Wow, it's been 8 years since I last posted here! Seems as good a time as any to come back...

I shall be using this for RPG/larp fic, WiP posts, and all the stuff I don't want lost in the maelstrom of triviality that is FaceBook.

As I get ready for the Spring Parli, I find myself tying up some literary loose ends as I go. Here's one that's been playing in the back of my mind for months now, posted with kind permission from Godders...

PenanceTwo figures sat beside the pool of silver liquid, watching the scene unfold in it’s glittering depths. One, resplendent in her flowing ( Read more... )

The world was a confusion of light and dark. When she opened her eyes, it was to a scene of demons and battle. Friends being attacked, friends on the floor. Friends needing help. She’d get up, she’d fall over. She saw faces on waking: Ryn, Giblet, Ravenfire. She saw faces as she fought. She saw Seraphim. She saw demons. She went for the kill, again ( Read more... )

Thought I'd have a go at this future thing, there's a few references in there that only a few will get...

( 1170 on Sammarix )

On October 27th, my phone went in for repairs. A fortnight later, I had a missed call from a number I didn't recognise, so I didn't call it back ( Read more... )

So, I've now finished reading 'Dragon's Time' by Todd McCaffrey, in record time as 400 pages of it were skim read. Yes, it's that bad...

( Spoiler warning for 'Dragon's Time' - includes discussion of miscarriage )

I have a few moments spare whilst Ben sleeps, so let's ramble a bit.

( beds and books (with spoilers, labelled) )

Today, I have not just fallen off the wagon, but also propped it up on bricks, sold the tyres and plates and torched it.

On the plus side, I resisted the chocolate cake at Denz.

So, we come home from the shops today and find the raised bed outside our front door is full of mushrooms. A quick google search confirms the description as being the Meadow Mushroom, the wild relative of the supermarket white cup. Marvellous, thinks I, and enough to do the meals all week are picked and fridged ( Read more... )

I've been watching the series "The British" on Sky Atlantic. This one's about the 20th century. I'm not sure how I feel about 10minutes on the Chilwell munitions factory explosion, and two sentences on the entire suffragette movement ( Read more... )