OddCon Appearance Schedule and Exciting Announcement
**NEW** Online Book Announcement: Hello folks, I am excited to announce that my website is finally live for a novel series I created called, “The Violet War.” I’m in the process of putting the finishing touches on the site, and will be publishing the first chapter by the end of this week. It’s written, but [...]
Welcome to The Violet War!
Thank you for visiting my site. The Violet War is a site dedicated to a novel series by Monica Valentinelli, written in modern times. Alchemy, fantastic creatures, and sinister plots are part-and-parcel to this series. The War is coming to a neighborhood near you. Will you be ready for it? Site updates will continue throughout [...]
Looking for Buttons
Hi everyone, I’m looking for the graphic buttons people post on their blog for Facebook and LiveJournal, specifically. Can anyone help me out? Monica
Where in the World is Monica?
So, the plan this weekend was to go up north to visit with Matt’s family but, alas, the dregs of the flu have put their claws into folk and and are not letting go. Kind of like winter. So instead, Matt and I are sitting in front of each other, at a coffee shop, where [...]
Things I’m not Currently Talking About
(1) Politics. (2) Religion. (3) Money. (4) How I’m hoping Hellboy: II the Golden Army won’t suck. (5) How really darn hard it is to eat out in New York and then come back to Madison. (6) How true the idea that “blogging for money is the same as trying to learn ventriloquism to meet [...]
Get your IMs Together and Help Me Design a Game
Has anyone ever created an IM-based text game? I thought of an “off-hours” PvP game, but it wasn’t fully developed. Robots, ninjas, monkeys and pirates! Stats: DEF, ATK, AGI, and SNA (or SNEAK) Change your IM status to a class of your choice. Robots: +2 DEF Ninjas: +2 SNK Monkeys: +2 AGI Pirates: +2 ATK
Got Faith?
Why is it when people make any comments about Christians or other “faithfuls,” that person is being persecuted, but when anyone else puts themselves out there as a non-mainstream individual (i.e. atheist or pagan or whatever) it’s considered completely acceptable when someone stomps all over them? I’m of the opinion that while yes, religion is [...]
Writing Updates, Networking and Hello New LJ Folk!
Hello, I noticed I had a bunch of people add me on my LJ-friends list. Please feel free to introduce yourself. After getting some great feedback, I just did a massive update/redesign for my writing blog at MLVwrites.com. Stop by and check it out. In other news, I’ve been super busy with work, personal projects, [...]
