And here, dahlings, my ode to Full Circle Bookstore, my favorite bookstore in Oklahoma City. I penned the first draft on one of my first visits to Full Circle after moving back here from Germany in 2007. The poem is a snapshot of that evening as the husband and I sat and perused and listened …
Hile, inkslingers, ne’er-do-wells, and sundry, I’ve been neglecting the blog again of late. But I have good reason. A depression low-point struck, and I’ve been self-medicating with Netflix. Also, I was sick with another of my lovely sinus infections, so it’s taken me a bit to bounce back from that. But I’m trying to get …
And now for something that only I might find funny. But I do confess I laughed so hard, I cried. I recently had the toddler (2 years, 10 months) leave Ed a voicemail message. The audio is utterly endearing and cute. But I was in stitches reading the Google Voice transcription: “Hey. And yeah, Hi. …
“Wear a smile on my face, but there’s a demon inside.” –from “Jekyll and Hyde” by Five Finger Death Punch Don’t Google or YouTube that. (No, seriously. Don’t.) I don’t for a moment think it’s a literal demon. Let’s just get that out of the way right from the start. I haven’t invited anything in, …
“Everyone has talent. What is rare is courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.” –Erica Jong Once upon a time, I got stuck and needed rescuing, and the above quote pulled me up out of the sucking quagmire. *squelches* Now, my darlingest readers, in order to help you understand just …
this is the capture
and the crystallization
of a thought concept idea emotion
and all the talk around it
illustration with words
the one thing
to brighten darken collect and sing
crisp the breath
the mind
emboldened to lay aside all reservation
just before the now
deliver ye unto me
the fresh cut the distinctive taste
singular pleasure
texture on the tongue
raw volcanic sensation
remaining locked in a moment
just before the now
no quarter given
relinquish our original
yield up to me the whole
and witness the transformation
from love to always
from made to right
promise me the wine of undiluted delight
and i am yours.
Courtney Weger Cantrell
July 2, 2015
PEOPLE! IT’S ALLLLLLIIIIIIIIIVVVVVE! And that’s no accidental Frankenstein reference, either. The Dying of the Light (Legends of the Light-Walkers, #3) is a monster of a book in more ways than one. It clocks in at 156k words of story and about 550 pages, give or take a “loc” on Kindle. The book has been in …
No real blog post for you today, my beauties. Because: As one is wont to say on Twitter, I #amediting. Feast your peepers: I’m on the FINAL EDIT!!!!! of The Dying of the Light (Legends of the Light-Walkers, #3) (formerly known as Legacy, formerly known as Legend’s Heir), my epic fantasy story of Rafe Skelleran …
My thoughts about the Game of Thrones Season 5 Finale, as posted on Twitter and collected here: I haven’t watched Game of Thrones since hearing about the Sansa-Ramsay debacle warned me off. (I plan to catch up in July.) But apparently several major characters kicked the bucket last Sunday. (DO NOT TELL ME WHO, OR YOU’LL …
Hile, my beloved inklings. I hope this finds you in fine fettle and pie. This is yet another post that has gestated long in my Drafts folder. Its conception occurred when I watched the first of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit movies, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and then read John Scalzi’s review of the same. Since …