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I admit, I am a little weirded out that there are people finding my LJ. Actual PEOPLE *horror*.
Okay, I admit, when I first started I thought I had barely anything interesting to say. It was way before I joined any comms, and I thought, with all the thousands of people with journals here, what are the odds of people stumbling over mine? So I thought ( Read more... ) -
Ooh! A classic Sue for Van Helsing (oh, and ricochet boyfriend Dracula)
Saw this treat just off a fanfiction site I knew for quite a while and love.
Normally, sloppy writing and bitchy Power Sues make me seethe and grumpy when having to describe and gripe about them, but even though the writing's not even bad (actually quite a smooth and soothing read in its descriptions), for some reason I actually miss the Sues of ( Read more... ) -
Oh DEAR.
Look, you are one of the reasons why I like to read stuff from 'male' authors. Your original fic is thoughful and very well-written, striving to be a kick-ass story of fantasy and lore, involving a hero who's a half-orc. The story is sharp, imaginative, and hard-boiled. But just a few paragraphs down your first chapter, I'm suddenly snatched right ( Read more... ) -
In the Mind of a Steampunk Fan...Sorta
As a teenager from the boonies, I was pretty ignorant on fads and activities the rest of the world engages in. Obviously, because...the people I often talk to are volley-ball playing army kids, an occasional goth, but the rest are gym-suitted chavs and private school kids that stay in the same school since they were 2 ( Read more... ) -
Mistress of the WHAT?!
Mistress of the Sun King by Sarah Dubay.
Mistress of the Sun King.
Y'know, the King Louis XIV of France?
THAT king of France?
Excuse me while I just sit here looking a little bit stunned.
Okay, I'm alright now. I just spent hours reading the book, therefore not as shocking as it hit me since I first saw it in the market.
At first I was glad when I saw ( Read more... )