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Check out this awesome site! I stumbled across these stories of The MouseKnight recently (don’t ask why I was browsing the Rat and Mouse Club of America website), but I was blown away by the stories and the art….wow, the art. I sat at work, wasting company resources and read, read, read. Ok…enough of my blather. Check this out!

The MouseKnight Chronicles

Crow Queen

So, I got an email from another author the other day looking for blurbs to put on her website, basically either snippets of a book or an original short story. I thought that sounded great, so I went over to check out what others had posted before crafting my own. I came across one by Elaine Corvidae. I thought, "Hey, that's another Mundania author! Let's see what she wrote!"

What she wrote was "A Treasure In And Of Itself" - a 4600-word short story that just captivated me! I immediately ordered the Elaine Corvidae book mentioned in the post, "The Crow Queen".

So, now I am completely intimidated to post on the site! Mrs? Miss? Corvidae's story is just great! I will craft something, if for no other reason that in my one experience, a reader (me) subsequently bought one of the author's books (Crow Queen). So, my intimidation now leads me to believe that most authors, like artists of all sorts, tend to be under confident in their own work and easily bruised. Why is that? The vulnerability of presenting something for others to read is indescribably exhilarating, and equally fearsome. Anyway, I guess the point is Kudos, Elaine! Awesome story! Can't wait to read the book! I guess it's my turn in the pickle barrel now! (What's that saying mean? Pickle barrel? Good question!)

Here's Elaine's website - http://www.onecrow.net/

Here's the site where I read the short story -

http://www.glendawoodrum.com/guest_elaine.htm

Later

JG

Art/Media of 2004

Well, for me the holidays have finally officially ended with my annual migration back to Tennessee to see family over MLK day. Now I am run down, tired, and of course a few pounds heavier thanks to Mom's NFL Playoff snackfest. So, today seems like a good day to recap my top ten favorite "art" items of 2004. Of course there is no real rhyme or reason to the list as it includes lots of different things, and of course it is slanted towards sci-fi anmd fantasy, but here goes.

1. Return of the King - Expanded DVD set. Just awesome!
2. Song of Susannah - Book 6 in the Gunslinger Series by Stephen King. I love this series so much!
3. Troy - Awesome movie. I know some were disappointed, but...well...it's my web log and therefore my universe
4. Alamo - I loved this movie to. Maybe all Tennesseeans love Davy Crockett or something and I know the movie tanked at the box office, but the same rationale applies here as in #3 above.
5. The Incredibles - What a great Pixar film (aren't they all)
6. The Two Swords by R.A. Salvatore - I read and write fantasy so maybe I am partial to fantasy stuff. I have been a huge Salvatore fan for years.
7. The Essential Bruce Springsteen - Okay, this was released in 2003, but I got it in 2004 and I think Bruce is awesome. THis collection is a great one.
8. World of Warcraft - a MMORPG PC Game. Okay...not exactly art, but I had a lot of fun with this. I usually only play one or two PC Games a year and this one is really great. Very immersive environment and well thought out game.
9. City of Heroes - a MMORPG PC Game.  Another MMORPG PC Game. I got to be a super hero in this one and fly around and do super stuff. Every guy's dream.
10. Battlestar Galactica - Mini Series. As I said in a earlier post...IT"S BACK! Yay.

So, there's my list. Disagree? Got your own? Reply and let us** know.

**(Us means me and all of my "readers", which probably includes two web junkies, a couple of friends, my cocker spaniel and some typepad executive thinking, "this drivel is what my life's work has become?")

JG