[Wallpaper] Bu Bu Jing Xin 步步惊心
Digging through all my old fanarts made me miss Photoshop and it must be about a year since I last touched it.
Usually you can tell when I'm a) procrastinating and/or b) obsessed with something when I spent loads of time making fanart for it. Fanfiction is something I do on regular basis so unless a plot bunny take over, I usually don't use it to procrastinate :P. Anyway, the subject of my current occupation is Bu Bu Jing Xin.
相思十诫 is a song that takes a little getting used to, but I'm slowly falling in love with it, which is why I went crazy and made wallpapers around its theme (beneath the cut).
Usually you can tell when I'm a) procrastinating and/or b) obsessed with something when I spent loads of time making fanart for it. Fanfiction is something I do on regular basis so unless a plot bunny take over, I usually don't use it to procrastinate :P. Anyway, the subject of my current occupation is Bu Bu Jing Xin.
相思十诫 is a song that takes a little getting used to, but I'm slowly falling in love with it, which is why I went crazy and made wallpapers around its theme (beneath the cut).
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Love's Christmas Journey - Hallmark Channel Movie
MOVIE REVIEW
Love's Christmas Journey
Network: Hallmark Channel
Original Air Date: November 5, 2011
*This will be a FOUR HOUR MOVIE - like a Mini-series!
Inspired by Janette Oke’s award winning Love Comes Softly book series, the four-hour, star-studded movie event is an inspiring tale of love, trust and miracles.
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CAST:
Sean Astin ... Mayor Wayne
JoBeth Williams ... Mrs. Beatrice Williams
Natalie Hall ... Ellie King
Dylan Bruce ... Deputy Strode
Greg Vaughan ... Aaron Davis
Bobby Campo ... Erik
Charles Shaughnessy ... Weaver
Ernest Borgnine ... jovial man named Nicholas
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PLOT:
from Hallmark:
"While still mourning the loss of her husband and daughter, recently widowed Ellie King (Hall) visits her brother Aaron Davis, (Vaughan) a sheriff in the small town of Haddonton, and his two children during the Christmas holiday. Ellie does her best to enjoy the holidays, even making new friends with Beatrice (Williams), a local shop keeper and Deputy Strode (Bruce). Settling in nicely with her brother's family, Ellie agrees to watch her niece and nephew when Aaron travels out of town to purchase adjacent land for farming. But when a corrupt attorney in town leaves a young man to blame for Mayor Wayne's (Astin) barn catching fire and burning, Ellie ignores distrusting townspeople and steps in to help to prove his innocence. To her dismay, the season's festivities are threatened when Aaron goes missing. When all seems lost, Ellie not only gets the perfect holiday miracle-her brother delivered home safely on Christmas morning-but also the chance at a new life when she finds herself falling in love again."
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Movie Review:
Coming...
See or Skip:
Coming...
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A Male Perspective
If you had told 15 year-old me that it was difficult for a man to write from a woman's perspective, he would have told you "Not for me, I can write anything!"
15 year-old me still had a lot to learn.
This topic comes to mind as I look at stretching the limits of how I've written before. Despite writing urban fantasy, a genre usually featuring female protagonists, I generally write male protagonists. Quite simply, I can write from a male POV much more confidently than from a woman's. However I've decided this just won't cut it. That's one reason why in Silent Oath, the character of Cynthia Keller becomes more important and this book features more of her POV than the first.
I have to grow as a writer. Constantly strive to improve myself.
Looking ahead at future book ideas, and the ongoing story of Nathan Shepherd, I can see many more areas where I'll need to be able to show a believable female perspective. Generally, I have been more comfortable talking to women than to men. Most of my closest friends are women, but until recently I have never considered how to train myself to look at things from that female perspective. Sure, there are plenty of things I get, plenty of things I understand are different for women than for men, whether due to genetics or societal influnces. But now I need to learn how to apply these differences, fairly, in my writing.
Thankfully, as we as my wife to ask for advice, I also have two great crit partners who are women, and several female beta readers.
I do think a man can write from a female point of view, and do it well. Just as a woman can write from a male point of view. It does, however, require a certain amount of self-awareness and ability to not only ask the right questions, but listen to the answers.
What about you? Do you think a writer should stick to protagonists of their own gender? Are there some things men and women simply will never understand about each other, or is it a more individual matter, that some men and women are just more open to understanding differences?
15 year-old me still had a lot to learn.
This topic comes to mind as I look at stretching the limits of how I've written before. Despite writing urban fantasy, a genre usually featuring female protagonists, I generally write male protagonists. Quite simply, I can write from a male POV much more confidently than from a woman's. However I've decided this just won't cut it. That's one reason why in Silent Oath, the character of Cynthia Keller becomes more important and this book features more of her POV than the first.
