A fascinating link regarding a great editor.

Crowd-sourced publishing. An interesting idea, though we’ll have to wait and see how it goes.

xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOx xOxEdinburgh bears the unfortunate label of “not Japan” in my head, and so I tend to give the place short shrift, and easily forget just how lucky I ( Read more... )

Thanks to a really incredible review on my Dark Jewels Saiunkoku fic, I was actually motivated to continue writing it. It isn't finished, not by a long shot, but I thought I would type up what I have so far.

Dark Jewels Saiunkoku
Roseford's Queen, Part 1 | Part 2

( Roseford's Queen, Part 3 )

There are too many things to say, and not enough me to say them.

Another excellent conversation that took place in Tokyo, regarding Hikaru no Go:

The Strange: ::randomly:: He bought a fan!
me: OMG, he did!
The Strange: He went out and bought a fan!
me: Yes, yes!
The Strange: And he clutched it!
me: He totally did!
The Strange: He clutched it ( Read more... )

The days fly by inexorably. Last night's dinner was a thing of beauty, Indian curry and buttery garlic naan, followed by the last episode of the Nodame Cantabile drama. Delightful. I even managed to cook today's lunch and clean up the kitchen and vacuum a good portion of the house, and practice my shakuhachi (badly ( Read more... )

There is nothing quite like the perfect silence when it snows. No noise penetrates it save that of the snow itself, landing on the dry pampas grass. A heron flies low over the river, silent wings grey against a grey sky of feathered clouds ( Read more... )

Unpacking and packing at the same time, it's quite strange. BUT. We have internets!

And in honor of the occasion . . . jewelry designs! Um, for a project I'm working on, about which the less said probably the better. So I'll cut them for everyone's convenience and as a mercy to your poor eyes being subjected to my attempts at art.

( Possible Jewel designs for DJS )