So, seven days into NaNoWriMo 2011 ( Read more... )

I think it's official. I have gone off the deep end ( Read more... )

I've been struggling with pretty debilitating writer's block for longer than I like to think about ( Read more... )

Mostly to pass on some news from fadeintodawn in demmed_elusive. There is apparently a new adaptation of Pimpernel in the works. They're looking to do for Pimpernel what Guy Ritchie did for Sherlock Holmes ( Read more... )

Mozart's Opera's: A Companion by Mary Hunter

Published in 2008
ISBN: 978-0-300-11833-9

Rating: Liked it (4/5)
A reporter for the Vienna Realzeitung noted that the first performance [of Le nozze di Figaro] was not as good as it could have been due to the unusual difficulty of the music, that the less-musically-educated majority of the audience was ( Read more... )

At this week's family pot-luck, I was trying to get some writing done and (I admit it) complaining a bit. My brother-in-law was kind enough to take my laptop and show me how easy it really is.

This provided great entertainment for the rest of the afternoon.

( 'Man, it's good to see you!' Percy yelled as he high-fived Chuck Norris. )

Just thought I'd pop in a say a quick hello.

"Fool, fool! Back to the beginning is the rule."

I've gone back to the beginning of Twenty Years After and reread it. I'm pleased to report that it's not nearly the train wreck I was dreading. I also remembered just how much I love Jack. I'm going to take a couple more days to wrench some things ( Read more... )

Eldorado by Baroness Emmuska Orczy

Published in 1913

Rating: Loved it! (5/5)

Ironically, perhaps the best part of this adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel is Orczy's petulant introduction: "Oh Em Gee, people! The Baron de Batz can't be the inspiration for Percy. They're, like, totes different! Gawd!"

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Yes, I'm late.

Considering what I write, however, I simply can't not respond.

If you're not connected with fandom, you might not have caught the winds of the tempest when Diana Gabaldon posted a diatribe against fanfiction on her blog. Naturally, there was backlash. She followed up with a couple more posts which tried to be conciliatory, ( Read more... )

I have eaten an entire jar of mango lime salsa ( Read more... )