I have to grow as a writer. Constantly strive to improve myself.
Looking ahead at future book ideas, and the ongoing story of Nathan Shepherd, I can see many more areas where I'll need to be able to show a believable female perspective. Generally, I have been more comfortable talking to women than to men. Most of my closest friends are women, but until recently I have never considered how to train myself to look at things from that female perspective. Sure, there are plenty of things I get, plenty of things I understand are different for women than for men, whether due to genetics or societal influnces. But now I need to learn how to apply these differences, fairly, in my writing.
Thankfully, as we as my wife to ask for advice, I also have two great crit partners who are women, and several female beta readers.
I do think a man can write from a female point of view, and do it well. Just as a woman can write from a male point of view. It does, however, require a certain amount of self-awareness and ability to not only ask the right questions, but listen to the answers.
What about you? Do you think a writer should stick to protagonists of their own gender? Are there some things men and women simply will never understand about each other, or is it a more individual matter, that some men and women are just more open to understanding differences?
AAQR: Gem Spinner (game)
NOTE: This game was given away on Amazon Free App of the Day (not any more)
Gem Spinner is a genre masher, combining Bejeweled and Tetris.
The field is full of different "pieces" each containing several colored gems. You need to make 3 consecutive gems (horizontal or vertical only) of same color. The catch is, you can only move gems INSIDE the piece. You cannot shift a gem across two different pieces. If you remove gems, that square turns "dark" and gems are removed, and more gems drop from above to "fill" the pieces. If you don't see obvious possibilities, you can "rotate" pieces (double tap the piece) 180 degrees and see if that gives you more ideas. If you turn ALL squares of the piece dark, that piece is removed from the board. The idea is to remove as many pieces as possible before the time limit expire. You can actually MOVE the pieces around when you have removed a few pieces already and have some room to maneuver.
Too complicated? Yes. It's hard to keep track of all this stuff in your head. Not a bad idea, but a bit too complicated for action puzzler.
(Link to be added later)
Gem Spinner is a genre masher, combining Bejeweled and Tetris.
The field is full of different "pieces" each containing several colored gems. You need to make 3 consecutive gems (horizontal or vertical only) of same color. The catch is, you can only move gems INSIDE the piece. You cannot shift a gem across two different pieces. If you remove gems, that square turns "dark" and gems are removed, and more gems drop from above to "fill" the pieces. If you don't see obvious possibilities, you can "rotate" pieces (double tap the piece) 180 degrees and see if that gives you more ideas. If you turn ALL squares of the piece dark, that piece is removed from the board. The idea is to remove as many pieces as possible before the time limit expire. You can actually MOVE the pieces around when you have removed a few pieces already and have some room to maneuver.
Too complicated? Yes. It's hard to keep track of all this stuff in your head. Not a bad idea, but a bit too complicated for action puzzler.
(Link to be added later)
Challenge #8 sponsored by Alles om te Scrappen.
Thank you all for the great cards that you made last week ;o) We really enjoy seeing all those cards, unfortunally not every one used a stamp on their card, so we removed those links. If you want to join our challenge, you realy need to use a stamp on your card. So please read the rules when you join our challenges, Thank you!
This week's sponsor is Alles om te Scrappen and you can win this awesome paperpad from First Edition.
Alles om te scrappen is a new online scrapbook store. We sell scrapbook papers, stamps, dies, punches, inks and all sorts of embellishments. Because we recently opened our store, we are still expanding our assortment. We deliver from stock and we dispatch within 24 hours, so usually you will receive your order the next day. In the Netherlands you won’t pay any shipping costs on orders over € 25,-. Visit our website to take a look at our product range: www.allesomtescrappen.nl. If you have any questions or comments please contact us at: info@allesomtescrappen.nl.
Made by Marion
Made by Annemarie and Merit
Made by Dina
Here is the sketch that Linda made for you this time ;o) You can rotate the sketch and resize the elements, as long as you follow the original sketch and use a stamp, that way your entry qualifies for the prize draw. To join the challenges and to be eligible for the prize made available by the sponsor of that challenge, we have a few rules. You can find them here.
Winner and Top 3 Challenge #7
First we will announce the winner ... Peggy 'Mollemieke' you won the last challenge and you won the great Creatieve Flower sponsored by Crealies. Please email us before Saturday September 3th to claim your price.
And here is the card she made ;o)
And now for the top three
#37 Caroline
#52 Cordine
Congratulations girls, you can get your badge from this page.
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