I’m sending in my entry now; quite the prize to compete for! Anyone with a novel wanting pure gold comments should check it out.
Heidi out.
Clearing the Pallet, and an AMA
I’m in the middle of a short story, one which will go to On Spec before their submission period closes (Jan 15th!). It’s an update of an idea that got me down the path of short stories, and I’m enjoying playing with it some more.
There’s a great AMA over in r/Fantasy by none other than that Kingkiller Patrick Rothfuss. Can’t wait for the next book!
Some pictures for yoooouuuuuu!
Well, it’s my six-year Cakeday on Reddit today. In honor of the occasion, I put together Imgur albums of all my pics!
Have a browse, there’s some good stuff there. Like these:
So if you want more… go here.
And for regular pics: here.
Some might not be safe for work (just weird/hard to explain to coworkers etc).
Cheers.
Heidi out.
THE END.
Well, the first draft of my screenplay is finished! My latest novel, Luka and Iso, is adapted for the silver screen. I have editing to do still of course, and actually quite a large chunk that I need to compress… But the bulk is done.
Typing those two words, “THE END.” at the finish was actually far more satisfying than I thought it would be. After all, I’ve written three books and dozens of short stories… but none of them actually have the words “THE END.” at the end. They just sort of- stop.
But with the screenplay, it’s customary to put “THE END.” at the end. And it felt good.
And now, as is my custom, I will take a break from it for two weeks, and work on a short story. I’ll come back to it fresh, wielding my axe in one hand and my scalpel in the other. Both help me cut away, in broad, messy chunks, followed up with precise, delicate cuts.
So good readers, Happy New Year. I wish you the best of luck with all your creative endeavours!
Cheers,
Heidi
Happy Holidays!
Just wanted to wish my wonderful readers a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Hope you’ve had a good one.
Love,
Heidi
Times When / Snowpocalypse
Times when I exclaim “What is this, the dark ages‽”
☐ When at a Renaissance Fair
☐ When India suspends its Polio vaccination program
☐ When the whole of Russia is in chaos over apocalypse fears
☑ When I am on a slow computer
Snowed a bunch here in Vancouver today. I am continually amazed at how horribly the city handles it. Traffic is a mess. Whole intersections, like Cambie and Broadway today, turn into lakes. Power was out to 50k people. And the icing on the cake… our brand new bridge, the new Port Mann (2.46 billion dollar project), had to be shut down after it started raining down ice bombs on cars below, injuring 2, and causing 60 ICBC claims.
Thankfully I had the luxury of being inside for the day; I spent the morning at the cafe, leaving at 12:30 with a huge wordcount under my belt. It’s going swimmingly.
Then I spent the afternoon doing Christmas present related things… 
I love getting presents together.
Anyone playing Dragonvale (yes yes, I play Dragonvale) is likely just as excited as I am that currently *every dragon can be bought or bred*. I can hardly decide which ones to try for first JK IT’S TOTALLY THE LEAP YEAR DRAGON GUYS.
Pictures today: what it looks like in an Amazon warehouse.
Hope everyone has a safe snowy time. Stay warm and cozy, find something you love and get happy.
Heidi out.
King Tides to Swallow Us Up
In my travels to and from Gibsons recently, I’ve noticed that the high tides have seemed awfully high. Like, really high. Turns out I wasn’t imagining it:
Found on r/Vancouver.
Wow, right?
And it turns out the next King Tide is on my birthday!
In other news, my Secret Santa received the gifts I sent them! Seems they liked them. 🙂
On the writing front, I had a tremendous day; hid the midpoint of my screenplay adaptation and wrote for five hours straight!
Cheers all.
Heidi out.
26 Minutes.
26 minutes.
A lot can happen in 26 minutes. Tomorrow, I do believe movie theatre audiences will be put to the test.
Is 26 minutes too long?
Are 26 minutes of ads and trailers too many?
The time from when my movie ticket says The Hobbit starts…
…to the time the The Hobbit starts.
Is 26 minutes.
The adverts and trailers will take 26 minutes.
26 minutes.
Good News Everyone!
Yet another Good News post! These are my favourite. :3
The scariest short story I’ve ever written has been accepted! “Dark Light 2”, sequel to the wildly successful “Dark Light” will feature my piece, “Duck”. My name will even be on the cover (along with the other contributors; that’s pretty cool!).
Annie hears her mother call from downstairs. As she rushes to go to her, her mother stops her. “Don’t go; I heard it too.”
(Incomplete cover below.)
I’ll of course let you know when it’s out and link to it and everything. I’m really excited to see this one in print, and really pleased that my attempt at writing something scary-pants actually worked. So here’s to Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly, and to their anthology, “Dark Light 2”.
Thanks for reading.
Heidi out.
One of my favourite books is coming to the silver screen
“Ender’s Game” by my favourite author, Orson Scott Card, is coming to a theatre near you. As with most book-to-film adaptations, I am cautiously optimistic, hesitant, excited, and hoping for the best.
Today, the first look at Ender’s Game left my heart hammering in my ribcage.
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. I think it’s impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves. And then, in that very moment when I love them…. I destroy them.
I am ridiculously excited for this. They cast the battleschool children a little old, but that might be a necessity of having more capable actors to do justice to the complexities of the rolls.
And Ford as Graff… oh man oh man.
Can you feel my heart pounding?
Here’s hoping.
H.G. Bells 