Description:
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
'`Tis some visiter,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more.'"
- Edgar A. Poe
Hail and hello, fellow wordsmiths.
As previously mentioned, my name is Deidre, and I'm obsessed with the art of writing.
My favorite authors include:
Dan Brown,
Mark Z. Danielewski,
Richard A. Knaak,
Dean Koontz,
Chuck Palahniuk,
Edgar Allen Poe,
J.K. Rowling (who doesn't love her? :P),
and William Shakespeare
to name a few.
My writing style was derived from/influenced by
Koontz's sarcastic tension,
Poe's ironic tragedy,
and Shakespeare's obsessive drama.
Where would we be without a satirical dramatization,
the underdog's story of rising above the oppression,
only to suffer the loss of purpose.
That, my friends, is tragic comedy.
As a side note, anyone who's ever read (and understood) Dante Alighieri's
The Divine Comedy is a genius.
I have yet to pick up the book, but it intimidates me.
That's one of my goals, actually: to read
The Divine Comedy, and eventually "Paradise Lost."
Books and Poems I Would Recommend
Books:
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski
Only Revolutions
Mark Z. Danielewski
Legacy of Blood (Book One of the Diablo Series)
Richard A. Knaak
False Memory
Dean Koontz
To Hell and Back: An Autobiography
Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday), David Dalton
Choke
Chuck Palahniuk
Diary
Chuck Palahniuk
Fight Club
Chuck Palahniuk
Invisible Monsters
Chuck Palahniuk
Lullaby
Chuck Palahniuk
Give a Boy a Gun
Todd Strasser
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut (R.I.P.)
Poems:
"America" by Allen Ginsberg
"The Seven Deadly Virtues" by X.J. Kennedy
"Daddy" by Sylvia Plath
"Lady Lazarus" by Sylvia Plath
"Annabel Lee" by E. A. Poe
"Bridal Ballad" by E. A. Poe
"A Dream" by E. A. Poe
"Evening Star" by E. A. Poe
"For Annie" by E. A. Poe
"Lenore" by E. A. Poe
"The Raven" by E. A. Poe
"Spirits of the Dead" by E. A. Poe
If you couldn't tell, yes, I am a Poe fanatic.
Speaking of "Poe," there is a musician by the name of "Poe," and she is the sister of the author of House of Leaves. I recommend her album "Haunted," but only if you've read the book, otherwise you won't understand the significance of several of the songs.
Fair thee well, humble visitors.
I shall hope we meet again.
"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamplight o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted— nevermore!"
- Edgar A. Poe
