Bored? Frustrated? Need a break from the madness?

[Mythsaje]

I'd like to invite you all to drop by my website and take a load off. Have a look around, get a feel for what I'm doing, not only in cyberspace, but with my writing projects. Take a wander to my pet page, and read about all the animals who've touched our lives since my wife and I started working in canine rescue, or visit my blog and be reminded of some of my essays and satires I've posted here from time to time.

Can't be all politics all the time, can we? I know I need a break occasionally myself.

If you happen to like sci-fi, urban fantasy, or paranormals, the site is most likely going to be quite a treat if you haven't visited it before.

And, in the immortal words of Jubal Harshaw, one of Robert Heinlein's most memorable characters. "This is Liberty Hall. You can spit on the mat and call the cat a bastard."

:D

[juliana24]

1. Robert Heinlein was not a liberal democrat at all.

[Mythsaje]

3. Never said he was...

More of a Libertarian. But he believed in freedom. He also lived in a simpler time.

[juliana24]

8. RAH was a chauvinist, right winger. Nothing like the neo-Cons we have now.

[Mythsaje]

10. Yet he was one of the first male sci-fi authors who

wrote strong female characters. He was a product of his time and yet, to a great extent, managed to rise above it in many ways. There have been many things said about his political views--he's been accused of being a fascist, a communist, a libertine, and a whole host of other things. But he was still a grandmaster of science fiction.

How much of his stuff have you actually read? Try "Stranger In A Strange Land" sometime. Or "Friday." Or "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls." His female characters are often more capable than his male characters.

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. Great stuff, Mythsaje!

:thumbsup:

Turnabout's fair play: http://www.backseatbetty.net (My writing is in The Vanity.)

:D

[Mythsaje]

4. Wow...

Don't know what I was expecting, but that wasn't quite it.

:)

To quote Jayne, from Firefly. "I'll be in my bunk."

;)

[Der Blaue Engel]

5. Lol

The fantasy novels are my "real" stuff. I just get paid for the rest.

As Jayne also said, "I just get excitable as to choice - like to have my options open." ;)

[Mythsaje]

7. My wife's the one who reads erotica...

She's a reviewer and editor these days. Me...well, not usually, though I'm finding it harder to avoid it. Paranormal erotica is pretty big anymore.

[northofdenali]

6. I've bookmarked your site

for a thorough read "on the morrow" - it ain't Breakup yet, so indoor activities are at a premium here! Looks really good, Mythsage - the site is indicative of the writing, I trust!!

:-)

[Mythsaje]

9. Well, I designed the site and wrote the text, so

unless I was unknowingly channeling someone with talent, I'd hope so. :D

All kidding aside, my stuff reviews real well, and the only complaint I've ever gotten on my first novel was that I really took a lot of liberties with the mythology, which, frankly, was a big part of the point. There's a lot of stuff out there that at least tries to faithfully follow the concepts, but I wanted very much to do something different.

The sample story, "Battlezone," gives a pretty good taste of my voice, though it's a fairly meager example of my work so far. It was written in the middle of my second novel, as a diversion, and has a rather limited setting, so it doesn't really highlight my range very much.

[northofdenali]

11. If you're channeling, channel away!!!

I also like your views on RAH. I find him, and most of his work, fascinating, particularly because of his female characters! We could use a few Fridays these days...... sigh.

[Mythsaje]

12. It's one of the old books I would like to see made into a movie.

The fact that Spider Robinson considers RAH to be one of his mentors and influences says an awful lot to me, that's for sure.

I consider him an influence as well, even though what I write has very little in common with what he wrote. I guess it's because I have a passion for strong female protagonists myself.

[northofdenali]

13. Spider Robinson is my god!

Wouldn't you LOVE to party, just once with the Callahan bunch? Toss a few glasses, fling a few puns?

[Mythsaje]

14. Absolutely...

Though I'm pretty sure I'd be totally outclassed in the pun department. My humor runs more towards one-liners and general irony.