Day 23

Autumn books would be?

The Bartimaeus Trilogy, particularly The Golem's Eye. All of them are wintry, but a bit too vivid...

I said Patricia McKillip's books, but of note particularly is The Forest of Serre and Od Magic

The Perilous Gard

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Finished putting together a new yarn yesterday, The Dancing Tree:


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EITHER the Dreaded Middle of this books was mercifully brief, or I'm in for a terrible time when I have to write the ending.

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Yesterday, there was this poem, which is still very rough, but at least close to the shape it will end up--not true of the two previous drafts: Contrast of Spirit
which is inspired by angel/fallen angel imagery, though by no means sating my hunger to deal in that theme.

And today there was the completion of this lyric:

November Storm

Sharp, black wings
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WAH!

I would take the new LJ header as my layout in a heartbeat. <3
   ...don't mind me. I find Fall intoxicating.
But seriously--butterflies AND dried heads of grass!   much love foreverrrrr

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My NaNo project for this year is likely The Archivalist : Charming
a.k.a. Librarian Glam Vol. 1

The last time I tried to jumpstart this project (not the first, ( Read more... )

so I thought you might like this...

Aaron Zenz is an illustrator. He hosts a blog of his kids' art, showcasing the zany humor of small people equipped with crayons and markers. As a 3 year anniversary, he opened up to "fan-art" of any of the pictures, and was surprised by the response.

Shannon Hale (whose blog I found this link on) said she loved how ( Read more... )

I can smell autumn coming.

Every year I sense it approaching and get shivery, waiting.
This year I enjoyed the summer, oddly enough, and still I am waiting for it.

The colors, the smells, the symbols. Layering clothes, rotting leaves, the burdens of harvest, I like it all.

NaNo is coming, too. I feel like doing it, though I don't know *why*. Or what ( Read more... )

I am extremely sensitive to Autumn. It makes me euphoric like nothing else, and just a smidgen of hope of it's advent gets me jigging.

I put out candy-corn pencils yesterday. Today I started a cookbook of lamb and pumpkin recipes, and in transposing one from the card format we have, saw a gorgeous little bit of clip-art that had my heart racing.
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