Waking Revelation

[LizPennies]

Multi-verses are not always born in a “BANG,” but rather a “pop.”

Here I am ruler. No. I am a god! Here I am all the all-powerful! In a blink I can give one superpowers. In a single breath, an alien invasion can rain down from the high heavens. I can inspire whooshing gusts of icy wind, or the singing of birds, bathing in sun.

SLAM! A billion screams, only to be extinguished in the same instant they were birthed.

“I’m home.” The shutting door snuffed out the daydream.

“MAA-om! You just killed an entire galaxy, I’ll have you know!”

[ROU Killing Time]

Much more imaginative than the usual raining frogs or locusts. It gets so lonely sitting up on high though, doesn't it? Maybe we could do lunch sometime and compare notes.

[ROU Killing Time]

"To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high achievement. Those who cannot do this will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven." Lao-Tsu

[LizPennies]

"To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high achievement. Those who cannot do this will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven." Lao-Tsu

You are speaking my language now. I LOVE Lao-Tsu philosophy. And I'd love some lunch too, if you weren't in Portland. How about I meet you on the astral plain for some Chinese.

[ROU Killing Time]

"To let understanding stop at what cannot be understood is a high achievement. Those who cannot do this will be destroyed on the lathe of heaven." Lao-Tsu

You are speaking my language now. I LOVE Lao-Tsu philosophy. And I'd love some lunch too, if you weren't in Portland. How about I meet you on the astral plain for some Chinese.

I'll be hungry again in an hour and have to consume another star system to feel satisfied.

eff-it. It's tasty. Sure, you're on.

(Incidentally, The Lathe of Heaven is one of my favorite novels, set in Portland, written by Portland's most famous author, attempting to write in the mode of Philip K. Dick. If you haven't read this masterwork by Ursula K. LeGuin, I highly recommend that you do. There is also an excellent film version starring a very young Bruce Davison as the prime-mover, George Orr. Avoid the AMC version starring James Caan, Lucas Haas, and Lisa Bonet like the plague, however.)

[ROU Killing Time]

Oh, I Love your signature quote: "A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story."

I've felt so self-conscious this past year+ or so, feeling like a walking black cloud, and few people want to walk around under that threat of rain.

[LizPennies]

Oh, I Love your signature quote: "A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story."

I've felt so self-conscious this past year+ or so, feeling like a walking black cloud, and few people want to walk around under that threat of rain.

I'm sorry for that. But yes, it's my personal philosophy in story telling. I wrote a chunk of life experience for a memoir project my first semester back to school. Not the happiest of tales, but I told it with sarcasm, irony, and a dash of humor to taste. This is the piece that subsequently won me the Superior Writer's Award. Don't feel shy about drawing off dark moments.

[ROU Killing Time]

Oh, I Love your signature quote: "A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story."

I've felt so self-conscious this past year+ or so, feeling like a walking black cloud, and few people want to walk around under that threat of rain.

I'm sorry for that. But yes, it's my personal philosophy in story telling. I wrote a chunk of life experience for a memoir project my first semester back to school. Not the happiest of tales, but I told it with sarcasm, irony, and a dash of humor to taste. This is the piece that subsequently won me the Superior Writer's Award. Don't feel shy about drawing off dark moments.

As much as I have always desired to write a good fantasy or SF story, in my opinion the pieces that are strongest on re-reading are my autobiographical works.. ... ... ...

[strawman]

ROU, might that not be due to the fact that all the emotions the story is suppose to elicit are already there?

Wordsworth gives his famous definition of poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions recollected in tranquility

[ROU Killing Time]

Doubtlessly true Strawman. I am sure that is I prefer my natural prose and why Liz ended up with an award by drawing on her own life truths.

[HJfiction]

Oh, I Love your signature quote: "A story doesn't have to have be happy, to gain happiness from a story."

I've felt so self-conscious this past year+ or so, feeling like a walking black cloud, and few people want to walk around under that threat of rain.

I'm sorry for that. But yes, it's my personal philosophy in story telling. I wrote a chunk of life experience for a memoir project my first semester back to school. Not the happiest of tales, but I told it with sarcasm, irony, and a dash of humor to taste. This is the piece that subsequently won me the Superior Writer's Award. Don't feel shy about drawing off dark moments.

I find that my fiction that's loosely based on events in my life (which of course includes a basis on people I actually know) are my best pieces of work, bar none. It's so hard to just come up with a story, you know? People don't understand that, how truly talented some horror/fantasy writers are. It's not necessarily about extremely realistic characters or events--it's about the extreme creativity it took to craft their pieces in the first place.

On the drabble: I enjoy your prose. It's easy to read and has this obvious fluidity. I admit that I don't pick up on what exactly is happening in a lot of the drabbles on this site, but as I've mentioned--its' not my usual cup of tea. I've enjoyed a good 95% of the work here. Everybody is significantly different.