Upon the Wings of Greater Things

The creative endeavours of Starla Huchton

My Favorite Two Words

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THE END.

Is there anything as beautiful as typing THE END after a year and a half long battle with a novel?

Newborn babies and stuff aside, there’s no feeling in the world like being able to tack on those two little words to a massive project. It’s elation, fulfillment, sadness, and empowerment all rolled up into a little ball of OMGWTFBBQ AWESOME. No matter how many times you earn the right to write it, it will never cease to feel good.

So, it is with that preface that I announce to you all that as of midnight, March 17th (Happy St. Patty’s Day, BTW), ANTIGONE’S WRATH IS IN POSSESSION OF A “THE END” OF ITS OWN.

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Tales from the Ministry- One

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As posted at The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences…

The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has many forgotten stories in its Archives. Stories of madcap adventures in all corners of the Empire, dark doings in hidden places, and mysterious devices and artifacts that the everyday citizen should never become aware of for fear it would quite undo their minds.

Archivist to the Ministry, Wellington Thornhill Books and Eliza D Braun (recently and unwillingly reassigned to the Archives) have selected some cases they feel the public is ready for.

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Tales from the Ministry- the promo!

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This just in! The Tales From the Ministry podcast is due to start March 8th! I’ll be syndicating my story at the very least, but you can subscribe to the whole podcast directly once it hits iTunes, or from here when it’s live. As you know, I’ve provided one of the stories in this podcast anthology, but from the looks of it, you won’t hear it until towards the end of the anthology. They wanted to save the best for almost-last, you know. ;)

More bloggy stuff as it happens! You guys are really going to dig this thing Tee and Pip have created. I’m super excited to help unleash it on the world!

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A New Adventure

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You may or may not have born witness to my Twitter angsting over the last week. A big project was unveiled recently, of which I’m involved, and I’ve been battling with words to complete my part.

First, the project. What was it? Best answer: here.

My answer: Shortly after the New Year (can you believe I kept a lid on it for THAT LONG?), I received an email inviting me to participate in a short story anthology podcast that would lead up to the release of Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine’s Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences: Phoenix Rising. Honestly, I was rather speechless when I first saw the invite. Then, I became excited. That excitement then turned to dismay as I had yet to finish Antigone’s Wrath and had planned on devoting all my time to that. After a sound self-kicking, I realized I’d be an absolute idiot to pass up a chance like this. So, I accepted. And then, the terror began.

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Soundtrack for a Novel

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Sometimes, it’s just impossible to find a quiet place to write. In those situations, I break out the headphones and put on my “Writing Music” playlist in iTunes. As a musician-on-the-side, I find it incredibly distracting to listen to anything with lyrics, so I choose instrumental pieces for my can’t-get-quiet times. I thought perhaps I’d share the albums in my playlist so you can see where I’m drawing inspiration from as I write Antigone’s Wrath. [Read more…]

Just a quick update

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Apparently I spaced and forgot to announce a fairly momentous occassion last month. I was so busy with finals for school and family stuff over the holidays that my own news just flew out the window. I SQUEE’d like crazy all over Twitter about it, but I didn’t put it HERE. You know, this being the blog for news and update stuff.

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The Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For?

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-Edit: Before listening to this, I would ask you to view this page first. It is not required, but it may add some context for you. –

Santa dropped me an email and said you all might like this little gift from myself, Phil Rossi, and Scott Sigler, so, him being Santa and all, we obliged him. Take care for little ears though. This winter tune is not safe for kids.

Enjoy the laugh, and Happy Holidays to you all!

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And once again, the holidays are upon us…

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It’s that time of year, again. Now that it’s December, holiday cheer is being passed around like a communicable disease and yes, I’ve caught the bug again! Last year, I recorded a selection of Christmas songs and made them downloadable for folks to enjoy. I’m working on some new tunes, but the tail end of a cold is preventing me from recording at this moment, so I’m resharing last year’s files. I’ve got a nice chunk of songs planned for this year (and possibly an internet-melting collaboration, but that one’s under wraps for now!), and as soon as they’re ready you’ll find them here!

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Atlanta, Corsets, Parsecs, and Stan Lee

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What a weekend! I can’t believe it’s already over. It’s hard to decide where to start this post.

So, bad news first.

The Dreamer’s Thread didn’t win a Parsec Award.

No worries, though. All that saying “I’m really just ecstatic to be a Finalist” turned out to be, well, true. Not a tear was shed. Competition was tough. To be ranked among those folks was amazing for me. The ceremony was fun, also. It was great to cheer on friends as their categories were announced.

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