*snorkle*

Bill Hall is Spartanburg County's fire marshal. He was just referred to as Fire Marshal Bill on our local news. ::dies::

Survey Meme Thing from the Honourable perverse_pup

The Rules:
1. You can only say YES or NO!
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone comments to the entry and asks.

Taken a picture naked? Yes

Made out with a member of the same sex? Yes

Danced in front of your mirror? Yes

Told a lie? Yes

Gotten in a car with people you just met? Yes

Been in a fist fight? No

Had feelings for someone who didn't have them back? Yes

Been arrested? No

Left your house without telling your parents? No

Ditched school to do something more fun? No

Slept in a bed with a member of the same sex? Yes

Seen someone die? Yes

Kissed a picture? Yes

Slept in until 3? Yes

Laid on your back and watched cloud shapes go by? Yes

Played dress up? No

Fallen asleep at work/school? Yes

Felt an earthquake? No

Touched a snake? Yes

Ran a red light? Yes

Had detention? No

Been in a car accident? Yes

Pole danced? No

Been lost? Yes

Sang karaoke? Yes

Done something you told yourself you wouldn't? Yes

Laughed until something you were drinking came out your nose? Yes

Caught a snowflake on your tongue? Yes

Kissed in the rain? No

Sang in the shower? Yes

Got your tongue stuck to a pole? No

Ever gone to school partially naked? No

Sat on a roof top? No

Played chicken? No

Been pushed into a pool with all your clothes on? No

Been told you're hot by a complete stranger? No

Broken a bone? Yes

Mooned/flashed someone? No

Forgotten someone's name? Yes

Slept naked? Yes

Blacked out from drinking? No

Played a prank on someone? Yes

Felt like killing someone? Yes

Made a parent cry? Yes

Cried over someone? Yes

Had sex more than 5 times in one day? Yes

Had/Have a dog? Yes

Been in a band? No

Drank 25 sodas in a day....(aka Co-Cola in the south) No

Shot a gun? No

Second Draft Update, More Sub-Hive Thoughts, and Cadmus as Virus

I'm almost 11,000 words into the second draft of The Chalice. It's been slower going than I had expected or hoped, but I understand why I'm crawling through it. Reading and thinking about each line before retyping it. Although I know it's unrealistic, I'd like to think what I'm doing will help me avoid having to do a third draft. I doubt that will happen, though, 'cos I'll be working on finishing Sui Generis as a chapter in the book, which will essentially make it a first draft chapter in the second draft book. After careful consideration, I've decided to leave out The Embrace of Cadmus. It stands nicely on its own and, to be honest, the transformation of Maria into Eve isn't relevant at all to the arch story that makes up The Chalice.

falkenna asked me to extrapolate on what differentiates the sub-hives from each other, why they exist at all really. The Hive of Purity sprung out of the Tarmian bloodlines and is defined solely by this blood affiliation. Made up of the Original Ten vampires (all Tarmi), and their first human vampire offspring, this hive is essentially only 19 vampires large (one of the Original Ten is dead). The Darkblood Hive and Hive of Redemption are pretty much religious-based. Darkbloods believe in magic and mysticism, and they embrace their vampiric nature. Redemptors are typically monotheistic and often punish themselves for surrendering to the bloodlust. The Hive of the Beast is a psychological hive in that these vampires have no choice but to behave in the way that they do, engaging in the eating of flesh and the Bloodbath. It's also physical because there are a number of Beasts who can shapeshift, giving rise to werewolf legends. The last sub-hive, the Tribe of the Tomb, is also physical and psychological. These are most often mentally disabled vampires. Their mortality rate is higher than the other hives put together, simply because they're more easily found by human hunters.

Finally, I'm just really thrilled at another offer of fanfiction for Cadmus Pariah. This makes two people who've written Cadmus because of how he made them feel. I've even had some folks dream of him and one special soul create art for him and his Mask (::bows to xanadumalion). I'm wondering what would happen if Cadmus ever got attention on a very wide scale. If any character could have a viral effect on people, I think that Cadmus could. It's not because I'm touting this super-duper character that I created, because I didn't create him by myself. He's the bastard child of some frightening music and a psychic hand print (out of the Dream Time?) that was left when Barry Andrews bitch-slapped me from afar. If these things could have such an effect on me, then the character produced out of such effects could influence others. At least that's what I've come to believe. This is really the only thing driving me to try to get the book published, so I can see what effect Cadmus will have on others.