Nightwebs Still Spinning...

The nightwebs are spinning...

Do you see them? Can you hear them?

Glistening there, in the dark.

Adorning wreaths upon the branches bare bone...

Listen to the voice in the dark.

Their weavers they form from stars and dust...

Their movements,

Their clicks...

Their nightly embark.

Watch the nightwebs curling,

Through our dreams, our tears...

Nightwebs still spinning,

Through the dark.

Watch them float up.

Nightwebs still spinning...

Close your eyes,

Count to ten.

Watch all the clocks,

Spun old with time...

Watch the universe,

Spun over with lines...

We are all of us spinning,

In this toys bright eye.

A speck of dust,

A planet lost...

Oceans colliding,

Covered in frost.

Why are you shivering?

The nightwebs are spinning...

Down down the dark way we go,

Fall down,

Float up.

The dust scatters down...

These fine weavers,

We hide.

Catch us...

Dust-ghost,

A jab in the dark...

Spun across wide,

Always we are falling.

The nightwebs are spinning...

Watch us,

Watch us float up.

Dead dark night,

Still the nightwebs are spinning.

We fall.

Miss C.L.Scarlett xx

The Horse Museum...

Come to the horse museum with me,

We'll go there at a quarter past three...

We'll ride around the chimney chutes,

And practice dancing with a mute...

Come let's ride the oven chair,

And carry strange martini's inside our hair...

We'll dance until the break of dawn,

Little Muppet and Mr. Storm...

Come let's take the last boat out,

And when the sea becomes quiet we'll scream and shout,

Follow these labyrinthine desires...

Through the Maelstrom's heart,

And back into our cage,

What a practiced art.

Tonight we'll be cats, tonight we'll be ruins...

Our sinking castles suite us quite fine,

King and queen of nothing...

Come to the horse museum with me,

Maybe at last we can be free.

I'll kiss you between wake and sleep...

Come to the horse museum with me.

Handy Things

 Number one thing to know as a Writer (and probably as any kind of Artist too)...
mail that shit to yourself.
Anything you write or create, mail it, email it to yourself. The more copies the merrier and also the more gunpowder you have in the arsenal if Ren-Tixo-Shooter comes at you claiming that you stole his story. (In short-speak, good if you want to protect your work).
    Now I don't know all there is to know about writing and the vast concepts of Universal Grammar (which people should look up it's fascinating), but I've had a pretty crash-course self-taught and mysteriously guided entrance into the world of writing.
   Most of these tips are just things I picked up along the way.
  So tip two...
THERE ARE NO RULES...time to RAAAAAGE!!!!!!
 It's still kinda the learn them break them concept. If you have nothing to teach you then, learn from everything. Read as much as you can. Want to write Steampunk? READ Steampunk. Want to create your own style? (I know, the big taboo) Read everything, at some point they'll create a category to fit your style. I would also highly recommend, even if you're self-taught, to get a degree. You never know what you might find out. I have been challenged, inspired, had some of the most gratifying moments to do with my writing. It's also marvelous to be able to speak to other writers who are in the same head space as you.
   Tip Three...look into Licences. This may sound odd but if you've got any completed work online, on your computer or otherwise, or a Blog, it may help you avoid thieves. Go check the CCL website out when you have a moment. It's free, and you just copy and paste the image/words to the bottom of each page.
   Last tip for now...
WRITE. There is never a good time to write. It must be now.
YOU SHOULD BE WRITING.

 

The joints and cartilage of a Story...

 

  I thought I'd try a little something that's been on my mind for a while and then perhaps, you can tell me yours. Below I have placed a mix-matched list of every book, movie and show that has inspired my writings. It's a refreshing activity that really helps you reflect on what brought you to this point as a writer. I'd recommend everyone trying it...

•   The Magical Forest. (A tale my Mother would tell me when I was little. A magical forest in which lived Uni the Unicorn, Swanny the Swan, Caraleena and Carabeena the Dolphins. They had many wonderful adventures together).
• The Last Unicorn.
• Tabaluga.
• The Swan Princess I - III.
• The Unicorns of Balinor (Mary Stanton).
• The Land Before Time.
• Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron.
• GetEd
• Code Lyoko
• Class of the Titans.
• Anastasia.
• All Dogs Go To Heaven.
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
• The Road to El Derado
• Rowen of Rin (Emily Rodda).
• The Wind Singer Trilogy. (William Nicholson).
• The Wintering Trilogy. (Stephen Bowkett).
• The Starthorn Tree (Kate Forsyth).
• The Fire Within (Chris d'Lacey).
• The Dream Merchant (Isobel Hoving).
• Bolto
• Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
• The Flesh Market (Nicola Morgan).
• Spirited Away.
• Jennie (Paul Galico).
• The Call of the Wild (Jack London).
• MIB
• Species.
• The Crystal Mask (Katherine Roberts).
• A Little Princess (the movie).
• The Angel's Game (Carlos Ruiz Zafon.)
• Here There Be Dragons (James A. Owen).
• Dragonkeeper (Carole Wilkinson).
• The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S.Lewis).
• The Harry Potter Series (J.K.Rowling).
• Sinbad.
• SuperMario Sunshine.
• Nancy Drew.
• Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse).
• The Tale of Despareaux (Kate DiCamillo).
• Clair de Lune (Cassandra Golds).
• The Pendragon Series (D.J.MacHale).
• The Left Behind Series (Time LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins).
• A Series of Unfortunate Events (Lemony Snicket).
• The Lord of the Rings (Books, movies and poetry).
• Atlantis.
• Monsters Inc.
• The Night Circus (Erin Morgenstern).
• The Rise of the Guardians.
• The Long Road of the Junkmailer (Patrick Holland).
• A Wrinkle in Time (movie and book) (Madeleine L'Engle) and A Wind in the Door.
• Noughts and Crosses (Malorie Blackman).
• Eragon Series (Christopher Paolini).

I have decided to cut off the list there, as there are many more. Let me know if you have read or seen any of these and why not post your own list?

  Pleasant dreams and magnificent thoughts,

Miss C.L.Scarlett xox

P.S. I received my first gift of the year, a small engagement pledge if you will. It is I believe, another example of the way stories and words can manifest, namely in this case and for me, in relation to Lyla's Lake. The Sun and the Moon, on a ring that just happens to only fit my ring finger. Hohum...