am trying out various online sources of extra (suplimental)income. Here is what I’ve added to my list so far:
84 shops on CafePress3 Zazzle Galleriesadded AdSence to my blogsjoined Suidoo/created a few lenses
I have a publishing house, which I am just starting to get “online” (it’s been around since the ‘70’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
As a devoted fan of F.O.W.L. (Feindish Organization of World Larceny), I join in in this goal of having an evil lair, in hopes that NegaDuck, SteelBeak, and the Fearsome Five choose it for their next secret hideout.
See more progress on: have an evil lair for my evil organization
This Post copyright Wendy C. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Well, I’m 2 weeks into May, and not sticking to my schedual very well. I’m getting about 700 words a day, done at a rate of one in every 3 days! I need to at least try to write more often or maybe write more when I do write. I did so much better during [...]
Posted in Gothic, authors, books, ghosts, haunted, haunted houses, horror, writers, writing |
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
My new book (Shiver) is well underway:
summary and outlines have been written up; the plot is semi-worked out; the cover has already been made and approved; the first chapter is going along good
I’m striving to write 1000 to 2000 words a day. I figure that I can do that, cause I’ve done it before through [...]
Posted in Gothic, authors, books, ghosts, haunted houses, horror, writers, writing |
Monday, May 14, 2007
Have you ever watched Star Trek and heard Kirk tell Sulu to raise the deflector shields? I was reading a sci-fi writers forum today, and found a debat on wither or not a writer should use shields on their ships, and if so what are those shields like, how to they work, etc.? Of course [...]
Posted in Crystonites, Flamites, The Twighlight Manor, VISION~D8, aliens, sci-fi, science fiction, short stories, space ship |
Monday, May 14, 2007
Just on the news: yet another body has been pulled out of the Saco River. What’s it been, 300 years now? A death every year. Each and every year, some years there are 2 or even 3 deaths.
This Post copyright Wendy C. Allen 2007. EelKat
Posted in Maine, Saco, curse, haunted, river, water |
Monday, May 14, 2007
I’ve been writing sci-fi since 1978; in my early stories (1978-1982 era) was a man with an intelect beyound anything imaginable, he found talking with others (esp humans) boring, and so created a machine, about the size of a lage book (12×14″), that when opened had a screen on the top and a typepad/keyboard on [...]
Posted in Etiole, Phozeen, The Twighlight Manor, aliens, authors, fiction, sci-fi, science fiction, short stories, writer's block, writers, writing |
Monday, May 14, 2007
What is the differance between a space ship and a star ship?
I don’t know if this is considered “cannon” to the general sci-fi genre or not; or how it compares to other writers and what they do, but I write sci-fi and this is what I do for my own stories:
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shuttle crafts:
can only be used [...]
Posted in aliens, authors, sci-fi, science fiction, space ship, star ship, writer's block, writers, writing |