Abigail M. Jones

mydarkenedeyes:

Spencer Finch - 366, Emily Dickinson’s Miraculous Year (2009)

This work is based on Emily Dickinson in 1862, when she wrote 366 poems in 365 days. It is a real-time memorial to that year, which burns for exactly one year. The sculpture is comprised of 366 individual candles arranged in a linear sequence, each of which burns for 24 hours. The colour of each candle matches a colour mentioned in the corresponding poem. For the poems in which no colour is mentioned, the candles are made out of natural paraffin.

Wow! This is so cool!

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Cassandra Clare: writing question

cassandraclare:

hi cassie, i was just wondering how you think up character? do you like, think about them intently and what their purpose in the book should be and how they’d work out in the book, or do you just think of it suddenly and work something out while writing the book? thanks

— theocallaghanballs

I think all authors have their metaphors for character development. Stephen King says it’s like digging up a piece of driftwood on a beach that reveals its shape as you go. I think of characters as adding on a little bit of themselves every day like a coral reef until they’re fully formed.

teachingliteracy:

amandaonwriting:

10 New Year’s Resolutions for Writers

Make time to write every day.

Create an online presence as an author.

Complete one piece of writing at a time.

Read more.

Find a place to write and make it your own.

Set deadlines and submit your work.

If you’re stuck, try a new genre

Take a course to help you with your writing.

Connect with other authors and find your community.

Learn about ePublishing, learn how to market, and sell, your books and yourself as an author.

by Amanda Patterson From Writers Write

ok

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sassy-avenger:

Mortal characters.

(Source: fearlessdaylighter, via cassandraclare)

male character:

i made a mistake

fandom:

oh you poor misunderstood soul

female character:

i made a mistake

fandom:

WANTON MISTRESS OF THE NIGHT, RETURN TO THE SHADOWS FROM WHENCE YOU CAME, THIS IS NO PLACE FOR YOUR SELFISHNESS PLEASE GO BACK TO YOUR HOME ON WHORE ISLAND

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones: Teaser Trailer

cassandraclare:

GO WATCH THE TRAILER. NOW NOW NOW! :)

I don’t know what countries you can see it from, etc, and I have no control over that, but I know you guys. You’ll figure it out.

I SO cannot wait for this!!

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NaNoWriMo

As a personal goal this month I’ve decided to take on the NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) challenge! Since I’m finished with the initial creation phase of my first book, Fated, I’ll be writing my second. Wish me luck, November is a busy month and I’m already a week in. Word count so far: 1237. Many, many, many more to go!

7 Nov 2012

rpattzaddict:

lol

It makes me all happy that he said this…

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discoverynews:

“You’ve got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause for love that I can’t hide. For you I know I’d even try to turn the tide. Because you’re mine, I walk the line”

— Johnny Cash

Ancient Egyptian Fake Toes, Earliest Prosthetics

Two ancient Egyptian wooden toes have been confirmed as the world’s oldest prosthetics.

Discovered in the necropolis of Thebe near present-day Luxor, the two artificial toes — the so-called Greville Chester toe housed in the British Museum and the Tabaketenmut toe at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo — have been called by several experts the earliest prosthetic devices in existence.

Exquisitely crafted from cartonnage (a sort of papier maché mixture made using linen, glue and plaster) the Greville Chester toe dates from before 600 BC and comes in the shape of the right big toe and a portion of the right foot.

The other false toe, a three-part wood and leather artifact dating from between 950 to 710 B.C., was found attached to the right toe of a mummy identified as Tabaketenmut. She was a priest’s daughter who might have lost her toe following gangrene triggered by diabetes.

walk hard…