(wow, I really need to make my yearly resolution to, you know, be more present on LJ? Or anywhere ( Read more... )

Ever since I heard that Studio Ghibli was doing a Tales of Earthsea movie, I have been really, really excited about it. I lamented the fact that I couldn't get to see it on the big screen, and gazed wistfully at the posters on Amazon and wondered whether I should try to get the DVD or not ( Read more... )

Like many folks who write fiction (fan or otherwise), guardantares and I find that the reaction to bad fiction very frequently involves trying to find a way to FIX THINGS in the plot, characterizations, etc. Which means that recently, she's been muttering about a really annoying book with an idiot ex-boyfriend, a wet-blanket heroine, a fairly fantastic ( Read more... )