G. S. Carnivals

Thanks for the opportunity. A fitting date, I must say.

Hello G.S. Slight delay with the interview. Apologies. I began writing it late last night, then tonight fell asleep after tea watching a Star Trek rerun (true confessions). Hopefully I'll finish it tomorrow. Rog

Sorry for the problem but I am computer semi-literate. I tried twice to do the whole thing in one package, as I stated, but the first time I was unable to save anything and the second time I went over the 1,000 character limit. I hope that you enjoy my answers.Ken

Thank you for the Odalisquey quote, Phil. Pharaohs were as fond of odalisques as anyone, but are not known to have trapped them in their tombs. Interestingly (or not?) "pharaoh" is amongst the few English words to have its root in the ancient Egyptian language. It stems from per-wer, literally "great house" (or "palace"). The palace came to be used as a circumlocution for its chief occupant. A bit like referring to your president as "the white house". And, on the subject of white houses, "Memphis" stems from the Egyptian for "white wall".

Hi Phil,If it's not too much trouble, please revise my favorite movies answer to this: "I don't like movies very much, but I did really like The Exorcist, Safe, Amadeus, and The Remains of the Day." Just this one revision. No biggie if not possible. Thank you. --Noel

I put another chapter of "Jane" to bed today... but I won't trouble you with it just now. :drunk:

Ye questions are superb. I feel a need to answer in-depth, so it may require quite a bit of editing. ;-} Just sent you ye answers but forgot the final two questions: so I shall amend that now.

Twilight in the Wilderness (1858), by Frederic Edwin Church

GS, you're very welcome. Even as a child, I found educational children's programs deeply disturbing. I can remember hopelessly trying to piece together some coherent plot for the schizophrenic jumble of imagery on Sesame Street. An early life lesson.

The quote is wonderful. I've just awakened from an okay sleep, during which I've dream'd a bit of this new tale I want to write inspir'd by it. I have no idea when I'll actually begin to type ye story, but it will be set in Gershom and I shall try to make it Ligottian. It's wonderful, for me, when a quote by Wilde can so enhance creativity.

It is insane for me to be awake, but you stirr'd up mu fictive soul with that Wilde quote and I've been outlining whut will moft likely be a very short tale that I'm thinking of calling "She Who Sees the Dawn." When I complete it I'll try to post it (is "post" the correct term for putting things online?) here at TLO. This basement where I slumbyr is chilly so instead of watching telly I'm online, a new habit, but it's much better than staring at ye SciFi channel and cursing their bad programming. If I'm still logged in an hour from now, someone please tell me to go to flipping sleep. Kises, wilum

Detroit at night

I probably won't do ye chat thing to-day, as I was up all night on-line and have had no sleep and I'm beginning to lose it. We just had our first snow of the year and it was too freezing last night for slumber, so whut do I do? I sit here and read blogs. I am utterly hooked. I join'd a Lovecraft site call'd yog-sothoth.com which is moftly CoC lads; & I thought I wouldn't be able to relate, but there is actually a lot of talk about weird fiction &c, and many of them seem familiar with my work. It does my poor wee ego good to hear positive/critical feedback on my writing. Also, I'm a bit intimidated by "live" chat, because I'm rather anti-social and this sounds too socially compelling. Yes, I'm a wimp.
--wilum

Thanx, Phil. I actually went off-line about twenty minutes ago, thinking of returning to work, and then I remember that I had forgotten to log-out. Senility sets in. Gonna stay a little while longer and read entries. I'll try this private chat thingy to-morrow & see if I can figure it out; but it's all so new and strange I'm still a bit intimidated. yr obt srvt, wilum

My dear:--
When I see how many posts you've posted, I am quite amaz'd! Where do you find the time? You see, that is one reason I've been so hesitant to go on-line, because I thought it would become addictive, blogging and such, and I would waste the time that should be spent working on fiction. And this site is totally beguiling, the personalities, the graphics and art, the intelligence of expression. I adore it and sit here transfix'd. I've put that illustration that you had from Daisy four weeks ago, of the scribe, on my desktop -- what an amazing and beautiful work of art. Thanx for ye friendship request. I'm still uncertain about how to go about everything in this strange new world of computers, but I think I'll find my way. Up until now I've been writing my books on an electric typewriter. Using Microsoft Word makes things so much faster. No more Kinko's or correction fluid! --hopfrog, esq.

Dear G.S.,
I have been busy at work. I work for Customs and Border Protection and we have a lot to do lately. The situation in Mexico worries me. Islamic terror organizations already have ties in South America and, with the very fluid war-like situation in Mexico, I expect them to become players in Tijuana any time now. Drug money funds most of their activities now anyway. Wish us luck. We need it.
I'll write in more depth soon.
Yours,
Ken (Mr.D.)

S. Dalí, Ballerina in Death's Head


have a good night, phil...

A ramshackle rhinoceros, for your dipsomusement . . .

Dear G.S.,
As LA county burns you are one of the people I have been thinking about. I wish that you could be here to experience this. For years they have been building houses in the areas prone to burning. (It's a natural cycle. Every 30 years or so the or brush burns and the fire sterilizes the ground. The next year new, healthy growth comes in.) Now they are amazed when their 3 million dollar home burns to the ground in two minutes. The air is full of smoke and a fine white ash covers everything. I think you'd enjoy this, especially since I live near the coast and far from the fires.
Yours,
Ken
aka Mr. D.