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[genarti]

Dipping my toe into the waters of actually using this journal again, as I keep intending to do, and how better than with a meme?

Comment with the title of one of my fics and a number (or more than one of either) and I'll witter egomanically about

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[zyrya]

I'm finally reading the Hunger Games books! I'm not often interested in YA, and I've been off fiction for a long time (not sure why), but my sister and I watched the movies (1 and 2) when I was in the US and I wanted to gain more depth in the HG world.

I'm loving it so far, but I'm only on chapter 2.

What are you reading?

[genarti]

Oh cool! I read and liked the first book, and watched and liked the first movie. I haven't gotten around to the others yet, though. I'll be interested to hear what you think!

I just devoured Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal, which is more or less Austen pastiche set in a world where glamours -- illusions of light, sound, scent, etc -- are considered a dainty feminine art. I 90% loved it to tiny pieces. I had a couple of minor quibbles, most notably that I could have done with a little more narrative sympathy for the mother's 'neurasthenia,' whether or not the daughters were fairly reasonably/ICly annoyed by it, but my main issue was that the ending felt rushed, not so much in the events but in the lack of breathing room for follow-through afterward. Still, it's the first in a series, and maybe the second one will do more of what I want as far as that goes. And I really, really loved the other 90%.

[zyrya]

I'd never heard of this - it looks really interesting, thanks for the rec!

[avon]

A hero at the end of the world is my next book. However I probably won't get into it for a bit.

How did I not know you had written all that dark is rising fic???? I read it all yesterday. :) I want to ask about that but I am on my stupid phone and I can't see the questions. However, most of those are kinda old. So, what is it like looking back on work you wrote years ago? Would you change them or do you still like them? How do you see yourself growing as a writer since then?

[genarti]

You probably didn't know because they're all really old! I wrote a lot of Dark is Rising drabbles when I was first starting to get into writing fanfic, and was sort of stretching my writing muscles after years of not having written anything. (In middle school and high school I was always the sort of kid who plotted out giant Mary Sue original-fic novels, got distracted a chapter or two in, and never finished anything. Drabbles were a great way to actually make myself write short stuff, before I stretched into writing longer stuff

[zyrya]

Also I really love your Narnia drabbles. Do you know why the Narnia books didn't inspire longer pieces?

[genarti]

Hmm, good question! And not one I'd thought about, so this is me thinking aloud