Tag: Russia
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The Language of Fallen Angels: Russian on the angelic tongue
Today I’m guest blogging at TalktoYoUniverse about how my little book about an angel turned into an obsession with all things Russian. In addition, there are still several chances to win a copy of The Fallen Queen: The Book Pushers (giveaway ends today) The Book Faery Reviews (giveaway ends December 16) The Qwillery (giveaway ends…
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Look out for falling angels!
There were many times I thought this day would never come. (Frankly, I’m not quite sure it’s here; I think I’m writing this in my sleep.) The trilogy I thought was a single book when the idea first germinated in my head in late 2005 (and continued to mistakenly believe until early 2009 when I…
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Random Russia Love
Last night I was perusing Netflix streaming for something fun in Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and I came across Black Lightning—Черная Молния (Chernaya Molniya)—a Russian movie about an underdog hero with a flying Volga. It could have been ridiculously cheesy, but it was actually rather sweet and totally fun. It’s in Russian with English subtitles, though apparently there’s…
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Friday fortune: Fantasy
Well, this is an appropriate card for a fantasy writer to pull. :) Card of the Day: Seven of Cups, “Fantasy” In the Russian Tarot of St. Petersburg’s Seven of Cups, the central figure is that of a serf observing cups overflowing with a wide array of fantastical objects: what might be imperial jewels; an…
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Photostream
You might be wondering what that slide show is in the banner. Those are the last nine pictures I uploaded to Flickr. At the time I originally wrote this post, they were pictures from my trip to St. Petersburg, Russia in June/July 2006, now shown below. View the progression of sunset beginning at midnight on…