Returning to the Blogging World

Hello, friends.


I am making a return to blogging! Yay! Miss me? Haha.


All joking aside, you will be having my two cents on current events once again starting in January.


I know it's been over a year since I ave posted last but I have a legitimate excuse. I had to get a new laptop because the old one decided it was either a bird or a gymnast and did a flip off of a computer table. Add to that problem, my cell phone company had stopped offering broadband services and didn't bother to tell me that I'd been paying for a service they no longer offered. Grr. Thus I no longer have internet at the house.


That's been that way for the past year. I've also been having some personal issues with myself and focusing on my writing.

Speaking of writing, I recently completed (and won) my third NaNoWriMo. And I am officially hopelessly addicted to writing as I only took a one day break after the crazy 30 day, 50k word writing binge before diving right into a new project.


With that said, I will see you in the New Year with my tongue in cheek take on the world.


Until next time,


And have a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year from the Ice Queen

Apologies

I've had so much going on this year that I have failed to make posts since Feb when I had my plagiarism incident.


Where to start?


Well, I guess the most important update is the Anthology my short story, Beyond the Grave, is featured in was published back in Aug. Dawn of the Living Dead is a collection of paranormal stories by some of the most talented young writers I'm honored to share a book with.

http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Living-Dead-Melissa-Somoza-ebook/dp/B00EUM9ANM/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385869666&sr=1-1&keywords=dawn+of+the+living+dead

http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Living-Dead-Melissa-Somoza/dp/1492120928/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_pap?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385869666&sr=1-1&keywords=dawn+of+the+living+dead


I will also admit to having some issues with my internet connection and a lack of interest in writing a blog this year. Hopefully that will change soon...

Until next time, my friends

Plagiarism

Those of you who know me also know I like to write fan fiction as well. Mainly from the Dragon Age video games. It came to my attention today that one of those stories, Broken, a short story told by the character Fenris about his complicated relationship with my PC (player character) Alexandria Hawke, was posted on another site without my permission. A lovely young lady messaged me on deviantART, one of the sites the story resides (the other place being facebook), asking me if I was Emma Shepard. After browsing my gallery, she saw I do not do the Mass Effect games (The PC's last name in those games is Shepard) thus she asked me if I'd given Emma Shepard permission to post it and provided me with the link. I saw Broken was indeed on that site and without any credit whatsoever to me. Thus I have reported her for plagiarism.

Now those that know me, know that I'm not easily riled and it takes a lot to get on my bad side. And yes, I do have a bad side. Stealing something I wrote, even if the world and character belongs to Bioware, is something that will put you there easily. And for the record, when I write fan fiction or use a character that belongs to someone else, I clearly state who they belong to. Emma Shepard did not do that. If she had asked for permission first, I may have allowed it as long as she credited me for it. And even without permission, if she had credited me I would not be so pissed off about it.

And I will say this, if Emma Shepard was a writer at all, she would respect another writer's work.


Lesson of the day:

DON'T STEAL OTHER PEOPLE'S CREATIVE WORKS!

Out of Hiding

I don't even remember the last time I updated this. Not that anyone has noticed as I barely have any followers, but I digress. I am back with my view of the world.

Ok I just checked and I haven't been seen since the Halloween Special...

Well I do have an excuse for Nov. I participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and I was completely focused on that for the Month of Nov. As that was my first NaNo, I was actually surprised that I reached the 50,000 word goal and then some. (I finished with over 68,000). And I will be participating again in Nov of this year.

Of course, Dec is always our busy month with folks going out of town and leaving their critters and the critters eating stuff they shouldn't...

I really have no excuse for Jan and most of this month aside from working on edits for my novels...


Until next time

The Ice Queen

The Banyan Tree

ICE QUEEN'S FROZEN WORDS

presents

TRUE GHOST STORIES

Where my aunt lives, there is a military camp. Behind the walls of the camp is a Banyan (also known as Peepal in Hindi) tree. As she was sitting on her roof on a beautiful sunshine filled winter day, she saw someone or something climbing the branches of the tree. She knew it wasn't one of the soldiers as it wasn't wearing a uniform and no one else seemed to see it. It frightened her and she felt that it was an evil spirit climbing in that tree. She ran from the roof and into her room in no time flat. This happened sometime ago.

Varun G. from India

Thanks, Varun, for sharing :)

The Lady in the Hall

ICE QUEEN'S FROZEN WORDS

presents

TRUE GHOST STORIES

I used to live in a big house and every time I came out of the bathroom or my bedroom I would bump into a blond woman wearing a white nightgown. This happened for months before my mom told me she would also bump into the woman and thought she was me. We looked at one another, surprised that we'd been seeing the same thing and then had the same thought: We had a ghost in the house.

Heather from Canada

Thanks, Heather, for sharing :)

Flying Objects

ICE QUEENS FROZEN WORDS

presents

TRUE GHOST STORIES

My family once lived in a big house in north central Arkansas. One this particular day, my nephew was over and we were playing hide and seek. I was hiding in the office that connected to the living room. He couldn't find me, so I jumped out and scared him. He ran into the kitchen and I followed him. I was completely out of the office and one the other side of the living room close to the kitchen when I heard something behind me. I turned just in time to see the antenna come off the TV and come flying towards me. It hit me in the eye before I could react. I was scared to be in the living room by myself after that. This wasn't my first experience in that house. I had always felt that there was something in the house but after the antenna incident, I felt that whatever was there was after me for some reason.

Marie F from Arkansas

Thanks, Marie, for sharing. That would have scared me for sure as well!

Until next time,

The Ice Queen