Friday, October 23, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Thursday Thirteen - Nano Tips
1. You can't succeed if you don't try. So sign up at www.nanowrimo.org
2. It is both a race and a marathon.
3. You have nine days to prepare at this point so it is time to get to work there is a lot to do.
4. When it is time for NANO there isn't a lot of time for anything that does further the novel might have to be delayed until December
5. Household choirs - These are one of those things that might need to wait until December, so try and get a head of them now before it is to late
6. Social engagements - These are a lot like house hold choirs push them off to December. If you can't pretend to have some catchy illness, this also works well when dealing with work.
7. Food - Stock a lot of your favourite snacks and pre-make meals if you can for the month
8. Check all your computer equipment. Losing everything at the last minute would suck and with a little bit of caution it shouldn't happen. Despite all the warnings you hear stores of it every year.
9. Distractions - We all have things that we use to distract us. You might want to put them away or hand them off to a friend to keep them out of the way.
10. Have extra paper, pencils, pens even if you are writing on a computer this is still important.
11. Buy a USB Key. Store your work on it and take it with you everywhere.
12. As much work as NANO can be it is also a huge amount of fun too.
13. Tell people what your do and that you won't see them much for the next month. If they know in advance it is one less thing to deal with in November
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Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Magical Earth Quadcast
Episode 11 of The Magical Earth Quadcast is now up on the site http:themagicalearth.blogspot.com stop by and give it a listen
Friday, October 16, 2009
QotW Answer #1
This pass week I am happy to say that the Question of the Week idea has found a new home. I won't be posting any more questions here on my blog instead you can stop by The Modern Pagan every Monday for a new Question. For the first few weeks you might recognize some of the questions as ones that have appeared here but rest assured new questions are already lined up.
You can find the first Question Here Pets/Animals and the Magic
For myself I am going to break this down in to three seperate catagories. First is wild animals, followed by Cats and Dogs, then finally anything else. So to start off lets look at wild animals.
I've been blessed and able to take part in a number of different rituals outdoors sometimes in fields, on beaches and on one memorable ocassion knee deep lake water. Working in the wild always offers an interesting experience. You might come across animals on the way to the ritual, during the ritual, or even on the way home. All of them will have an impact on your experience at the ritual. Keep your eyes open for any animals around your ritual they bring blessings, and perhaps messages from the Divine themselves.
When it comes to household pets like cats I don't try and keep them out of anything or prevent them from going anywhere. It just doesn't work they will find a way to get in to whatever they want. I do pay close attention to them for much the same reason I watch for animals in the wild. We've had one cat for a number of years who loves it when we do ritual work in the house. As soon as we start to set up the alter that cat appears and curls up under it.
My experiences with dogs is very different. Ginger for example was a Border Collie cross so to her in many ways ritual would have been torture. She was a strong believer that everyone should stay where they are and not move around a lot, in her mind once you where in the herd you should stay there. We really had no choice but to put her outside during rituals. My decision to remove Ginger from the circle was made for purely partical reasons.
When it comes to everythign it is kind of up in the air. Animals and pets in cages or tanks I don't really pay to much attention them personally. My fish for example just don't seem to care if we are casting circle.
See you all in a week with another question and another answer
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Wordless Wednesday
These types of toys are normally used to teach a dog to fetch. Why are would anyone be teaching there dog to fetch a Whale or a Penguin?
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Reasons to do NANOWrimo
1. It a month all about writing what more do you need. Alright you might need more so I'll keep going
2. It turns writing into a team sport so you can do it with friends.
3. It will keep you busy and out of trouble for a whole month, only leaving you 11 more to figure out on your own.
4. Think of all the money you will save write before Yule if you are to busy writing to spend it.
5. Hours spent in front of a keyboard just letting the words flow out your finger tips.
6. The chance to meet a lot of new and interesting people on the forums and through local community events
7. It is the someday that you have always been waiting for to write your novel.
8. It is a month long marathon of writing
9. Everyone reading this likely blogs at some point or another and to one degree or another. Which means you are all writing so do it for real for a month and see how you like it.
10. Writing is normally such a solitary thing for this one month out of the year it isn't.
11. Did I mention it is a month of writing with huge amounts of encouragement from a lot of other people.
12. This month is all about proving you can do it, don't do it and you'll never know. The experience has chance a lot of things in my life.
13. Imagine how great it will feel when you reach that 50k mark or whatever mark it is that you've never made before.
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