I interrupt the heavy metal and holiday posts for some exciting news. My steampunk novel Thorn has been shortlisted for the SciFiNow / Tor UK War of the Words competition. You can read details about the competition on the SciFiNow website. http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/war-of-the-words-shortlist-announcement/ Yay! I fly out to Turkey tomorrow. That’s a little scary considering all [...]
Ah, winter. The Gymm, frostbitten season of epicness. We’re deep in the bowels of Scandinavia at the moment, and boy howdy is it chilly. Not that we mind. As we’re previously discussed, metal is NOT a summer fashion – all that black leather, boots, jeans and fishnet does not a cheery beach babe make. For [...]
We have returned to Germany, land of Currywurst and the best driving in Europe, and await a meeting with our awesome Wacken friends tonight. I thought I would share a few photos with you all from our adventure around Scandinavia (scandelvania). Lin and I went shopping and I picked out this rad zipper dress, orange [...]
A random assortment of links this week. Cupcakes and Mace is a rad New Zealand-based acrylic jewelry shop. She sells some great designs including guns and Darwin fish necklaces. I’m thinking of asking if she can do me a custom Cthulhu fish :) She also write a great blog at Ms. Constantine. (She’s also a [...]
Ah, the ole’ metal t-shirt – every metalhead’s staple wardrobe item. I confess to owning two-and-a-half drawers full of the suckers, and my husband isn’t much better. One problem with being a female metalhead – t-shirt designers forget you exist. Sure, some bigger bands like Iron Maiden, Metallica and Slayer carry girl’s shirts in their [...]
Up the Irons! – the grymm and frostbitten version
Cthulhu’s Closet – What I Wore on Bornholm, Sweden
Linking Horn for August 20, 2009
