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Mab

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About Me

I was in some Russian Restaurant in New York City; they handed me a cup of tea. Beside it was a stick crusted with sugar at one end. The friend who was with me says I’m the only person she knows who can get all pink and excited about a sugar swizzle stick… or bladed weaponry. I could quote Shakespeare about Queen Mab, or I could quote Jane Austen, “I take pleasure in many things.”

My Interests

Writing, Editing, Escrima, Chi Gung, Poetry, Painting, Good Food complimented by Good Wine and Good Company, History, Mythology, The character's voices in my head, Geberesh, and more

Music:

Yes, I like music.

Movies:

Oh! Movies are stories. I adore movies. From Chick Flicks like Pride and Prejudice to movies where things blow up or have really good fight scenes. Wasabi and Empire of the Wolves are among them.

Television:

I don't do Television, but I get DVDs of shows. Favorites are Coupling, Firefly, and CSI.

Books:

Too many to name, but a few favorites: Neil Gaiman, Dorothy L. Sayers, Susan Goodwill (book coming out in 2007!), Barbara Hambly, Jennifer Crusie, George RR Martin, Orson Scott Card, Laurie R. King. At the moment I'm reading a lot of John Douglas and Mark Olshaker books.

Heroes:

ASM, EHM, KH, JLE, JM, My mother and father, sister and twin, Shihan Duke Swain, LionKin, and the Wolf...

My Blog

From the Saga of the Funny Gnome... the mountain essays

Dawn on the Mountain   Five words were all it took.  Well, a few more than five.  I'd written over 93,000 to start with.  A novel, of course.  And then a friend said, "Let's g...
Posted by Mab on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:58:00 PST

Characters... where do they come from?

Yesterday I was driving along and a name for a Cloud County character popped into my head.  Cloud County is a mystery series that have been tootling in my brain for a bit now--and not the same as...
Posted by Mab on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:55:00 PST

Dark Beats towards Silence and Feral Night

These are two poems I wrote a while ago.  They do rather go together, and were inspired by my Wild-Kin.    The Dark Beat towards Silence   The font, the river Poured forth in beau...
Posted by Mab on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:10:00 PST

Dive into the River of Possibilities

Tartarus and the River of Possibilities   To love you, I have fought between two ideals. One where I cling to you Beg you to fill this empty space Deep within me, Color it, paint it, fill it with...
Posted by Mab on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:06:00 PST

Quoting Rilke

From "The Dragon Princess" in Rilke's Love and Other Difficulties "We, however, are not prisoners.  No traps or snares are set about us, and there is nothing which should intimidate or worry us.&...
Posted by Mab on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 09:42:00 PST

From the Saga of the Funny Gnome

Bombshell in Gnome Clothes   The Blond Bombshell, sitting at her desk, felt an odd twinge.  She shifted in her seat, tugged at her sleeve, and groaned, "Oh no!  Not again!"   ...
Posted by Mab on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:45:00 PST