by in_the_flicker .

The Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Fifteen authors (poets included)* who've influenced you and that will always stick with you. List the first fifteen you can recall in no more than fifteen minutes.

Here's my list:

• Madeleine L'Engle
• Charlotte Bronte
• Eli Clare
• Judy Grahn
• Susan Cooper

Chill the Fuck OUT.

YOUR DISSERTATION IS GOING FINE. Your supervisor got off her butt and sent helpful, supportive comments.tea_drinker77 thinks it's really good. You've been generating high-quality thinky-thoughts; last year is last year. Life is way, way better than that now.

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