The Place Where Three Dreams Meet

Like the great Doctor Who before me, I decided to do a Nadya's Nights holiday special. Originally, I intended for it to go from December 26th to December 31st with a chapter posted each day and climaxing on New Year's Eve cuz, hey... that'd be pretty rad. Instead, I'm just finishing it tonight. It's gotta few more parts to it than I intended, but that's not a bad thing cuz I think, in the grand scheme of things, it came out pretty awesome.

Anyway, check it out and lemme know what you think.

Nadya's Nights: Frost starts right here:

http://chaoticwritings.wordpress.com/2009/12/27/nadyas-nights-frost-part-one/

Dig it.

Name: Shaz S
Age: 26
Location: Mumbai, India.

About me: Isn't this the most irritating topic ever?
I'm traveller/seeker and an avid observer of life around me. Hence my day-job is being a flight attendant, which I joined in hopes of lots of free travel and ample opportunity to interact with interesting characters. Of course nobody told me about the hectic schedules, the back-breaking labour and passengers blaming you for all their suffering. My college degree says that I am a software engineer but that was a long time ago. I speak English, Hindi, a couple of other minor-Indian languages, a little Arabic and French and I'd love to speak Japanese some day. I love creating things with my hands, so I'm a lot into painting, book-making, crocheting and photography. When I retire I'll open a second-hand bookstore in the foot hills of the Himalayas and offer free tea and conversation to book lovers and weary tourists.

About my journal: It’s brand new. I only started it on the 1st of Jan this year, primarily because I was bored with my old journal. I usually (plan to) update it every couple of days or as and when I have access to the internet. I'm thinking of making it semi-public but haven’t decided on it yet. Here you'll find lots of book reviews/excerpts, occasional movie review, bits and pieces of my ongoing novel, pictures of places and things and a few personal entries as well.

What I write: Besides my travel tales and personal stories, I mostly short stories, poetic prose and poetry. Rarely I do write articles about things I feel really strongly about (climate change, animal rights etc.)

What I don’t write: I have never written fanfics, sci-fi/fantasy, thrillers, vampires etc. because I doubt I have the required creativity for those.

What I read: My favourite genre is Magic Realism but I read everything; Fiction, memoirs, travelogues, Classics, Poetry and non-fiction on psychology, philosophy, physics, astronomy and the paranormal.

What I don’t read: Romances, vampires/ninja/werewolves fiction, drama, autobiographies, chick lit, fanfics etc.

Favourite authors: So many of them. The top 5 would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Haruki Murakami, Douglas Adams, Ruskin Bond, and Jack Kerouac.

Can I critique someone else's work? : Only if you say please.

What I'm looking for: New friends with similar interests. Let’s get the creative energy flowing this New Year.

Hi guys, I've been writing a collection of short-stories based around mental illness in children, and I'd really appreciate some feedback on the formats, and how I've tried to belnd the comedy into the tragedy. So here's a little piece for your amusement.

Title: How to Save a Life
Summary: Arabella has seen enough Jeremy Kyle to know about the issues surrounding suicide and depression. So what will she do when she gets a call from a 17-year-old standing on a bridge, ready to jump?
Rating: T


How to Save a Life

Alex, I think I’m going to kill myself.

 OMG :(

 Please help me, am at bridge

 Im in cinema ttyl

 But I’ll be dead

 :(

   

Agatha, please help me, am at bridge, love you so much, am suicidal, want to hear from you PLEASE

 Darling, you have so much to live for! x

 Really? x

 Yes. Am in cinema, speak later x

 

     Arabella had worked as a consultant on the suicide hotline since the Woolworths in Bath had closed. As she said at the interview, she had no personal experience of suicide, but she watched a lot of shows that dealt with the issues surrounding it, such as Jeremy Kyle, and felt that she had a lot of accumulated wisdom to offer the community.

     “Hello, you’ve reached the NHS suicide hotline thank you for waiting, your call is important to us and may be monitored for training purposes.”

     “Hello?”

     Arabella paused with her diet coke half-way to her lips. “Hello,” she repeated.

     “H-h-h-hello?”  

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The short story competition I wrote this for called for 750 words or less. You can write a story in that length (you can write one in a single sentence with enough skill), but whether I managed to do it well ...

