My crazy ramblings

Revisting that place

2011-02-01T13:15:00.000-08:00

Today I flew over to Bloomfield Hills in Michigan.

I was a student at a very prestigious school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. I'm not going to say which school it was, only that it was a famous school with a set of very famous Alumni that included former Presidents and Oscar winners.

The school was impressive and cost my parents the whopping total of $25,000 a year. The school had wonderful campus in a historic building, I loved the campus, mostly because of the library.

However, after about six months I started to hate it, all the other students hated me and most of my friends were to aloof to give a damn about me.

After a long time of bullying I became anorexic and would often fall asleep during class because of lack of energy. Now don't get me wrong, I didn't set out to become anorexic, it just happened with all the stress. The teachers knew something was wrong because I was a shadow of all the other herculean boys, and I was as light bas air compared to all the fat boys.

My teachers knew something was wrong because I was so skinny, but they were all deeply Christian and didn't believe that males could become anorexic. I was eating allot of food at lunchtimes, so the teachers thought that I didn't have an eating disorder. But with all the stress, worry, and fear, all the calories were burnt off.

I went back to the school, I graduated four years early because I was always being bumped up grades.

I saw students who I once knew, many of them are in their final years and most of them have become spoilt brats.

I went back and I don't know why, but I wasn't afraid. Maybe it's because I left long ago and grew up, maybe because I know that High school is a different world, I don't know.

But I know one thing

I will never tremble in those halls ever again, I will never fear that place ore it's students ever again, never.

Creepy...sort of

2009-09-09T05:26:00.000-07:00

Is it creepy that I think Dana Delaney hot and she is three months older than my mother?

I met her recently and thought she was quite beautiful. I don't know why, but I seem to like older women.

My trip to Texas and Louisiana

2009-06-30T10:10:00.000-07:00

Whilst doing research I went down south to Texas and Lousiana, what beautiful secnery.

Thank you residents you have truley inspired me.

PS: RIP - Michael Jackson, the greatest POP singer and dancer of all time. I don't care about the stories, he was a legend.

Librarything!

2009-06-08T09:35:00.000-07:00

I forgot to tell you guys, I am on librarything.com
I love the site because it helps me kepp all my books in order.

The URLs are:
http://www.librarything.com/profile/PJDeLisle (Profile)
http://www.librarything.com/catalog/PJDeLisle (Book collection)

Please note that those books on show are only a fraction of my entire book collection.

Peace out!
PJD

Paying the rent

2009-06-07T09:00:00.000-07:00

Rent just came and I was so happy to see that I had to fork out the last of my ghostwriting pay-check to pay for the rent.

Life's a bitch...

Busy boy

2009-04-24T03:26:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have not posted in a long time, I have been super busy. I had to right up a two-thousand word paper on Jane Austen, followed by an oral speech.

I have been writing very little but I have managed to come up with a few good Ideas that I want to write about in the future.

Easter was alright, it usually is. I got two Easter eggs, which was fine by me because I dislike chocolate with a passion, far too sweet for me.

I have been doing research on a certain Greek mythical creature which I intend to write about.

The creed

2009-04-04T06:33:00.000-07:00

I just finished replaying Assassins Creed, and I have one question to ask: How come it isn't a movie yet?

The movie would be fantastic and I can picture who shall play altiar: Rupert Grint. Think about it, the game wasn't your ordinary, run of the mill, hack and slash, it was unique with a unique protagonist. Grint should play Altir because he isn't the usual action hero, Tom Cruise, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, you get the idea.

Assassins Creed the Movie, coming spring 2010.

Happy April NOT!

2009-04-04T06:05:00.000-07:00

Today is April fourth and everyone I meet seems to have forgotten that April fools was three days ago. I am of course the one who all my friends decide to prank, because I think that it is a ridiculous day and should be wiped from the face of the earth along with that bitch Anne Coulter.

If you recall, I said I had an interview at a local station. The interview was pretty fun and I was immediately rushed into make-up and then the green room. The green room was filled with treats like cakes and sandwiches and expensive-looking jellies, but I couldn't have any because they would smudge the male make-up they put on my face. Oh well, c'est la vie.

