hahaha well that posting every day thing worked out great in conjunction with DragonCon + back to school, or maybe not so much. ANYWAY here, I will play some catch up.

Here from DragonCon are some Temeraire aviator cosplayers!!! AND a TEMERAIRE cosplay!!!!!!!! (yes, someone actually cosplayed as the dragon!) :D :D :D ( Read more... )

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Hey just in case people don't scroll back and see the ETA on my talking meme post, I want to clarify -- I can't PROMISE fic for the daily posting meme! I'm happy to blather on about my thoughts on a pairing, but if that would disappoint any of you who are posting topics that are fic prompts, please add a comment to tell me what you'd like if the ( Read more... )

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It was one of those bedtimes tonight, sigh, and then I did a little bit of coding work and now I have no brain left.

I am reading
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I am clearing out a pile of baby stuff -- most of it is going to good homes, but I have a really great Medela breast pump that is going unclaimed. Anyone out there want it or know someone who would? Drop me an email at astolat at livejournal dot com and I am happy to ship it anywhere in the US, first come! -- claimed!

AO3 hits meme!
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I am ridiculously swamped but I cannot resist this meme!

Tell me about a story I haven't written, and I'll give you between one and three sentences from that story.

(YULETIDE TERROR LEVEL: GRIZZLY BEARS D:)

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So I love the pink sparkly hearts challenge, both as a meme and as an idea for
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First I want to suggest in a totally unbiased and disinterested way that all of the awesome artists on my feed should enter this contest because it is going to make an awesome chapbook from which moneys will go to the OTW, and the Del Rey editor-in-chief and art director will be helping judge, so the author (kof, kof) can recuse herself should any ( Read more... )