( His days seemed mostly made up of smoking, drinking black coffee, and cutting obituaries out of the local paper, which he then taped to the walls. )

 

Here is a story I started. Enjoy

Title: Missionary
Summary: Jeremiah is a missionary who has set his life to follow God but after returning from home after a three year long missions trip to Africa he has found himself and everyone he knows to be very different. After a he suffers through a great trail everyone must wonder if he will walk away from God and his missions forever.
Rating: Because of the content I will say R
Warnings: Spiritual themes--violence--homosexuality (Not of Jeremiah)



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2amtomorning
If you find yourself at the crossroads of insomnia and insanity, this is the place to channel those demons that keep you sleepless. Vivid pictures, poetry, ruminations, and confessions from the nether hours between dusk and dawn. Originally formed to celebrate the city at night, there's a strong urban theme.

green_future
Dedicated to promoting global sustainability, this community offers a forum for discussing current environmental news, research, and issues with tips on how to make positive, pro-active changes to reduce carbon impact. You'll also find information on how to get involved in eco-activism and learn about events near you (i.e., act local; think global). Offering a wealth of data on earth-friendly products and practices, you'll be inspired to don an organic bamboo cape and save the planet.

wtf_sexism
Self-described as "a little community with a lot of rage," you can soak up impassioned vibes and read blistering exposes detailing sexist attitudes in the news, pop culture, and science! A must-join community if you are, or love, a feminist. (NB: the topic of whether a "man" can be a feminist is outside the scope of this spotlight, but will probably wind up on the Writer's Block.)

Title: Forever and Eternity
Author: Dizzy the Dingo
Summary: COMPLETE. A conversation in the wee hours of morning between James Potter and Lily Evans that brings them to the conclusion that what they share will last forever and eternity. Oneshot. JamesLily. Brief instances of strong language.
Pairing: James Potter and Lily Evans
Rating: Mature (M)
Warnings: Several instances of strong language within.

This fanfic can also be read at FanFiction.Net, under the same penname Dizzy the Dingo. Feel free to go to my journal and follow the link to my FFN profile to read and review there, as well.

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Name: Chasity
Age: 19
Location: Southeastern Michigan

About Me: I'm a college student pursuing my certification as a pharmacy technician. Eventually, I would like to become a psychologist. I'm currently working as a receptionist at H&R Block. That means going to school and work full-time which means my schedule is absolutely crazy. I love to read and write, obviously, and living in Michigan has bred in me an avid appreciation of the outdoors. I love to go biking, walking, swimming, and boating. I currently live with my mother to save money, but I will be looking for an apartment next fall.
About My Journal: My profile gives the most comprehensive description, but it's a large mixture of writing, book reviews, movie reviews, and personal entries. More personal entries than anything else lately.

What I Write: Mostly realistic fiction that centers on family life. Lots of short stories. I have a fantasy and science fiction novel in the works. I believe I will be tackling the fantasy novel by writing straight through without lookiung back because I am a chronic editor. Sometimes I write fanfiction.

What I Don't Write: Comedy as a primary drama and I just don't have patience for historical fiction.

What I read: Historical fiction, memoirs, fantasy, mystery, non-fiction.

What I Don't Read: Romance, comedy as a primary genre.

Could I edit someone else's work: Absolutely!

What I'm Looking For: I haven't been writing very much lately, though I plan to start up again. I'm looking for someone who can give me some good feedback. I am very active in commenting both on writing and personal entries. I am looking for people who really like to get into in-depth discussions about their writing and published works. Ideally, people who add me will be willing to get to know me on a personal basis as well as getting to know me as a writer.

I've developed the habit of re-posting here every New Year's Day or so, so here it goes.

NAME: Mike

AGE: Hitting 40 in March. Wouldn't be so bad if all the music I listened to in high school weren't popping up in heavy rotation on the oldies stations.

LOCATION: Born, raised, and still working on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, but living northwestish of there.

ABOUT ME: I'm married to a theatrical costumer, and we own three adopted cats and a bulldog. My bill-paying job is as an editor/snr. political reporter/general reporter for the Enterprise Newspapers on Cape Cod. I also do some freelance work on the side, and I am a staff writer for two renaissance faire production companies: Pastimes of MA and the Connecticut Renaissance Faire.

I also perform with the former group, mostly in stage combat-heavy roles (I am the company's Mick Foley; they need someone to take a spectacular beating/die a horrible death, that's where you'll find me). This is my hobby and the source of my circle of friends, and I'm lucky enough to have a wide variety of weird friends with esoteric interests. It's like having a living Wikipedia at my fingertips.

Other stuff: I love movies and have a soft spot for bad sci-fi and horror flicks (Netflix has been a gold mine!), I have an obscenely large comic book collection, I read a lot (as any good writer should), and I'm nowadays far more likely to want to play complex board games like Arkham Horror or Munchkin Quest than video games, probably because board games don't discourage social interaction while I play them.

