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July 7, 2015 / Courtney / Writing

passion

all i can think to say

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

July 1, 2015 / Courtney / Writing

ANNOUNCING: The Dying of the Light

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 …

June 24, 2015 / Courtney / Writing

#AMEDITING CHICKEN

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 …

June 17, 2015 / Courtney / Writing

The Game of Thrones: Everyone you love must die.

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 …

June 16, 2015 / Courtney / Creativity

Movies, books, and hobbits

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 …

May 26, 2015 / Courtney

The world I want to live in

I want to live in a world where I can be unrestrained, passionate, an artist, a writer, a poet, a sci-fi/fantasy/superheroes geek, a quantum physics dabbler, a Jesus-follower, a wife, mother, a daughter, a friend, a sister, a photographer, a foodie, a singer, a collector of ridiculous junk, a lover of everything about the cramazing …

May 26, 2015 / Courtney / Creativity

You can’t be bad at art.

When it comes to art, even personalities that aren’t perfectionist suddenly descend into weird, nit-picky hangups. “It doesn’t look right.” “It doesn’t look real enough.” The one who never alphabetizes her books will develop a dire need for right angles and even planes. The one who can’t keep his pantry in any semblance of order …

May 26, 2015 / Courtney / Writing

The Theory of Women’s Fantasy Armor, Explained

Thanks to the following tweets a while back, this post wrote itself. You’re welcome.

theoryofwomensfantasyarmor

Make sure your heroines can’t get taken out by an easy crossbow shot, y’all.

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You might also find of interest: Can We Bare It Or Bear It: The Breasts of Superheroines.

May 22, 2015 / Courtney / Writing

Game of Thrones and Semen Receptacles

So, the most recent Game of Thrones episode. WARNING SPOILERS TRIGGER WARNING concerning rape and the victimization of women. Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 6, “Unbowed, Unbent, Unbroken” I still haven’t watched the episode. And it’s likely I’m not gonna. And it’s possible I won’t be watching the show at all anymore. The day …

May 19, 2015 / Courtney

What’s the scariest book you ever read?

This post has been languishing in Drafts for a couple of eternities. I think it began life as a comment I left on someone else’s blog — possibly Chuck Wendig’s. I thought it worth sharing here. What’s the scariest book you ever read? House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski “The Fall of the House …