In other news: I just finished reading Neil Gaiman's Stardust and Diana Wynne Jone's Cart and Cwidder. I thought both were great books, but one had a deeper effect on me. I don't know why, but Diana Wynne Jones books always bring out the blood lust within me. During the end of the book I was really wishing for a villain to die, but it is a Diana book and that hardly ever happens, instead her protagonists take the moral route and turn them to stone or take a way their powers or something.

Official driver!

2009-03-29T03:04:00.000-07:00

Today I passed my driving test!

I am so happy, now all I need is a car.

I fell totally different from the shy little boy who totaled a car on his first driving lesson ever. I am quite lucky, most of my friends are on their second or third term of driving school and they still have not passed.

Short stories and German mags

2009-03-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

I just sent a short story to be published in a German goth mag, it features demons and Necromancers.

Hopefully they will like it.

I just got off the phone with a local tv station, they want to interview me sometime next week, so I am getting a haircut.

Mother's Day

2009-03-23T02:23:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Mother's Day, the day which all sons and daughters go and buy their mother's either a Josh Groban album or the latest Danielle Steel.

I showed my mother how much I love her by buying tickets to go see Oprah live. The tickets however, a set for the next Oprah big give show, so some waiting and patience is required.

My siblings and I took mom to dinner, which was all meat dishes except for me, I had a meal of tofu.

This is going to sound corny but, Love you mom.

PS: As I have said before, my mother is NOT Grey DeLisle.

I'm on street view!

2009-03-22T09:54:00.000-07:00

I was informed by a friend that I was on street view.
She said that the unflattering picture was of me staring up from a book and into the camera lens.

I saw the damned photo, and even though my face is blurred I can still visibly recognise my image. Strangely however, they didn't blurr the cover of the book I was reading, copyright issues maybe?

I am contemplating contacting Goggle to have the ghastly photo taken off, but not for worry of legal issues, just simple vanity.

Dream girl? Hah!

2009-03-20T02:04:00.000-07:00

I was at a cafe today and I couldn't help but overhear a bunch of boys talking about their dream video game girls.

Some liked Chun Lie, others liked Kasumi or evil Ayane.

I for one think that they are really nothing but a bunch of fantasists for talking about that.

Although... I wouldn't mind meeting Paine.

Does it really matter that she was based on every one's favorites bad-ass Sqaull Leonhart?

Oprah!

2009-03-19T04:54:00.000-07:00

My mother is so happy, I got her tickets to see the big O live for mother's day.

What is a son for?

Chrestomanci

2009-03-19T04:49:00.000-07:00

I just finished reading Charmed life, Diana Wynne Jones, and I loved it!

I can not wait to read Pinhoe Egg.

In other news...
I heard that Bristol Palin broke up with what's his name. I was heartbroken, we thought it would last.

What got at me was the fact that she called his family "White Trash" and her mother is the queen of white trash.

Sorry Coraline

2009-03-01T07:04:00.000-08:00

I was at the cinema, or whatever you Americans call it. I saw at the cinema that the wonderful film Coraline, which was based on a Neil Gaiman book, had been overtaken by the Jonas Brothers.

I loved the book, and shared the same happiness when I saw the film. But the Jonas Brothers! Are you kidding me?

But I have the unfortunate ability to sense when something will happen twice, the Jason films for example. So I am probably right to say that the Hannah Monatanna film is going to be ten times as big a the Jo Bros and Highschool Musical combined, god help us all.

I loathe all of those Disney stars.

PS: I'm not even going to dignify this post with a tag

I went all Carrie and...

2009-02-28T05:38:00.000-08:00

I was at the food court, somebody spilled cola on me and I kind of went all beserk, like Carrie from Carrie.

My calm and kind demenor slipped away and I wound up shouting, "What you fucking doing?"

Sorry...

Two more Events

2009-02-25T12:03:00.000-08:00

April 15 - The reading man's strumpet Bookstore, Augusta, Maine
April 22- Snakeskin books, Austen, Texas

I wont be sighing, instead I will be on a panel of Horror writers.

