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  Catmagnet


JOINED:47 weeks ago
PROGRESS:19  19 songs
LOCATION:Utah
WEBSITE:http://juliahwest.com
INFLUENCES:Cat Faber, Leslie Fish, Frank Hayes, Debbie Ridpath Ohi, Julia Ecklar, Kathy Mar, Tom Smith, and many other filkers; Peter Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, The Kingston Trio and many other folk groups.

 
BIO:

I am a published science fiction/fantasy writer who also loves filk, which is the music of science fiction fandom. Since I'm part of a filk group (Utah Filk Organization, or UFO, http://utahfilk.org), I thought I'd write filk for 50/90. I wrote a few filk for National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) in April, and my collaborators are also going to do the 50/90 challenge. I also like ballads and folk music, and have collected them for years, so a few folk songs may sneak in.

Songs: 19            ( + = Songs posted by a different Songwriter that you Collaborated on.)
Title Collaborators Comments Post date
1 Quack! (Duck Tape)
Lyrics Only
 5 45 weeks 5 days
2 Flattened Fauna
7 45 weeks 2 days
3 Gathering Shards
Demo
 4 45 weeks 14 hours
4 Upgrades
Demo
 2 44 weeks 2 days
5 Unclaimed
2 42 weeks 6 days
6 Once I Had Blood (The Victim's Lament)
3 42 weeks 20 hours
7 Wall Guard
1 41 weeks 4 days
8 The Allure of Painted Ladies
2 41 weeks 2 days
9 Mindshouts
2 39 weeks 1 day
10 Starstruck
1 39 weeks 21 hours
11 I Play FarmVille Now
2 39 weeks 44 min
12 World Wall
0 36 weeks 2 days
13 Ultra Disturbing
0 36 weeks 1 day
14 Penguinocalypse
0 35 weeks 5 days
15 Farm Wars
0 35 weeks 9 min
16 Lay, Lady!
0 34 weeks 2 days
17 God Beacon
0 33 weeks 2 days
18 Sunday Night Raid
0 33 weeks 2 days
19 Deadly Dull
0 33 weeks 2 days

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Donated  PhilKMills
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37 weeks 1 day ago

Thanks for the Pegasus-related compliment. In spite of being an old guy, chronologically, I still feel like a new kid when it comes to creating music. I wrote my first song 7 years ago; there are people on the ballot who were first *nominated* 22 years ago! :)

Catmagnet
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39 weeks 36 min ago

I finally got a cheap awful microphone that at least will talk to my computer. So when I have time in the next few days, I hope to get demos of some of my songs up. Believe me, the quality will NOT be stellar. But I hope you'll be able to get an idea of the tunes, and ignore the hiss and wow.

Catmagnet
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41 weeks 4 days ago

Anyone who would like to read the story on which my song "Gathering Shards" is based, it's available for a short time FREE as an epub at http://callihoo.com/ebooks/Gathering_Shards_Julia_H_West.epub or if you have a Kindle, try http://callihoo.com/ebooks/Gathering_Shards_Julia_H_West.mobi

If you can't read either of these, let me know and I'll see if I can make a pdf version available.

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Since this story is now available for sale on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble's sites, it's no longer available here free.
Catmagnet
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47 weeks 2 days ago

Thanks, nancyrost! I've used the name for years, because every time I sit or lie down I get covered with cats.

heavy hedonist--thanks! The guidelines for the Snow White poetry said they were especially looking for stories about minor characters, and I made a list of them and thought, "Could I make the magic mirror into a character?" That poem is what happened. I've done NaNoWriMo for three years too. My daughter, who also writes sf and fantasy and is much more of a poet than I, sucked me in and now I love it.

Donated  nancyrost
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47 weeks 2 days ago

Love the screen name!

heavy hedonist
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47 weeks 2 days ago

i liked your pov on the Snow White poem, Reflections etc... original!
I'm working on a horror/erotica version of the story myself... and i'm surprised i never did NaNoPoMo, since i've been nano-ing three years, which led me here...
it's great fun! I look forward to your filking and folking.

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