ABOUT MY JOURNAL: It didn't see a lot of activity last year due to A) discovering Facebook and B) having way too much work to do...after spending eight to ten hours a day writing, the last thing I wanted to do was write more. I'm hoping to correct that this year and post more than what I've been watching and reading. I haven't ever written much about my writing here, but I may change that.

WHAT I WRITE: At my job, I write a lot about local, county, and state politics, plus local issues that would probably interest no one here. The bosses gave me a work blog called "Snark-Infested Waters," where I rant and gripe about current issues. At my ren faire jobs I write scripts for the shows' plotlines and for supporting scenes (banter for pub sings, for example).

My side-writing, which I hope one day will be my main writing, goes back and forth between screenplays and prose work (short stories and novels). I focus on genre fiction (sci-fi, horror, fantasy) but I have and will write in any genre, if I have a good story in my head.

WHAT I DON'T WRITE: Poetry. I think I suck at it, but I honestly couldn't distinguish good poetry from bad if my life depended on it, so maybe I'm good.

WHAT I READ: The same stuff I write, generally, though my tastes in fantasy lean toward urban fantasy. I also love reference books and comics.

WHAT I DON'T READ: The bulk of non-fiction can't hold my interest. I don't care for straight dramas, historical pieces, romance stories, divisive political screeds disguised as analysis, and I largely avoid typical sword-and-sorcery fiction because it all seems like the same stuff over and over. I cannot bring myself to read any urban fantasy that features a Buffy-esque ass-kicking fighter of the supernatural or anything that smacks of a "Twilight" knock-off, again because it's just rehashes of rehashes.

FAVORITE BOOKS/AUTHORS: Neil Gaiman, particularly the "Sandman" series and "American Gods"; Naomi Novick's "Temeraire" series; Kim Newman's "Anno Dracula" series; Joss Whedon; Geoff Johns; Adam Warren; the "Harry Potter" series; "The Gun Seller" by Hugh Laurie (yes, THAT Hugh Laurie); Michael Chabon, especially "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay"; "World War Z" by Max Brooks; and my all-time favorite novel, "I Am Legend" by Richard Matheson.

COULD I EDIT SOMEONE ELSE'S WORK?: No. I simply don't have the time and would rather spend my time writing my own stuff than reading someone else's.

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR: Interesting people with interesting things to say, preferably in a thoughtful manner; if your idea of debating involves such tactics as calling people childish names or automatically ignoring information because it comes from a political school of thought different from yours, then nothing to see here, move along, citizen.

Name: I reckon, if you took a guess, you might get it right first time.

Age: I'm in my twenties, I don't like mentioning ages, it draws lines in the sand and categorises people. I say, if you want to add me, then do it, I couldn't give a monkeys if you're 16 or 105.

Location: I'm English, born and bred. I moved around incessantly as I grew up though, currently the number of houses I've lived in are in the mid 30's.

About Me: Where to start..? Maybe with all the tragedy so I can end on a lighter note. My mother was a medium, her influence convinced me in the occult being real, she didn't call herself a medium and she didn't talk about it to anyone other than myself and my family but she saw and spoke to spirits on a regular basis.. she passed away from cancer when I was thirteen.

My younger brother took her death much worse than I did and eventually perhaps because of it and perhaps because of drug abuse (that I was responsible for starting him on the track with, though I gave up using drugs a long time ago now) he developed schizophrenia, I spent quite a few years exclusively caring for him.. partly because of guilt and partly because nobody else would.. he ended up dying a year and a half ago from a drug overdose.

I pretty much shut down and sank into depression following it, completely retreating into myself and doing anything I could to distract myself from thinking about the world, the bubble broke a few months ago and I've almost awoken as a completely different person.

I feel energised, alive, happy, content with my life. I have an amazing wife and a new born child, though I'm not the type that drones on about their family lives.. I have far more interesting things to talk about.

About My Journal: I write all kinds of entries, very seldom do I actually write a 'I did xyz today' kind of entry, though they do happen.. mostly I go over old memories and thoughts and feelings on subjects, even when things happen on the day I'm sitting down to write an entry I'll probably skip it and write about it in a past tense in a few weeks after I've had chance to think about it properly.

Sometimes it's happy, sometimes it's sad. I got described once as 'intelligent, dark and unapproachable' though really I have no idea how true that is as I don't like the idea of being unapproachable, I'd much rather make friends with the people on my list and if you do add me feel completely free to message me anytime.

