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Dear Yulegoat
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Yuletide Reveal
This year I had a marvellous prompt from lnhammer, who wanted something based on the Kokinshu. (I recommend you drop by
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15 things about books, part two
6. Writers have a responsibility to tell the truth; not however the truth, but only a truth - whatever partial and limited fragment has caught their fancy, however major or minor, and whether about reality or about the reaches of human emotion and ideals. The world in general and the human heart in particular are full of contradictory and hard to ( Read more... ) -
15 things about books, part one
Look! For once, I'm actually posting something, and in my own journal too, not rambling uninvited in other people's. I said I'd do this, oh, only 5 months or so ago, which you'll admit is hardly any time at all, really. For reasons of length, I'm dividing it into three parts, cleverly getting thrice the posts from the one meme, and allowing me to ( Read more... ) -
Icon Meme
I've been working on the assumption that a satisfactory collection of icons my tempt to me to post, or at least comment, more often. I'm not sure that's true, but it makes an excellent excuse for wasting time collecting them. What I have noticed is that there is a definite aesthetic I'm tending towards: mostly muted colours, illustrations rather ( Read more... ) -
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If I claim the only reason I haven't posted for a while is because I was moving, will you believe me? Well, given I almost never get round to posting anything, probably not. (I made a New Year Resolution to post more often! And it's only May, so I'm obviously fulfilling it admirably ( Read more... ) -
Yuletide Recs
The general standard of Yuletide stories seems to improve year on year. Stories that this year disappear into the common run would in previous years have been obvious recommendations. I'm not sure I've yet come across anything that matches the stand out bests from previous years, but then those include some of the better stories I've found anywhere ( Read more... ) -
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Yuletide Recs
Not only were there more stories this year than any other, the standard, always very good, is higher than ever. I know I've yet to read almost half the stories where I have some familiarity with canon, and a number of those I've already read merit rereading. However, every year there are some stories which are not only excellent in themselves but ( Read more... )