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Three things make a post
- I am enjoying my adventures in online dating, having been trying it for a month or so by now. I've had many text conversations and a few video dates. In fact, I've found someone really nice. I asked her if she would mind if I continue dating other women, and she said no I don't want you to do that (did that get a laugh? It should, laugh at my ( Read more... ) -
My dating profile
Hi :) I used to work in University administration but I’ve given that up now and I’m trying to make a living writing fiction, we’ll see how that goes. So I’m either British or International depending on how I’m feeling that day - I grew up abroad and moved here when I was 16. This means my accent is mid-Atlantic. But I don’t believe in countries ( Read more... ) -
good luck!
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I miss Iain Banks.
https://www.tor.com/2020/10/16/the-difference-is-entirely-one-of-setting-iain-banks-the-crow-road/
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On tv stuff
I am royally disappoint by the news that Netflix has cancelled Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. It was definitely one of my favourite tv shows last year, and I thought it was magnificently done. Very surprised to hear it wasn't renewed, but hopefully some other network will realise what a prize it was and pick it up.
Currently really enjoying The ( Read more... ) -
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Byronic
(after Wendy Cope)
25/08/2020 MBaluch
I used to think all writers were Byronic - and it’s true
Plotted lives are altered when they roam a room
Madness, life and magic alike flicker in their eyes
They bend the rules, and snap them into new shapes
They amuse. They alarm. And sometimes they disarm
With sudden tendernesses.
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Strange horizons
Our weird pressure cooker weather is finally coming to an end. First, there was the week long heatwave (I hated that). Then, there was the week of grey hot muggy days (like going for a stroll through an armpit). Now, today, is a weird mixture of blue skies and sunshine... and sudden storm clouds and downpours. 'Interesting' weather. Still, I ( Read more... ) -
The legend that is SCP
SO if any of you have not experienced the fucked up surreal horror X-files clone wikipedia that is SCP, you're in for a terrifying and unsettling treat:
(Warning: scary shit)
https://www.tor.com/2020/08/20/the-unsung-muse-of-speculative-fiction-is-a-wikipedia-community/ This entry was originally posted at https://i-kender.dreamwidth.org/190212.html. ( Read more... ) -
Shame
Epic essay SHAME by Pam Noles on what it means to be a Black/POC fan in genre fandom....
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thanks to @andrewducker
I found this article really interesting, on the different nouns and adjectives used to describe male and female in novels:
Sweet & Slim, Greasy & Grim: The Physical Traits that Define Men and Women in Literature
https://pudding.cool/2020/07/gendered-descriptions/ This entry was originally posted at https://i-kender.dreamwidth ( Read more... )