PS, tickets for Snakeskin have already gone.

Rest in peace Philip José Farmer

2009-02-25T09:37:00.000-08:00

One February 25th 2009 Philip José Farmer died peacefully in his sleep.

He was one of my favorite authors and heavily influenced my Novella Matilda's shadow. He wrote great books and created realistic worlds in his head.

I had the privilege of meeting him several times in his life, and he was very kind to remember my name every time.

I enjoyed all of his books and I will miss him terribly.

My thoughts go out to his family.

A little info bout my name

2009-02-24T09:10:00.000-08:00

I am stating here and now, for all those people who can't pronounce DeLisle. You prononuce DeLisle as DeL-ee-sal or DeL-is-sal

All those people who prononuce it DeL-is-cal have been warned, do it again and I will kick you.

PS: I am not the son of the actress Gray DeLisle.

School's Out by Scott Andrews

2009-02-24T04:48:00.001-08:00

School's out

Author: Scott Andrews

Series: The Afterblight cronicles

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages

Publisher: Abaddon Books (Rebellion) (21 Sep 2007)

Language English

Review:

First of all let me say that I think my local library made a mistake because they put it in the teens section when it should have been in Sci Fi or Fantasy.

Now for the proper review. I really liked this book because of the oculist/boarding school/ resident evil themes.

The book had me spellbound and all the characters are marvelously well written and the surroundings seemed quite realistic.

I would be lying if I didn't say that the first thing that made me notice it was the cover art: a boy holding an air rifle outside the school. Bodies hanging from thick silver chains between two lampposts. All that was quite noticeable.

I liked the private school theme, and the school reminded me of my old school, which was a very prestigious private school in Bloomfield Michigan (I think you can guess which one it was,)

Ghostwriting done, finished, complete!

2009-02-23T05:40:00.000-08:00

This took me three months to finish and towards the end I started to deeply resent the whole project.

I finished it about an hour before the Oscars, and I have to say congrats Kate Winslet, you finally got that f**king trophy!

Oh and Slumdog Millionaire, that film got me out of a deep rut that was brought on by Ghostwriting (Thanks allot NBC). That film didn't make me cry, but gave me the will to continue Ghostwriting.

I am travelling back to Augusta tonight, so the blog might not be up for a while.

It seems that I am getting noticed

2009-02-22T18:31:00.000-08:00

I was writing in my favorite Amherst cafe today, The Loose Goose Cafe, and three kids came up to me. Well I say they were kids, actually they were the same age as me, 17 (I graduated high school when I was fourteen).

One of the kids said the following, "Hey, don't we know you from school?"

I looked up from my laptop, I was meant to be working but instead I was playing Command and Conquer Red Alert 3. "I highly doubt that you know me, I graduated two years early." Was my answer.

"Really? Well then do you work here or something? Because we see you here every day on our way to school." Asked another one of them.

"I am working, but not at this cafe." I sensed that they weren't going to go easily. "I am a writer and I find it much more easier to work here where I don't have to make my own food."

The three of them laughed and then asked me about how did I become a writer and if I needed to have a college education to become one.

The truth is you don't need a college education to become one, but it helps you become a better writer. I will be attending college this year, but I am not so sure if every other person there will be happy to see somebody who is a year younger than them and is already more advanced.

It seems that this quiet little town of Amherst notices whenever somebody new rolls into town, like Murder, She Wrote.

A writer stuck in a crack, mind the pun

2009-02-20T20:20:00.000-08:00

Today I decided to throw caution to the wind and throw myself off a cliff with an elastic cable tied around my waist, I think you call it either rock climbing or to fake your own death.

The rock climbing was pretty cool, apart from when I got myself wedged in a small edifice or crack (Yes I'm laughing about the metaphor as well). The whole rock climbing was pretty fun, and it only coast me about $100.

In other news, I have been invited to go canoeing with a girl, who for some reason seems to like me. I had been put off canoeing up until recently because of what happened to that man who they thought was dead, but was really living in Panama.

