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Listening
Today Spotify introduced me to The Highwomen (Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Maren Morris and Amanda Shires, plus collaborators), a country supergroup modeled after the earlier country supergroup The Highwaymen (Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson). Specifically, it played the titular song with guest vocalist Yola ( Read more... ) -
Nightdog_barks
@nightdog_barks was one of the first online friends I made, back in 2006 when a bunch of us got into House fandom. She wrote great fic. She gave great feedback. She formed the core of a writers and watchers group that has lasted more than a decade. (I was not really a part of it, but several friends have remained the whole time.) She read book ( Read more... ) -
Whew
Lo, I am moved ( Read more... ) -
A room of one's own, for a price
I have a new place to live! An extra relief after seeing so many places that were either dirty/cramped/outdated/inconvenient or off the market by the time I arranged to see them. It is bigger than my current apartment and on the top floor of a standard Boston-area triple-decker house, which hopefully means it will be quiet, though costlier to heat ( Read more... ) -
New fic! "Catch and Release," original work for Nonconathon
Catch and Release (2243 words) by bironic
Fandom: Original Work
Relationships: Merman/Sailor Who Has Fallen Overboard
Rating: Explicit
Content notes: Noncon, threat of drowning, underwater sex, rope bondage, breathplay, objectifying pronouns, comparative anatomy, interspecies sex
A/N: Another @nonconathon treat for @monsoon_moon.ao3, whose prompts ( Read more... ) -
New fic! "The Chemistry Between Us," original work for Nonconathon
a.k.a. The other reason I was thinking about student/teacher relationships.
The Chemistry Between Us (6640 words) by bironic
Fandom: Original Work
Relationships: Popular male teacher/Teenage girl who never fell for the hype
Rating: Explicit
Content notes: Noncon, blackmail, underage if you want it to be, object insertion, abuse of authority, abuse ( Read more... ) -
Getting a read on mid-July
Hello! It's been a weird week. Four days ago I was in Switzerland. More on that soon. Since then it's been a headfirst dive into apartment hunting and a work assignment I had a hard time with. At least the assignment is done now ( Read more... )