What I Write: Aside from my entries here, I've written all kinds of things in the past. Poetry, erotica, fiction. I'm willing to give most things a go. I can't vouch for how good any of it is however.

What I Don't Write: I've never really written fantasy or sci fi, not that I dislike those subjects.. they're probably if anything what I've read the most of over the years.. I think they just require a level of investment (world development or research) that I'm unwilling to do, I much prefer just flowing out at random.

What I Read: I used to read a lot of fantasy and cyberpunk genre stuff, these days I don't read fiction really at all.. I mostly entirely read books on western esotericism. Make of that what you will, I'm a very firm believer in it.

What I Don't Read: pretty much anything else these days.

Could I Edit Someone Else's Work: Yes I could.. No I wont.

What Am I Looking For: Anyone really, if you think we'd get along, then we more than likely will. That being said, if I search out people to add myself I look for depth, personality and a sense of individuality.. but those three things apply to a huge amount of people from all walks of life.

As a final note, I'd say, it's pretty hard to judge anyone on a single entry. The way I write is completely influenced by how I feel on any given day. For instance, as a complete contrast.. I wrote this entry for another add me community I'd say, mix this entry with that entry and somewhere in the middle might be closer to what you'll actually get.

melody loosly based on elvis costellos verison of brown to blue, if this helps... any thoughts?
Footsteps over carpet seem to echo in my home,
It’s been so many years since I last lived alone-
I seem to have forgotten how to get on with myself
Living here without you, love, is ruining my health.

And people were so sad to hear what was happening to you
They came here in their numbers looking solemn and so blue
A simple diagnosis made a widow from a wife
When the doctors sentenced you to death
And sentenced me to life.

Well I’m not the kind of woman to be dependent on a man-
So I should cope without you, but I don’t think that I can.
They say that you would want me to find somebody new
But there’s no man alive I’d love as much as I love you.

And people were so sad to hear what was happening to you
They turned up on our doorstep just to ask if it was true
I thought that there was more to me then to simply be your wife
Till the doctors sentenced you to death
And sentenced me to life.

Now you’ve been gone a while, these wounds should start to heal-
Yeah I’ve got a lot of people here to tell me how to feel.
But I miss you in the morning, from our half empty bed
When the sun comes through the window to remind me that you’re dead.

And people were so sad to hear what was happening to you
They came to me in kindness, ‘is there anything I can do?’
Now there’s no more husband, what happens to the wife?
When the doctors sentenced you to death
They sentenced me to life.

This is actually my first time posting in a community. I just wanted to get some feedback on this story I wrote. It's not the first story I wrote, but it's the first that has been posted in a community. Maybe a comment or two?

This was written for our school paper. The editor assigned me to write a story about love. Since the whole school, including the children, are going to receive this paper, I planned to make it child friendly. It was supposed to be about a bratty student who turned out to have leukemia, but since it sounded a little too sad for a child, I changed it to something inspired by children's riddles - Humpty Dumpty. This story narrated in a child's point of view shows her determination to save Humpty Dumpty after feeling sad for his miserable end, that "he couldn't be put together again..."


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Hey guys. Wrote another short story, it's the third one or so that I've posted here. You guys have been tremendously helpful in the past and even if this isn't good it's certainly a step up from my earlier stuff IMO.

I will award any readers/critics with free hugs and internets as well as my thoughts on anything you've written.

Details:
-5,000 words
-Some harsh language
-Fairly darkish tone

If you don't like reading in the LJ format feel free to read it in PDF form here: http://disc.420chan.org/lit/src/Julian%20and%20the%20Worm.pdf

 

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A quick write, non-beta or whatever, just going with an sudden idea in my head.

Might include material that might offend some people. I use a mixture of British and American english, so my grammar and spelling might not be work out for some people.

About the lives of three people in an apartment. I know this is done before but I've never read anything about this so here it goes. Sorry for spelling errors and etc.
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Now,
Here's the score: For 7 years my writing has been a combination of photos and prose, with one influencing the other, often shaping the other.

But,
The last two years I've been in grad school and beginning my career. The writing and photography suffered.

However,
I've got a handle on things now, and the creative habit is returning.

Take this photo of me, for example:



I used it to form a micro-story about two spies who grew to hate each other the day they got stuck underneath the President's Gala Ballroom.
Then I grew to not like the man I was with, but you know how that goes.

If this interests you, add away. I'm looking for creative writers, and if you like to take pictures, let's do this.

Oh yeah: I'm 26, surviving in California with a parrot, no kids.

