http://etoiline.com/ Star-bound musings and rumbles of a glory waiting in the wings; a motley collection of star warriors and stem cells, web design and wacky crushes. Home of the Moonstone Chronicles and Decadence, fantasy novels-in-progress. en-us etoiline@etoiline.com 2011-11-29T23:39:09-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/11/29/spellcliff.php I know I haven't said much about NaNo here this year, but it was sort of a busy time, being ML for the St. Louis region and all. For year eight, I wrote another fantasy (of course). Here's the one-sentence... 924@http://etoiline.com/ celebration 2011-11-29T23:39:09-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/10/21/make_nanowrimo_great.php 923@http://etoiline.com/ writings 2011-10-21T12:37:55-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/09/30/romantic.php Image via WikipediaFrom the oneword prompt "romantic."There was a bottle of wine and a candle on the table when I got home. Next to the candle was a matchbox and a note:"Light the candle and drink the wine, and think... 920@http://etoiline.com/ writings 2011-09-30T15:02:31-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/09/12/yesterday.php Yesterday was like any other day. It was Sunday, so I could sleep in. I met up with some friends for an early lunch, read a book or two, did some laundry, worked out, did my part to stimulate the... 919@http://etoiline.com/ muses 2011-09-12T21:51:32-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/08/19/growing_up.php I know I must be an adult now, because I can no longer go to the library, check out 14 books due in 14 days, and read them all without renewing. This makes me sad.The library was this wondrous place... 918@http://etoiline.com/ books 2011-08-19T16:33:56-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/05/02/uncharted.php This song has been earworming around my head all day and now it has inspired a story snippet. Don't know where it will go, and of course it's fantasy. Just recording it here for motivation.We were in uncharted territory now.... 913@http://etoiline.com/ music 2011-05-02T19:51:57-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/05/02/something_to_think_about.php Everybody must know by now, that the name that has haunted America for a decade is gone and good riddance to him. I love that there were celebrations at Ground Zero and I hope that the survivors and relatives of... 912@http://etoiline.com/ thoughts 2011-05-02T12:29:01-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/04/25/9_times.php I've renewed the domain for etoiline.com 9 times as of yesterday. That's scary close to 10, which means I'll have been blogging intermittently for a decade next year. Wow. Guess I should update more often, eh? And my parents have... 911@http://etoiline.com/ webetcetera 2011-04-25T09:30:51-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/01/25/what_you_should_do.php Buy this here. First seen here.... 909@http://etoiline.com/ books 2011-01-25T14:00:50-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2011/01/07/a_whisper_of_a_dream.php Would you kill to save a life? Would you kill to prove you're right? A glimmer of an idea teases my muse and I marvel at its source--a 30 Seconds to Mars song. I don't know if there's a story... 907@http://etoiline.com/ writings 2011-01-07T17:03:16-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2010/12/03/the_end_in_2010.php music=iPod touch shuffle book=about to start Lynn Flewelling's The White Road 905@http://etoiline.com/ writings 2010-12-03T13:27:35-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2010/08/28/30.php Well, I'm 30 now. I've started a new decade of life. Honestly, I don't feel any different than I did at 29--still working the same job, doing the same things. Sure, there have been changes, and ones that can be... 904@http://etoiline.com/ muses 2010-08-28T23:07:00-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2010/07/21/style.php Not fashion style, as I have very little of that. I'll take comfort over fashion any day. But writing style, that's something different. I've never really been sure I have a style, other than faintly imitative of Carol Berg or... 903@http://etoiline.com/ writings 2010-07-21T15:54:17-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2010/07/09/a_short_love_story.php A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo. Thanks to my coworker Freida who shared it on Facebook.... 899@http://etoiline.com/ miscellany 2010-07-09T09:39:19-06:00 http://etoiline.com/coronach/2010/06/11/looking_forward.php Image by Robb North via FlickrDo you see an empty road, or a new future?I'd like to think that it's an invitation to take a new path, one that's completely open to interpretation.Of course, in real life I'd never take... 898@http://etoiline.com/ muses 2010-06-11T10:11:14-06:00