Must dash, Benita Pussolini is trying to do a belly flop off the kitchen counter. If you think Benita is crazy get this: I have a dog who likes to nibble on your hands, not bite, just have a little nosh.

Ghostwriting almost done

2009-02-20T10:19:00.000-08:00

Almost done ghostwriting that series that I am not alllowed to talkb about. Not sure why I'm not allowed to name it, but all I can say is that it is a big TV show that I forced myself to watch inorder to get some backround information for writing the book.

I just have to right about three more chapters and then I'm done with this project and guess what, more ghostwriting!

YAY! *Gritted teeth*

On a lighter not, I am visiting Amherst right now. I think that this will be my future town and I want to get to know it properly before any decisions are made.

I really like Amherst, it has some great bookstores and coffee shops. Also, there are tons of Georgian and Victorian mansions scattered around the place and they have provided me with some inspiration.

At the moment I am sitting in a coffe shop opposite a large park, the sky is a bit cloudy and I see some kids splashing in rain puddles whilst on their way to school.

I think I like this town, it is much cheaper than Augusta.

Three Appearences

2009-02-20T04:26:00.000-08:00

March 27 - 29 - Toronto, Ontario CANADA Ad Astra SF Con.
April 2 -3 - Howell's books, Augusta, Maine
April 7 - 8 - Perry Books, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

I will be on panels discussing ghostwriting and the effect of it on the creativity of modern and historical books.

Studio Ghibli I love you!

2009-02-19T06:41:00.000-08:00

Studio Ghibli I love your art and your magnificent stories. I hope to marry you one day and have little Ghbli children.

PS, my frind is making me write this.

Ghosts in a spooky Victoarian house, I sense a mystery!

2009-02-18T06:00:00.000-08:00

Hello all, today I found out something interesting about my maybe future home...it is haunted. Living in a haunted house is not something that scares me, I lived in one for nine years back in Cardiff.

Apparently the ghosts of former residents haunt the house, but only the mothers and the children, figures the father would be a no show.

I remember the ghost in my old house used to interfere with the TV, it was very hard to watch Murder, She wrote.

My future home maybe?

2009-02-17T11:06:00.000-08:00

My mother has expressed interest in buying this house.

What do you think?

It is a lovely Victorian house painted in green. The house is huge and has enough space for me and my mother to live peacefully.

And if anybody is wondering why I live with my mother the answer is simple, I'm a minor duh!

I am disgusted

2009-02-17T07:33:00.000-08:00

I opened up my newspaper today, as I do every day. On the front page was a title that told me about a young boy who is thirteen and is already a dad.

What the fuck?
This is by far the most disgusting and morally loose story I have ever had the distasteful bad luck to have ever set my sapphire eyes upon. And apparently there is two other boys claiming to be the father, is this a plot line for the young and the restless?

Most likely the funniest Title ever!

2009-02-17T07:24:00.000-08:00

"The Petrified Florist" is most likely the funniest Murder, She wrote title ever. I am watching it with one eye as I type this, and the other eye is staring at my copy of Gilda Joyce, Physic investigator

I love Murder, She wrote. It's such a pity they aren't making more of them, but I guess it gets a tad repetitive at times.

Novella chapters coming up soon

2009-02-16T11:07:00.000-08:00

I have been working on a Novella, as previously stated. The pages will be up soon, for all to read, then you might have to buy the Novella from the store to read the whole thing.

Just reached the half mark

2009-02-16T07:13:00.000-08:00

Just reached 50,000 words for the book I am ghostwriting, half mark.

As I said in a previous blog, I am ghostwriting a book based on a popular and still running television show.

I am not a fan of the show, but I need the money and this is the only venture I can do at the present time.

Almost died...but whatever

2009-02-15T11:16:00.000-08:00

Today I was taking a driving test, and it was snowing heavily. My driving instructor wisely told me to turn back, wise words indeed.

I was driving through the snow, and out of the snow came a big black thing. I swerved to avoid it and we wound up going about three-feet into a nearby lake.

I hit my head, but apart from that only my ego was bruised.

