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some lovely miscellany

faeriemaiden Nov 06, 2009 14:04

Clearly, I should always ask my flist for the shiny things they have lying about on their computers, because you lot always come up with the most beautiful things when I need cheering! Everyone should go look. I heart you guys. (Also, in said bundle of awesome links, Eva Ibbotson wrote an article for a save the library campaign. Be still my heart ( Read more... )

my flist is love, geekery, music for you, the needle and vinyl play, wonderlust, i heart learning, books, you should look at this, good things, the writing life, musicianing

in which beverages alter the course of history and it is awesome

faeriemaiden Oct 07, 2009 17:31

So, I'm falling asleep for no good reason, which leads me to finally get out my special mug (it's all Art Nouveau-tastic!) and fill it with coffee. Er, twice. And while I'm raving to myself about how coffee is a magical elixir the inventors of which should be canonised and given lifetime supplies of fresh baked goods and cosy quilts, it occurs to ( Read more... )

i have my own fun, geekery, i heart learning, really cool stuff

in which i pull out all of my hair

faeriemaiden Sep 03, 2009 14:42

Oh for heaven's sake. I am trying to write the Novel and have stuck on the most ridiculous of details, which has rather unleashed a lot of pent-up frustration. Why did I have to set my novel in 1912-1913? Ten years earlier and I'd have more information than I could ever hope to use, but apparently nobody cares about the Edwardians. And if they do, ( Read more... )

grr argh, pen in my hand, oh help, the perils of research, the writing life, i heart learning, the evangeline story

in which my head explodes in slow motion

faeriemaiden Aug 21, 2009 22:14

Reading Robert K. Massie's 900+ page Dreadnought: Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War (which totally has an Oxford comma: win!), which is omghuge and terrifying and daunting, and this is me we're talking about. I eat giant books for afternoon tea. BUT ARGH SO HUGE and so very full of exactly the information I need. And it's really ( Read more... )

grr argh, books, geekery, hurrah for research!, the writing life, i heart learning, the evangeline story

the novel is pretty much writing me at this point

faeriemaiden Aug 13, 2009 14:22

Of all the things I thought research might accomplish, forcing me to write a sequel to the ever-present Novel that isn't even half-finished yet was not really something that crossed my mind.

Ah well, I'm a young writer yet. Eventually I'll learn there are Things To Watch Out For.

So: I've been reading as much about the Edwardians and the Great War ( Read more... )

mr caruthers' sordid past, geekery, i heart learning, the evangeline story, books, pen in my hand, my fictional boyfriends, oh help, hurrah for research!, the writing life, emily of new moon

in which i am probably doomed

faeriemaiden Aug 08, 2009 14:27

I have come to the conclusion that writing is really only an excellent excuse to learn about things I am fascinated by, and my subconscious takes advantage of this by subtly sneaking in especially interesting things into my story. (That, and I have a tendency to think, "THAT IS AWESOME AND I NEED TO PUT IT IN MY STORY NOW.") So, things I have to ( Read more... )

pen in my hand, mr caruthers' sordid past, i have my own fun, hurrah for research!, the writing life, i heart learning, the evangeline story