Playlist Makers Anonymous

I make a TON of playlists, I think I have at least 20 in my Grooveshark sidebar. Sometimes I give them really ridiculous or pretentious sounding names, like my 'forbidden/tragic romance' playlist, which is called Us Against the Stars, or Indie Princess, which is just a lot of music that I loved by bands I hadn't heard of before I used Pandora.
A playlist I made for a fanfiction I was writing for Doctor Who, called TARDIS Blue, (the OC I made for it had TARDIS blue hair) is one of my faves, but I haven't used it in a while, I have lists named after characters from books like "Sophie", "Josephine," or "Milo and Amelia."
Then there are just the random ones, like "Atmosfeer", "Busy", or "The Red Necklace", which I put together for the book by Sally Gardner. I have a Florence playlist, which is all Florence and the Machine (my favorite band).
Oddly enough, the thing about me and my playlists is that I never ever use them. I have them, and I spend about a half hour making each one, and then I use it for about two days, and then I stop and forget about it, which is generally what happens with most of my music anyway, unless it's a really really great song. I'll spend hours and hours listening to it until I hate it, and then I'll listen to something else and go back to it.
(Here's) my Grooveshark profile, for anyone who wants to check out those ignored playlists :}

Everyone in Elysia is a Whovian

One of the things I really tried to get across in the book, well, without shoving it down your throat or making it awkward, is that Elysia is a modern country. Their monarchy is constitutional, where the king does have some political power, but not much, and they are totally into technology.

Citizens watch T.V and have iPods and mp3 players, iPads, or at least their fictional equivalents. Not everyone uses them, but they’re about the same as other Western European countries in that respect, even if they do have a bit of an outdated social system.

This is just a headcanon, I don’t want to get sued by the BBC, but gosh darnit, if I had my way then everyone in Elysia would be watching Doctor Who every Saturday night, Olivia would be humming “oooweeeeeoooooooweeeeeoooo-oooooooo” all day long and driving Corvyn up the wall (he doesn’t watch much TV, mostly because he wants everyone to think he reads a lot, and besides that, Baker isn’t on TV anymore and Four is his favorite Doctor).

This post is also on my Tumblr, (here) -- I'm addicted to Tumblr :}

Chili Garlic Sauce

I love chili garlic sauce. The one with the chicken on it? I use that in everything.
Oddly enough, I dont' like it as a condiment, I don't put it on my food, but gosh darnit, it just adds something AWESOME to everything.
Stroganoff? Chili Garlic sauce.
Tacos? Chili garlic sauce.
Cookies? Chili Garlic sauce.
Apple juice? Chili garlic sauce.
Okay, not the last two (unless I'm feeling bosslike) but in pasta, chili, meat, teriyaki anything, sauces, what have you -- It's like lemon juice with sass.
Also, can I just Eowyn's white dress in the Two Towers? It's just a lovely dress. 

Hey guys, here's a free preview of my book, Sterling, including the prologue and the first three chapters.

http://issuu.com/kieranwisser/docs/sterling_--_first_three_chapters

So I've been gone a while. . .

Wow, okay, I'm back, and all of a sudden everything is so new!!!


Me gusta.

So I've been gone quite a while, so I'll catch you all up on what's happened:

I went to Tennessee, Florida, and Washington D.C. What a trip! It was amazing, loved every minute of it, except for the moments I didn't, which were few :}

I got a job! Yep, I'm a nanny now. I love my job.

Annnnnnddddd. . . 


I finally published a book. 


Yes! That's right folks, I published myself a book, Sterling, in the Amazon Kindle store.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006BO3IDA

Needless to say, I'm ridiculously psyched about it. 

Ah, illness, we meet again.

I'm sick. Mildly, mind, but still.
But that hasn't put much of a damper on my mood, because I finished first drafting one of my novellas! It's gonna take a lot of work to finish it, but I have motivation in the form of my sister, who has eagerly devoured every page I've written. I've never really had that before, and I think that that's what it's gonna take to git it dun.

Wow. . .

It's been so long since I bothered to blog. . . I don't even know where to begin.
I sort of finished this story, in one form or another, but never got around to editing it. I finished it in about a week, and plan to make it into a little series, like the Lemony Snicket books (but only five of them).
I think that there might be some promise in one that I'm working on, if I don't get too distracted. . . Y'all know that's a big issue. Especially if you're a writer. . .
Should I still work on it?