Writer Information Sheet: M. Cynthea Carrington
Primary Information
- Name: Kandilokai ach Ishte
- Full Name: M. Cynthea Carrington
- Other Aliases: Godzilla, The Lizard, The Liz, Liz (see the progression here?)
- Gender: Female
- Birthplace: Xenia, Ohio
- Residing in: Fairborn Ohio (Proud to say I bought a house last year!)
- DOB: 1966-11-05 (to the best of my knowledge... my birth certificate is dated 1966-11-09
- Email Address(es):
- wordhaven@crosswinds.net (primary)
- spirithaven@crosswinds.net (for spiritual matters)
- ishte@prodigy.net (secondary)
- kandilokai@prodigy.net (post secondary)
- ishte@hotmail.com (for junkmail only)
- Web Address:
- bLog Site: http://wordhaven.crosswinds.net/writers/cynthea/blog.htm
Style Information
- Writing Style: fairly stiff and formal; circumspect, full of flowery phrasing, and what I think of as careful linguistic art (what other's may think of as tedious wordiness for all I know.) I sometimes get lost in the details.
- Genres for Writing: Fantasy and Science Fiction.
- Genres for Reading:
- Fiction: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Historical Romance (stop laughing at me!)
- Non-Fiction: Religious books (from various faiths), Political Satire, language books, and dictionaries (stop laughing!)
- Favorite Authors: Anne McCaffrey, Melanie Rawn, J. R. R. Tolkien, Terry Brooks, James Clavell, John Jakes, Piers Anthony, Tanith Lee... way more too numerous to mention.
- Favorite Books: Any of the Pern Series by Anne McCaffrey, Shogun by James Clavell, the Dragon Prince Series by Melanie Rawn. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien.
- Current Occupation: Pizza hack (AKA Delivery Driver thinks "hackney for pizza"); Roller rink floor guard; Writer; Freelance computer repair and build technician. (Yah mon, I got four job!)
- Hobbies: Biking, Skating, Thrift Shopping (This is not the same as the same kind of mindless shopping in which some women engage.) Video Games. Home Improvement.
- Interests: Politics (go figure), Spirituality (please do not assume Christian spirituality. I am Gaian, and consider the faith and spirituality of most if not all to be valid.), Storytelling, Art
Writing Projects
- Completed Works:
- Star-Crossed (A short story)
- Tanqueray and Tonic (A short story) (this is not it's proper title, but a short story based on a novel that had the same working title at the time. Unfortunately I can't remember what I actually CALLED it. hehe...Sorry... how embarrassing. I'll try to find out the published title was.)
- Poems and Lyrical conceptions too numerous to mention.
- Album: Progression of Years (professionally recorded music)
- Published Works:
- Star-Crossed Sketches of the Mind Magazine (1983)
- Tanqueray and Tonic Sketches of the Mind Magazine (1984)
- Current Projects:
- Delta Pavonis (Collaborative) (this is currently my primary project)
- Wild Blood (Collaborative)
- A Switching Tale
- Kai's Journey (collaborative)
- Tarekai City
- Council of Nine
- Chaenaria (some longest acquainted with me may know this under the working title of "Sheenah" and it is a ... um... kind of an offshoot from the concept of Tarekai City (the latter of which formed later if you can believe that!)
- Apparitions (Collaborative... and I don't actually know that I"m collaborating on this one any more except perhaps in an advisory capacity. I did help to create the concept however.
- Eternia's Cage (An Interactive Fiction... not serious work, but promises to be fun if we can ever launch it. It is intended for adults with advanced writing skills.)
- There may be more that I've forgotten.. but these are the important ones. Not listed in any particular order other than that the currently most active is at the top.