Originally published at Lise Fracalossi. You can comment here or there.

(There will be spoilers in this post, but the first part is not spoilery)

So I went to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens this week.

How was it?

Tentatively, I say, wonderful.

Why “tentative?” Well, I’m old enough to remember seeing The Phantom Menace in theaters, and what my ( Read more... )

Originally published at Lise Fracalossi. You can comment here or there.

“What is this?” Breath hissed through Falcon’s veil as he spoke. Snarling would be too much emotion for one of his Order, but his voice teetered on a precipice.

“It’s a lake,” Ianthe replied. “With water. You do remember water, don’t you?” She had traded her heavy boots for ( Read more... )

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If someone had asked me on Friday, "gee, Lise, do you think you'll spend an hour of your weekend writing a hilariously bad smutfic with historical figures?" I probably would have said no. But as it happens, a friend of mine had just such a need. I initially declined, thinking I couldn't possibly write something that was both smutty and funny in the ( Read more... )

I was in Queens and then Long Island this past weekend for the wedding of my college friend Mike to his partner Josh. Mazel tov! Mostly it involved a lot of driving, playing Tales of the Arabian Nights with friends who live in the same complex as they do, and then a Sunday morning wedding where the power went off thanks to heavy winds. Wheeee ( Read more... )

I decided that AO3 must have 288 Jeeves-related works for a reason, and started reading some of them last night. Jeeves/Wooster, naturally.

I was quite fond of this one, though it's not finished: Jeeves and the Romantic Novelist or The Perils and Perks of Eavesdropping, rated M. This person is channeling Plum himself. It's quite beautiful. Just ( Read more... )

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I made a fatal mistake for my productivity -- I started a Pinterest account ( Read more... )

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What can I say, I'm feeling in a fannish mood ( Read more... )