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Why is it so acceptable to dislike (be prejudiced against?) childless people?
I promised someone I would write something about "what it's like to be childless".
Here it is.
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School reports and examination results
Not so much real life ones, but ones for fictional characters ( Read more... ) -
Creating attractive characters
Whilst I was doing the 12 characters meme, I had a thought. (Just occasionally this happens to me.) Admittedly it wasn't a new thought, but now I've got a place to air it. What makes a fictional character attractive? ( Read more... ) -
Continuing the 12 characters meme
Well that was interesting! There were some characters that were a lot harder to have interacting with each other than others. Asterix seemed a bit 2 dimensional for some reason, which I should have been expecting, but I wasn't expecting Joey Maynard to be so difficult. On the other hand, Thursday, unsurprisingly, mixes well with just about any ( Read more... ) -
12 characters meme, stolen with thanks from lost_spook
1. Nancy Blackett
2. Avon (Blake’s 7)
3. Thursday Next
4. Brother Cadfael
5. Nicola Marlow
6. Joey Maynard
7. Asterix the Gaul
8. Elizabeth Bennett
9. Horatio Hornblower
10. Precious Ramotswe
11. Marcus Didius Falco
12. Titty Walker
Hmm. Getting a bit nervous about this now.
Oh well. On with the questions. Well some of them. Maybe more later.
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The problem with baby showers.
We’ve had quite a few of these where I work this year. Five, I think. I have about 60 colleagues.
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Finished a story and....
So earlier today, I finished "Pieces" a Swallows and Amazons fanfic with Marlow and Wimsey crossover bits. I've been writing it for about 6 months and looking forward to finishing it for the last few weeks. It's 72450 words, more or less. I've got loads of real world things I should be doing, but I'm already a little bored and worrying too much ( Read more... ) -
Last lines of stories so far.
1. "Come on," she said, "let's race as far as the river."
2.They were still standing in the middle of the lane, kissing, when the hay wagon made it's return trip.
3.Nancy grinned. Her sister would be worth any ten other recruits.
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First lines meme, borrow from Elen_nare, borrowed from lost_spook
1.The Viscountess St George was homeless, unemployed and widowed ( Read more... )