Name: Sydney
Age: 19 (tomorrow)
Location: Illinois, SIUC

About Me: I've always thought it is more fun to learn about someone as you go. So, I'll give you the basic foundation, and hopefully reading my journal will be a scavenger hunt of About Sydney. As aforementioned, I'm nineteen years young, I attend college at SIUC in Illinois, USA. It's a given that I enjoy to write, I believe in positive verbs and refrain from judging.

About My Journal: Consider it a scrapbook of words. It's a new journal, I discarded my old one. I'll write about whatever reflects me on any given day, whether it be a large entry or a single sentence. On the not of reflecting what I am, I'm generally not a negative person, so it won't be a journal filled with ranting. I like the feel-good messages as well as the bittersweet stories. Some of my smaller pieces of writing will probably be posted there, as well as silly updates on projects.

What I Write: Dramatic Comedies, short stories, light angst, drama, science fiction, satire.

What I Don't Write: Romance eludes me. Whatever I write, whether it be dramatic comedies or science fiction or fantasy, if there is romance involved at all, it is between the lines and up for the reader's interpretation. I don't write vampire stories either (not necessarily because I'm against the current vamp. crazy; it has more to do with the vampires themselves--you'll probably find an explanation for this in a later post in my journal).

What I read: Anything that snags my attention. I don't have a particular category or genre I flock to.

What I Don't Read: Vampires (sorry Anne Rice).

Favorite Authors & Books:
Edward Gorey (I'm aware he's an illustrator, but stories are told).
Susanne Clark - Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Neal Stephenson
Jane Austin (It's almost a requirement)
Tony Vigorito - Just a Couple of Days
Tom Holt
Douglas Adams

Could I edit someone else's work: If someone really needed it and asked me to, yes.

What I'm Looking For: Someone to teach me something new. Someone to teach me something old. Someone who can hold a good conversation through our lovely comment-sessions here on lj. My car keys, but that is irrelevant.

Name: Elyssa

Age: 21

About Me: I am an avid writer currently suffering from an intense bout of writer's block. Despite that, writing is my life and I am very dedicated to my two characters. I would LOVE to make some writing friends (or any friends!), especially those like myself who are devoted to certain characters or stories. I love sharing my characters with others and want very badly to meet people who want to share their characters or worlds with me as well.

About My Journal: I post whatever I write to my journal, no matter how terrible or short it is (and many of my pieces ARE terrible and short XD). I try to update several times a week but I am a slave to my muse so sometimes that changes. My journal is pretty well organized tag-wise so it's easy to navigate.

What I Write: Fiction, mostly, or whatever strikes my fancy. I have spent seven years writing about the same two characters, so they are a major focus of my LJ posts. I do not have one single storyline for these characters, though, but instead use them to explore hundreds of different stories, situations, and worlds. I suppose I should also say they're both men, in case someone is HORRIBLY INSULTED by stories involving two adult men and not, I don't know, anthro vampire albino wolves or whatever.

I also write some more spiritually-minded things (usually pertaining to writing itself) or simple descriptive pieces if the mood strikes me. My writing is usually very short, at most a few paragraphs, so I promise it doesn't take long to read. I also LOVE questions, so if you want to know more about a certain story/character/piece, PLEASE ask! It will make my freaking month. :D

What I Don't Write: Very long pieces, fanfiction, erotica. I also don't usually use my journal for everyday ranting, so don't expect me to post quiz results or to blather on about school/work/friends. However, I don't mind reading journals where people DO do that.

What I Read: Right now, anything! I especially admire writing which focuses on developing particular characters or stories, though. I also prefer short writing to longer pieces, but I'm not that picky.

What I Don't Read: Fanfiction (though I'm open to it if it's creative), graphic erotica, or anything with offensively stereotypical characters (i.e weak or passive female characters, overly feminine or promiscuous gay men, etc).

Can I critique/edit someone else's work: Yes, though you may have to request me to do so.

Please check out my journal if any of this caught your eye. I'm not looking for a following, just some new friends who can rant with me about writer's block, characters, and stories, and would be willing to work through a particular story or idea with me. I promise I'm open and friendly and would love to talk to anyone here regardless of age, gender, or writing preferences. Also, if you think I would enjoy your journal, feel free to send me a message saying just that. :3

Here is another peice up for feed back. It is a peice on lycanthropy but I swear on my children's lives I had the synopsis for this one worked out a year before I even heard of 'Twilight'. What I have here is just the prologue. Essentially the main character has no idea what she is and went through quite a lot as a child because her parents didn't have much of a clue either.

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