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I can haz Christmas cake!
Hurrah! Someone came round yesterday and managed to install my new oven, after over three months of the old one being on the blink, and nearly a week of the new one sitting on my living room carpet because the deliverers said they weren't qualified to do the complicated electrics required to get it into my broom cupboard kitchen. OK, so I still ( Read more... ) -
Dear Yuletide Writer
Firstly - thank you so much! This is my first Yuletide, I'm very excited about it, and I'm so looking forward to reading whatever you feel like writing! That's the most important part really, but since I'd love to give all the help I can to make this enjoyable, I'll try and provide a bit more info about what I like.
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a disturbing future / music rec
Oh dear. Whilst messing around on the interwebs, as you do, I stumbled upon a website which professed to offer stichomantic readings - a cyber version of the old way of predicting the future/seeking guidance on what to do by randomly selecting a passage from a book. Traditionally this was often the Bible, or Virgil, but the website draws on a great ( Read more... ) -
And now the meme!
Just before I poked my head back above the parapet, this one was going around
Name a character from one of my fandoms, and I'll give you either ( Read more... ) -
Iconfic the Second, for lyras
Er, half of it, anyway. Because lyras chose my london skyline icon as fic inspiration, and I haven't got to that part yet! But I wanted to post something for her today, as it is her BIRTHDAY, and she is lovely in very many ways... - and since this seemed to fall naturally into two parts, and the first part featured Neville, here it is. I hope you like ( Read more... ) -
Iconfic the First (aka I ought to be ashamed of myself)
As promised, if you choose an icon of mine, I shall do my best to write a fic inspired by it. First one up is for dbassassin. Icon (and title) taken from the video to The Concretes' song Warm Night, which you can see here if you like, because a)I think it's great fun and b)I listened to it nonstop whilst writing this ( Read more... ) -
a three-quarters drabble
Further to my resolution to keep in touch with LJ more often, and to remind myself that I can still get things finished, even if this is shorter than a drabble and basically a one-liner... This was originally written for nineveh_uk and is therefore a crossover of two things she likes which will mean little (nothing?) to those who haven't read Clouds of ( Read more... ) -
A Difficult Night
Posted for the omniocular March Challenge: Something Old, Something New.
Title: A Difficult Night
Author: Dolabella
Rating: PG
Length: Approx. 12,000 words
Summary: The year before Voldemort’s fall: conflicts of loyalty, family and friendship for the Death Eaters riding on a grim mission and those closest to them who watch and wait. Theodore Nott’s parents ( Read more... ) -
In which, apparently, I get to please a whole continent...and lazy_neutrino writes fic!
There won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time,
The greatest gift they'll get this year is dolabellae.
Do They Know It's Christmas
from the Christmas Song Generator.
On a less megalomaniac note, I have to draw your attention to the lovely ficlet which lazy_neutrino made of the Christmas card fragments she chose in the poll I did a couple of weeks ago. ( Read more... ) -
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Happy birthday, dear dolorous_ett!
Sorry, no O/owls this year! - New Year's resolution definitely to write more - but all the very best and hope you're having a good day. Weekend birthdays always good.