Writing and  Art


Written Ramblings

This area contains short stories, as well as writing and market resource information, plus some sites tossed in just for inspiration. It's is far better organized than my actual work area, but then you could probably already guess that. Fiction I write purely for fun. That and my friends compliments keep my ego a healthy size. I truly hope you enjoy what I've placed here, and if you can offer constructive criticism, I'm more than willing to listen, er, read.

Miranda's stories are an ongoing project, a series of short shorts that focus on mood and atmosphere as well as the action. Actually, there was only supposed to be the one story, but then I started getting threats from my friends that there had better be more...
                                                             * While Walking Home at Midnight - the very first Miranda story.
                                                             * The Dark Stranger - wherein Miranda "dies".
                                                             * Miranda's Choice -  of death or undeath.
                                                             * First Feeding - Miranda satisfies the "Call of Blood".

The Aeterna is another project my mind has been toying with. I'm thinking that perhaps one of these years, when I get around to writing that novel, this might be the characters I use.

Ravenscar is a shared world mailing list possessing some rather eccentric characters, and I'm not referring to the story characters. It's a small mailing list of dark fantasy and horror that grew off of the Vampires mailing list.  And you don't have to be a writer to join. Go on, check out the city. It's perfectly safe. Just beware the vampires, ghosts, demons, and other assorted denizens of the night... maybe you best visit in the daylight. Speaking of ghosts, you can read one of my contributions to Ravenscar without ever braving the dark city: "Divine Visions."

                    References and Resources:

                              * The Virtual Reference Desk - Like having an reference librarian in your computer!
                              * Journal of the Dark - Lovely resource site for those interested in vampires and such. Unfortunately, the Journal folded a few years ago, but the owner
                                 left the site up for us junkies! This is a wonderful place to begin wonderful folklore and mythology research on the topic.

Art

I've become quite the little artiste, in an artsy-craftsy sort of way, which has been quite fun.  I guess that's what happens when you marry a former art major. About four years ago I started making books, initially in an  effort to give folks some nice Christmas presents. I'm still making them...and still giving them as gifts. I've also started making necklaces out of the books. And then there is the altered art, which I've really just started doing and the Artist Trading Cards, which are really quite addicting. Here are some links for websites that are inspiration, instructive, and otherwise useful, as well as links for some pages showing my art. I've included links for to images of my partners in crime as well. Hope you enjoy!

                                                                * My Books
                                                                * Artist Trading Cards (ATC's)
                                                                    * Miscellaneous Personal Swaps                                     * No Themed Swap - Merry Makers and Rubber Road Swap. My first!
                                                                    * The Seven Deadly Sins - Swap on ATC-World            * Let the Games Begin - Swap on ATC-World
                                                                    * Mini Trading Cards                                                      *  Same Image Swap July 2005 - Swap on ATC-World
                                                                    * Silly Swap - My first go a hosting!                                * Something Wicked This Way Comes - Swap on ATC-World
                                                                    * Art for Trade - Check it out and drop me an email if you see something you like.
                                                                * Different Point of View - A monthly card swap/challenge hosted by Scottish Borders Stamping.
                                                                * Other Stuff
                                                                * Kate's Cards

                      References and Resources:

                                 * Art in Your Pocket: ATCs - A wonderful getting started site...or go look for a different technique you might want to try.
                                 * Lisa Vollrath's Homepage - a great place to perhaps find some inspiration. Check out the Galleries and the Techniques pages.
                                 * ATC-World - The first ATC-only mailing list that I've joined. Lots of lovely people, swaps, and art.
                                 * The Mini Canvas - The name says it all. Mini ATCs, coming in at just 2 1/2 by 1 1/2. Be careful! It's very addictive.
                                 * B'muse - This is the mailing list moderated by the owner of the Bmuse website. A truly zany, inspiring, fun group of folks.
                                                 * B'Muse: Products Created for Creativity - This is the actual website for B'muse products. Ordering from Vicki is so much fun!
                                 * CollageCats - Very inspiring paper arts. The ladies on this list are amazing. Check out the artpARTy folder every Sunday to see lovely eye candy.

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This page composed and copywrited by: Melinda M. Fulk, 12 June 2005.Comments? Email me!

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