Upon the Wings of Greater Things

The creative endeavours of Starla Huchton

Antigone’s Wrath Live Reading – The Video!

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Couldn’t make it to Balticon to catch the unveiling of the first two chapter’s of Antigone’s Wrath? Is the audio just not enough?

Well now, courtesy of Steph and JP Harvey, you can live (or re-live!) the experience with the full video recording of the reading.

Alas, the amazing Paulette Jaxton could not be captured in the frame, but everyone else’s lovely mugs are there for you to see!

Enjoy!

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Antigone’s Wrath – Live, Full Cast Reading

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Where do I even start to talk about this? Not only had I never done a live reading before this moment, but I was unveiling the beginning of a brand spankin’ new project that only a few folks have seen.

Was I nervous? You bet.

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Balticon 45 Wrap-Up

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Last year, I thought it would never be harder to write a post-con post.

And then this year had to go and decimate that conclusion.

Last year was a year of firsts. First panels, first meetings, first exposure to “fans”…

Perhaps I should just dub Balticon the “con of firsts”, because this year was full of firsts also. The big first here being the live reading. More on that in a moment.

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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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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…]