Natalia Antonova

THAT’S IT!!!!

There’s nothing like good ol’ stereotypes of women from the former USSR to help me get over my writer’s block. Just like that. Check out my collection of links to fabulous pictures of Soviet actresses. Thanks to Neeka for the hat-tip.

This is probably one of the best pieces I’ve ever had the honour to publish

If you left him in the middle of the Mojave Desert, he might punch a cactus, die of sand poisoning, or try to marry a female rattlesnake, but he would never surrender. As for me, I’m writing too. And losing my momentum before I even start for the day. And being distracted by a zombieContinue reading “This is probably one of the best pieces I’ve ever had the honour to publish”

Sometimes the dragon loses

I’ve write dark fairy stories. I’m working on a book that frightens me, its author and creator, sometimes. I think it’s cool to wear a scarf decorated with skulls, and not just because I’m trying to be neo-punk. I think Beslan is representative of the human condition. I see around me gleeful contempt (hmmm, obsessionContinue reading “Sometimes the dragon loses”

“12” got the Oscar nomination!

I take moment from a busy schedule as commentator on grim world events to grin like the Cheshire cat. Why am I grinning – despite not being a major fan of the Academy Awards in general? Why because…

Renfro, Ledger, It’s Been Nice

I was in the middle of writing Heath Ledger’s obit when I realized that Brad Renfro died last week. Somehow, I had missed the news of Renfro’s death. Two of my teenage crushes gone in one fell swoop. Bizarrely, I had their pictures tacked up side-by-side on my closet door at one point. My bedroomContinue reading “Renfro, Ledger, It’s Been Nice”