Oh BTW, if you are wondering what the creature was, lets just say it went "MOOOOOO!"

Benita Pussolini

2009-02-13T07:22:00.000-08:00

Mussolini eat your heart out! because today I just purchased a Siamese cat and named her Benita Pussolini.

She is beautiful and pictures will be coming soon, she just has to stay still long enough for me to take the damned picture.

Ghostwriting...

2009-02-13T07:01:00.000-08:00

Ghostwriting, have I really fallen that far in the world of literature?
Simple answer: yes I have.

I have been contracted to write a book based on a hit TV series, not telling you which one though, so you will have to guess. The book is meant to be around 350 pages, the bad thing about ghostwriting is that you have a page quota.

I have started writing the beginnings of an opening chapter, and I bought the DVD to give me an insight into the series.

I don't mind the fact that I am getting no credit. But I would be lying if I told you it wasn't for the cold hard cash.

Have I sold out and became a literary whore?

Murder she wrote

2009-02-07T09:16:00.000-08:00

Miss Fletcher, if only you were real.

But if armature sleuths really did exist we would be in big trouble. They would be treated as a pariah because it wouldn't be long before somebody drops down dead and the case will begin!

I have digested five Nancy Drew books and I have to say that I like them, but the no murder thing really is a bummer.

The consequence of a one-armed chair...

2009-01-29T12:26:00.000-08:00

It's called back pain!

Peeps by Scott Westerfeld

2009-01-28T19:57:00.000-08:00

When my friend handed me a copy of Peeps and said that it was a vampire book my first words were, "Oh god, another Twilight, another Sookie Stackhouse, another Blue Bloods"

But I was wrong. These days vampire books are everywhere, and no matter how great a book is it will always be in that group of vamp novs. This book took a different spin on things. The book presents vampirisim as a viral disease, transmitted through the saliva. And of course our protagonist snogs a woman who, surprise, surprise is a vampire. However, he doesn't become a fanged menace. He just becomes a carrier for the disease.

Cal the protagonist accidentally infected several girlfriends, and after finding out what he has become, he enters a secret cult called the Night Watch. The Night Watch exists only to eradicate the disease from the face of the earth.

But strange things are afoot, and it's up to Cal to find out what.

Back from Hidelburg

2009-01-26T20:25:00.000-08:00

Back from Hidelburg.
The city was beautiful, but the trip was boring.

I got a £300 comission chequce, which is going to be spent on new gear for my laptop. Actually, I am working on a laptop with a broken screen, no CD drives, and a tendancy to rearrange my writing. I am using my brothers CD drive and a storage stick for uploading files of discs. I am also using my old computer scree for writing and browsing.

I like to call it my Lapueter, not to be confused with the floating island of Laputa.

Two great books and Hidelburg

2009-01-22T19:38:00.000-08:00

I'm flying into Hidelburg Germany tomorrow. A few short-stories of mine are being published in a German Scifi mag. They want to discuss my pay cheque.

I am going to be flying business Claus. Yes that's right, business class! oh what luxury. But whilst I am flying in plan reread two great books by two of my favorite Authors. The books are The Merlin conspiracy by Diana Wynne Jones and Flyte by the fab Angie Sage.

Those two books should mellow me out so I can sleep well on the plane, of course I'm a bad flyer.
But if they don't wok I have a bag of sleeping tablets with me. They should do the trick, LOL.

The Obama inaguration

2009-01-21T13:24:00.000-08:00

I flew into DC to see history being made.
It was crowded, as you can imagen.

I had to stand on my friend Ken's shoulders to get a good view. But no matter where you stood, you could still see a breathtacking sight...Aretha Franklin's hat.

Revised Chapter

2009-01-15T19:19:00.001-08:00

Just finished Revising the opening chapter.
I will most likely do it again in a couple of weeks...Why am I such a perfectionist?

Oh wait...

2009-01-11T10:48:00.000-08:00

I just realised that my first blog was on three words, I predict a pattern of madness.

First ever bloggie!

2009-01-11T10:47:00.000-08:00

My first ever Bloggie!