For those of you who are on LJ, I apologize for the long silence, but I was locked out of my account and support was taking their time finding a workable solution. I finally was able to get back in and change my password a week ago, so here I am again. Feel free to wander over to my DW account (same username) if you want to see the handful of ( Read more... )

There's never that much to report, really. Kids go to school, I hound Two about doing his PT correctly and his math accurately (he understands the concepts for both those things. It's the quality that needs work), I go to the store once a week and smaller errands occasionally, and I started sewing on the quilt remake I'm doing for my SIL's bday ( ( Read more... )

This year I wrote two stories for Yuletide:

Cottage Hearthfires (Valdemar series by Mercedes Lackey; Vanyel Ashkevron, set between Magic's Promise and Magic's Price.) On the eve of Haven's Midwinter festival, Vanyel is brooding and lonely. Again. His loved ones help distract and cheer him. Rated G/Gen.

Let Nothing You Dismay (Whyborne & Griffin; ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday,
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A friend of mine married a little bit later in life (age 40, although his wife is somewhat younger) and, eight years later, they are expecting their first child together this month: a boy. My friend, who has long been into martial arts, has jokingly referred to his unborn son as "baby ninja". Which meant, of course, that I had to create ninja- ( Read more... )

Again, Happy New Year! to all! <3 Hope 2019 is off to a good start for you.

I was lucky enough to receive TWO fics for Yuletide this year! Both of them were fantastic - I was super excited and delighted by them.

The Next Clan Gathering (Clan of the Cave Bear) by Merfilly. Set during the Clan gathering which took place after Ayla left, told ( Read more... )

Thank you SO MUCH, all of you who offered suggestions for my mom's birthday. Some of them I knew would probably not work for her, for various reasons, and some had definite potential but I was unsure how to go about them, or was still on the fence as to whether or not she'd appreciate them as much as I hoped. But all of the ideas were well- ( Read more... )

Woke up at 9:30a this morning and all I could think was tomorrow morning is going to SUCK. The only consolation is that the girl next door is now old enough to drive and has offered to give MiniPlu a ride (instead of taking the bus), thus granting her (and me) an extra 15 minutes of sleep. But it's still going to suck. And be cold. (This ( Read more... )

Contains spoilers for Ragnarok.

( When Tony found out about Thor's new nickname )

So, this is an idea I've bounced around in my head for literally years, just as a sort of character-background thing. Last week, when I was struggling with my other writing projects, I decided to finally write the darn thing. Because, honestly, am I the only one who wonders how a Squib got a job as caretaker of a magical institution?

Title: How ( Read more... )