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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets) - Cordyceps III
Labyrinth’s Archivist Research (Book Secrets) – Cordyceps III
Video of a cordyceps infection. I put this in a separate post because it is definitely disturbing. I still have the occasional nightmare about this.
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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): Braille in a Fantasy World
Labyrinth’s Archivist Research (Book Secrets): Braille in a Fantasy World
Azulea lives in a culture and a family where knowledge and information is revered; where mapmaking and reading and writing is considered an essential skill. But Azulea is blind. No matter how great her memory is, I also needed to make her literate.
Literacy is the ability to read and write. That sounds odd but it makes sense when I tell you, in 1960 more than 50% of blind American children…
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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): The Ideas for the Cover that Never Was
Labyrinth’s Archivist Research (Book Secrets): The Ideas for the Cover that Never Was
So last month I posted a lovely picture of the cover to The Labyrinth’s Archivist. This month I thought I’d share some of the concepts and sample images that I sent to Falstaff Books. You see, they have a form for the author to offer information and suggestions to help the artist. 🙂 You’ll see that my ideas were absolutely nothing like the cover. THANK GOODNESS!
Below are images of fashion…
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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): Cordyceps II
Labyrinth’s Archivist Research (Book Secrets): Cordyceps II
Hopefully you read my first Cordyceps post and so know what it is and how it was incorporated into The Labyrinth’s Archivist. Fun right? I was poking around and realized I am NOT the first person to consider using cordyceps in fiction. 🙂 Of course I wasn’t! It is just too awesome and terrifying for there NOT to be other Cordyceps-like creations out there. So…I thought I’d share a few.
X-File…
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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): Cordyceps
Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): Cordyceps (oh yeah, it is as gruesome as you think...zombie ant fungus)
Melehti struggled to read the word.
“Or…no, opt…no, Ophi…Ophiocor—”
“Cordyceps?” Azulea completed. She sat bolt upright. “Ophiocordyceps?!”
“Yes. I think that may be what it says.”
Azulea put a horrified hand to her throat. “The Corpse Plague.”
“That can’t be right,” Hypatia said. Her voice thin and high. “It hasn’t been seen in years.”
Sensing something amiss, Melehti’s…
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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): The Great Libraries...PLURAL
Labyrinth’s Archivist Research (Book Secrets): The Great Libraries…PLURAL
I’d modeled the Great Archive in The Labyrinth’s Archivist after the Great Library of Alexandria (as I mentioned in my last Book Secret) but in the text of the novella, I mention other academies of learning (in the book, you can find specific mention of scholars from the House of Wisdom). We have a romanticized history of the Great Library of Alexandria but what hasn’t necessarily been as…
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Labyrinth's Archivist (Book Secrets): Ful
Labyrinth’s Archivist (Book Secrets): Ful
This world in the Labyrinth I wanted very much to mirror parts of Middle Eastern culture. I wanted it to have the sounds and smells that are almost but not quite the same as a souq in Egypt, Syria, or Yemen. One of the most powerful identifiers of any culture or community is its food.
One of the dishes that I included in the book is ful, or ful mudammas (spelling may vary slightly). The…
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Labyrinth's Archivist (Book Secrets): Hypatia
Labyrinth’s Archivist (Book Secrets): Hypatia
Remember when I said that the Great Archive in the Labyrinth’s Archivist grew out of the Great Library of Alexandria? Here is one very concrete example to show that this wasn’t just via inspiration.
Yes, the Library of Alexandria inspired the Great Archive but I wanted to hint at a more concrete connection. That hint came in the form of Azulea’s mother’s name – Hypatia.
Hypatia really…
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Labyrinth's Archivist Research (Book Secrets): The Great Library of Alexandria
Labyrinth’s Archivist Research (Book Secrets): The Great Library of Alexandria
I always tell people I love libraries. In fact, I love libraries so much, I married a librarian. 🙂 Honestly, there’s something about a place (and people) who set such value on knowledge. That it is treated as a treasure.
When the opportunity arose to write a novella set in a labyrinth with “gates” leading to a myriad of worlds, the thought occurred to me: What would be most valuable in such a…
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Invalid Corps Poster
We have a brand new Invalid Corps Poster! Cowards, Shirkers, Cripples...Heroes
Surprise!
We didn’t expect to have this, but as a surprise bonus to all of our fans and supporters, AND a way to share and show off your Invalid Corps pride, we have a brand new film poster! You can download your copy here:
https://invalidcorpsfilm.nrbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/INVALID-CORPS-Poster-Design.pdf
Best, Day Al-Mohamed and the Invalid Corps Team
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The Invalid Corps: One Year Later
The Invalid Corps: One Year Later
It has been a full year since we sent out the final full version of The Invalid Corps and since November is a month of gratitude, the Invalid Corps Team would like, once again, to thank each and every one of you for your support to make this film. We wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some of the wonderful things that have happened over the past few months.
We’re thrilled to…
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Contributions of the Invalid Corps to the Battle of Fort Stevens - Colonel Gile and the First Brigade, US Veteran Reserve Corps
Contributions of the Invalid Corps to the Battle of Fort Stevens – Colonel Gile and the First Brigade, US Veteran Reserve Corps
Contributions of the Invalid Corps to the Battle of Fort Stevens – One of the issues that has come up over and over when it comes to telling the events of the Battle of Fort Stevens has been the story of the Sixth Corps’ rescue of the city.
History has said that they arrived just in time or that Early arrived just a little too late. But I think they’re missing part of the story. I keep finding…
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Disabled Man Sold to Union Army!
Disabled Man Sold to Union Army!
May 21, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln wrote a note to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton on the back of an envelope. It said, “There is reason to believe this Cornelius Garvin is an idiot, and that he is kept in the 52nd N.Y. concealed & denied to avoid an exposure of guilty parties. Will the Secretary of War please have the thing probed. A. Lincoln”
Yes, you read that right. In 1863, because of…
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Invalid Corps is Accepted at Ogeechee International History Film Festival Running a little behind on my posting to the website. The Invalid Corps film has just received its very first festival acceptance!
International Documentary Association Panel - The Ramp Less Traveled
International Documentary Association Panel – The Ramp Less Traveled
Wow. It was an amazing few days in Hollywood at the IDA conference. I learned so much and met so many amazing people there. AND in addition to getting to talk about disability and media, I also got to screen 5 minutes of the Invalid Corps.
You can find a transcript of the panel discussion “The Ramp Less Traveled” on the D-Word (https://www.d-word.com/topics/269-Getting-Real-2018?post=364395).…
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We're Going to the International Documentary Association (IDA) Conference!
We’re Going to the International Documentary Association (IDA) Conference!
It was just announced today. We’ve been invited to speak on a panel at the 3-day International Documentary Association (IDA) Conference! This is ridiculously exciting.
You can see the announcement here: https://deadline.com/2018/06/international-documentary-association-keynote-speakers-getting-real-conference-1202417134/
The conference will also host the first-ever convening of filmmakers with…
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Invalid Corps Film (and me) in Documentary Magazine
Invalid Corps Film (and me) in Documentary Magazine
James LeBrecht wrote an amazing article for Documentary Magazine that just came out yesterday. It’s called: A Place at the Table: Doc Filmmakers with Disabilities on Building Careers and Disproving Stereotypes (https://www.documentary.org/feature/place-table-doc-filmmakers-disabilities-building-careers-and-disproving-stereotypes).
It is a fantastic article and really talks about some of the…
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