mmmmmm did I say this?
ha! Quite!
mmmmmm.... Delicious my dear... utterly so!
hey someone organized a wishlist of things for the protestors in ferguson (stuff like gas masks, food, drinks, umbrellas, earplugs, etc.) so help out if you can!!
if you can afford to buy something from the list pleas do if not please reblog this
There is a distinct lack of fanart for Anne Rice’s later books. Gosh, I thought all you little internet artists would be queuing up to paint Petronia. This is the only nice one I could find. It’s actually necessary for me to find depictions of her in order to enjoy the book, because for the life of me I can never properly picture what she looks like.
You can just replace that rationalization with fangirl squeal if you must.
I must reblog again, so flattering!
Medusa Cameo ring in Memory of Lorraine Mc Queen.
Whit Love
Tarquín Blackwood
Blackwood family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans
Marius is a giant perv pass it on
Amused... oh dear lord!
from Anne Rice’s FB page (8/7/14):
"Do you think that I, as an author, should have a press agent who controls and ultimately filters every public utterance I make? Should this page reflect only statements by me which have been approved and packaged by a press agent? Should all the public utterances of authors be controlled by press agents? —- Think what this would mean for this page. No more spontaneous conversational posts, no more immediate reactions to news stories brought to the page, offering them to others for comment; no more immediate and spontaneous reactions to current events; no more up to the moment participation in debates and discussions; and no more answering of questions every day and all during the day. Would this be a good thing? Is this what you want? —— I’m asking because some one seriously suggested this to me yesterday (in an Amazon Forum Discussion). I (and all authors) should be controlled by press agents. The person seemed to be perfectly sincere, and neither cynical nor disingenuous. The person said she was trying to “help” me. The person advised me that I was a “brand” and that I was damaging my brand. Of course this person obviously didn’t approve of the things I was saying in the Forum discussion, but the larger point seemed to be that authors should not make controversial statements publicly at all, that it is not appropriate for them to do so, that all communication from authors should be filtered properly by others and controlled. The person apparently believes authors are not competent to judge their public utterances on their own. And there was the implication that once authors become known, they forfeit the prerogative or privilege of open and spontaneous participation in public forums. ——- Well, I think you know what I think about this, and I think you know that this page is in no danger of becoming the packaged utterances of a brand. But I would sincerely like to know what you think, and what sort of communication you value with the authors whom you personally read.”
I actually enjoy reading her questions and opinions on things, even if I don’t agree with them. It’s intriguing, for better or worse.
Same here. I have to wonder whether in this case someone was responding to some old Amazon rant-type thing. And regardless of the hair-tearing frustration of a lot of stuff she’s said, overall I do think she gains as many readers as she loses from her web presence - perhaps more, since the non-fannish readers (i.e. not those hit by her legal attacks/au fait with the Amazon rant etc.) will exist in higher numbers than the fannish ones. So the person may have been wrong and right at the same time…
^Agreed on all points. Maybe it was someone anticipating AR’s explosive rebuttals rational and careful responses to the upcoming terrible and offensive rational and careful reviews of Prince Lestat.
Lauren Bacall (via jenmyers)
Petronia I've found you..
Ahhhh...My little lord finds his way home. Why come back? Tell me, Tarquin? According to you, I am the devil who taught you nothing. I can only assume Lestat has perhaps found a new plaything?
So you have found me, my blood is your blood, isn't that what they say? That affords you a moment then...speak up.
Martina Franca
George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones
A PEACEFUL vigil to be held tonight for victims of police brutality. RIP Mike Brown, Ezell Ford, Rekia Boyd, Wendell Allen and too many others who lost their lives to the people who are PAID to protect and serve us.