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The necromancer's palanquin
Lost Carcosa
Created on 2004-07-01 03:15:54 (#3659698), last updated 2009-11-19
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Basic Info| Name: | ultharkitty |
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| Location: | York, (states/regions/territories), United Kingdom |
BioEmail: ultharkitty@gmail.com
I write, I research, I squee.
When I'm not engaged in procrastinating my way through the aftermath of my PhD, I write fiction, make clothes and jewellery, and build corsets.
For some strange reason, most of my hobbies involve hard work. The other one involves running around a field chasing people with a foam sword screaming "DIE, DEMON SCUM, DIE!" Yes, I'm one of those.
Fiction
I've had a few stories published, if you want you can find them in these awesome places:
Solstice in a Summerless Year, Expanded Horizons, issue 9, July 2009.
The Watchers at the Window, Hub, issue 71.
A Walk in the Snow, Behind the Wainscot, issue 2.
Vanilla Slice Tuesdays, Dark Tales Magazine.
I write most things that come to mind, and generally play in one of two sandboxes: mine, and a rather larger one that I stole from H. P. Lovecraft. I write
I don't write a lot of fanfic, but what I do write gets posted at
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lost_carcosa.I'm the type of writer who's constantly trying to improve, with the help of many other awesome writers, some of whom can be found in my fList. Writing's hard graft, but damn I LOVE it.
Corsetry:
A while back, I pattern drafted my first ever underbust corset, which was a great success (for me, anyway!). I've posted the method here, and more pattern drafting pictures here. Please note, this link doesn't include instructions on corset construction, just on pattern drafting a waspie for a curvy figure. Information about seam construction etc. can be found in the memories section of
corsetmakers. In April 08, I drafted my first ever overbust corset, and first ever corset for someone who isn't me; many pictures lie here.Other stuff:
My BPAL feedback page is here.
Several years ago, I was introduced to the utterly awesome invention that is the Mooncup. I love mine so much, here's a link:
For procrastination and entertainment, I like:
GIANT ALIEN ROBOTS! Ahem. Yeah, I have a new fandom.
2000AD. Dredd, Nemesis, Nikolai Dante. Need I say more?
Zombies! The Slow Motion Apocalyspe at
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alpha_dog It's best to go back and read the entire archive from the first entry onwards. (In a bright, sunlit room, with all the doors and windows locked).NaNoWriMo. I've completed it twice, but alas not in recent years. Still, I got two finished novels out of it, so woo! I'm currently doing the
findyourwords 2009 challenge. My challenge is 100 words a day, every day. I'm failing at the every day part of this, but I've racked up several new stories, and have cleared over 70,000 words so far this year, so yay? :PAaaaaaaand, I'm doing NaNoWriMo again, woo! Clicky if you're interested!
The awesomely hilarious Cake Wrecks. Sure, I wouldn't eat cake if someone paid me, but I like looking at them.
The H P Lovecraft Historical Society, provider of the Sanitest and all manner of amusing products.
I am very partial to CGI and dinosaurs, especially when combined. I am also partial to CGI tentacles, real tentacles, the wonders of the natural world, and the wonders of imagined worlds.
Friending Policy
Friend me and I'll probably friend you back, especially if I'm already familiar with you through someone else's journal (unless you're under 18, sorry!). However, as I like to read everyone's journal on my flist, I will only friend as many people as I have time to read, so don't feel bad if I don't add you. Also, unless I know you in real life, I generally go by entry and comment stats, and don't tend to friend barely-active or brand new journals unless they belong to people I know well.
PSA
If you want to get in touch, either comment, email or PM me, don't bother texting. Only send me a text if you don't want/expect a response, or if you're happy to wait and get that response by email.
And remember,
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