Yes, I've been quiet for weeks and I'm only posting now for a meme *lol*

I'll work on that ^_^

The rules:
1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

zhan_shi gave me the letter K:

• Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down
  "I watched the world float to the
   Dark side of the moon"


• Kody by Matchbox 20
  "It was clear to all of us
   We kept this hat of broken dreams"


• Klavier by Rammstein (I don't speak German, so my understand is based on the translations here)
  "hinter dieser Tür
   steht ein Klavier
   die Tasten sind staubig
   die Saiten sind verstimmt"


• Knockin' on Every Door by Roxette
  "Well, I'm standing in the sun
   But I'm living in the rain"


• Kick Start My Heart by Alannah Myles
  "You're kinda cool, a little rough
   You're skin and bones and you talk so tough"

I was going to post Kathy I by Susan Aglukark, but I couldn't find a copy to link to :P

I'm heading off for the Annual Starwberry Creek Writing retreat offered by the Writer's Guild of Alberta.

Retreat dates: June 10 - 14.

The Tinder Box by Hans Christian Andersen.

There's something unforgettable about the dog with the saucer eyes <3

The June, 2009 issue of Niteblade Magazine came out on Sunday.

Go take a look, and check out the Niteblade News Blog to see how you can win a copy of BREATHERS by S.G. Browne (sgbrowne).

Towel Day :: A tribute to Douglas Adams (1952-2001)

"You sass that hoopy Douglas Adams? Now there's a frood who knew where his towel was. You are invited to join your fellow hitch hikers in mourning the loss of the late great one. Join in on towel day to show your appreciation for the humor and insight that Douglas Adams brought to all our lives."

What do I do?

Carry your towel with you throughout the day to show your participation and mourning.

When do I do it?

May 25th.

Where do I do it?

Everywhere.

For more information, visit the Towel Day Website.

"Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?"

Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day!.

I'll be unable to go, but once again Happy Harbor Comics has artists and giveaways planned in addition to the free comic books. It's a great time to stop it!

"He kill them wi' their love. Wi' their love fo' each other. That's how it is, every day, all over the world."

"The circuits that cannot be cut are cut automatically in response to a terrorist incident. You asked for miracles, Theo, I give you the FBI."

Coming up next weekend, the Edmonton Get Publishing 2009 Conference.

Date: May 1 & 2
Location:

Robbins Health Centre (109 Street and 104 Avenue)
MacEwan
Edmonton, Canada

Visit the Web site for the conference schedule and registration instructions.

"Your sister will have seven children. You will see the first two."

I've subscribed to the YouTube channel for Britian's Got Talent thanks to this.

If by chance you haven't seen the video yet, it's more than worth a watch.

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

My friends list today has been taken up by query letters!

I follow the feed for Nathan Bransford's blog (nathanagent), and today he's running the Be an Agent for a Day contest. Fifty queries will be posted today, right now it's up to #38, and readers have one week to respond to all of them, and they can request no more than five manuscripts.

Among the fifty queries are three that resulted in published books. The contest participants have to try and include those three in the manuscripts they request.

It will be interesting to see how well the readers do. (I'm just following along, not playing.) Now, I have to go catch up; the last query I had a chance to read was #9.

Main blog link: Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent

"'Don't give up on them, Erik.'

'What would you have me do, Charles? I've heard these arguments before.'

'That was a long time ago. Mankind has evolved since then.'

'Yes, into us.'"

The Writer's Book of Hope: Getting from Frustration to Publication by Ralph Keyes The anxiety of rejection is an inevitable part of any writer's development. In this book, Ralph Keyes turns his attention from the difficulty of putting pen to paper to the frustration of getting the product to the public. Inspiration isn't nearly as important to the successful writer, he argues, as tenacity, and he offers concrete ways to manage the struggle to publish. ( Click to read more at Amazon.com or Amazon.ca )

"'I don't believe in it anyway.'

 'What?'

 'England.'

 'Just a conspiracy of cartographers, then?'"

"I'm not even supposed to be here. I'm just 'Crewman Number Six.' I'm expendable. I'm the guy in the episode who dies to prove how serious the situation is. I've gotta get outta here."

So Long Been Dreaming: Postcolonial Science Fiction & Fantasy Edited by Nalo Hopkinson and Uppinder Mehan An anthology of original new stories of science fiction and the fantastic by leading African, Asian, South Asian, and Aboriginal authors, as well as North American and British writers of colour. With writing by Opal Palmer Adisa, Celu Amberstone, Wayde Compton, Andrea Hairston, Maya Khankhoje, Tamai Kobayashi, Larissa Lai, Karin Lowachee, devorah major, Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu, Eden Robinson, and others. ( Click to read more at Amazon.com or Amazon.ca )